[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7033-7034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3792]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ES-930-07-1320-01-241A]


Alabama: Request for Public Comment on Fair Market Value, Maximum 
Economic Recovery and the Environmental Assessment; Coal Lease 
Application ALES 47886

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management requests public comments on the 
input concerning the

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Environmental Assessment, method of obtaining maximum economic 
recovery, and input to fair market value of certain coal resources it 
proposes to offer for competitive lease sale. The coal to be offered is 
underground-minable, potentially bypass, coal. The lands included in 
Coal Lease Application ALES 47886 are located in Sec. 34 NENW, T. 21 
S., R. 4 W., Shelby County, Alabama containing 40.47 acres. The 
application is for the Thompson, Gholson, Clark and Coke (Youngblood) 
Seams. The proximate analysis of the coal seams are as follows:

Thomspon Seam estimated recoverable coal...................108,000 Tons

Proximate Analysis (%)

Moisture............................................................2.8
Ash................................................................12.4
Volatile...........................................................29.9
Fixed Carbon.......................................................54.8
Btu/lb...........................................................12,620
Sulfur..............................................................1.2
Gholson Seam estimated recoverable coal....................143,000 Tons

Proximate Analysis (%)

Moisture...........................................................4.01
Ash.................................................................3.1
Volatile...........................................................34.7
Fixed Carbon.......................................................58.2
Btu/lb...........................................................14,150
Sulfur..............................................................0.7
Clark Seam estimated recoverable
    coal...................................................143,000 Tons

Proximate Analysis (%)

Moisture............................................................2.3
Ash.................................................................8.2
Volatile...........................................................35.0
Fixed Carbon.......................................................54.3
Btu/lb...........................................................13,580
Sulfur..............................................................0.6
Coke Seam estimated recoverable
    coal...................................................150,000 Tons

Proximate Analysis (%)

Moisture............................................................2.7
Ash.................................................................5.2
Volatile...........................................................34.7
Fixed Carbon.......................................................57.4
Btu/lb...........................................................14,160
Sulfur..............................................................1.3

    The public is invited to provide written comments on the fair 
market value and the maximum economic recovery of the above tract. In 
addition, a public hearing will be held on the environmental 
assessment, the proposed sale, the fair market value and the maximum 
economic recovery of the proposed lease tract.

DATES: .Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The written comments must be submitted to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Jackson District Office, 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404, 
Jackson, Mississippi 39206.
    The public hearing will be held on March 14, 1997, 5:00 p.m., 
Holiday Inn Express, 260 Cababa Valley Road, Pelham, Alabama 35124, 
(205) 987-8888

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For more complete data on this lease application, please contact Tondi 
Ballard (703) 440-1539 at the Bureau of Land Management, Eastern 
States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Federal Coal 
Management Regulations 43 CFR parts 3422 and 3425, not less than 30 
days prior to the publication of notice of sale, the Secretary shall 
solicit public comments.
    The public comments should address, but not necessarily be limited 
to, the following information:
    1. The method of mining to be employed in order to obtain maximum 
economic recovery of the coal and factors which may affect this 
determination.
    2. The impact that mining the coal in the proposed leasehold may 
have on the area, including, but not limited to, impacts on the 
environment; and
    3. Methods of determining the fair market value of the coal to be 
offered and factors which may affect this determination.
    Letters should be submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Jackson District, at the above address. Data marked proprietary shall 
be treated confidential in accordance with the Freedom of Information 
Act (FOIA). A copy of the comments submitted by the public on fair 
market value and maximum economic recovery, except those portions 
identified as confidential by the public and meeting exemptions stated 
in the FOIA, will be available for public inspection at the Bureau of 
Land Management, Jackson District.

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
Walter Rewinski,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources Planning, Use and 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-3792 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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