[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32182]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[UT-930-07-1320-00]


Utah: Release of Coal Exploration License Data, UTU-48608

ACTION: Notice of preliminary determination to allow public access to 
data from coal exploration license UTU-48608.

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SUMMARY: BLM regulations at 43 CFR 2.22 and 3410.4(b) provide that data 
obtained under an exploration license will be kept confidential until 
the lands have been leased or BLM determines that public access to the 
data would not damage the competitive position of the licensee, 
whichever comes first. Coal Exploration License UTU-48068 was issued to 
Royal Land Company on August 4, 1981. Exploration under this license 
included drilling 15 holes in the vicinity of North Horn Mountain, 
Emery County, Utah. The lands covered by this license were offered for 
lease on May 29, 1982, and no bids were received. Based on the lack of 
interest in the unleased Federal coal covered by this license since the 
drilling was completed and the fact that no bids were received when the 
lands were offered for lease in 1982, BLM has determined that it is in 
the public interest to release the data obtained under Exploration 
License UTU-48608. BLM has further made a preliminary finding that the 
competitive interest of the licensee or any participants would not be 
harmed by the release of this data. The licensee, any participants, or 
any successor thereto, objecting to this determination, must respond by 
January 24, 1997, to document any assertion that public release of 
these data would damage any present competitive position they hold. 
Such documentation must include:
    1. A statement describing the data to whose disclosure you object.
    2. A copy of any participation agreement or other evidence 
verifying your participation in UTU-48606 and any interest you may have 
in the data.
    3. A demonstration of the specific competitive harm that disclosure 
of the data would cause to your competitive position.

DATES: Objections, if any, to be filed by January 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas M. Koza, Deputy State 
Director, Natural Resources, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Utah State 
Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155.

    Dated: December 13, 1996.
Douglas M. Koza,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-32182 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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