[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50620-50621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25524]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-932-4120-05; NMNM 99768]


Invitation To Participate; Exploration for Coal in New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with 
San Juan Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a program 
for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of 
America. The lands are located in San Juan County, New Mexico, and are 
described as follows:

T. 30 N., R. 14 W., NMPM
    Sec. 17, All;
    Sec. 18, All;
    Sec. 19, All;
    Sec. 20, All;
    Sec. 29, All;
    Sec. 30, All;
    Sec. 31, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, N\1/2\N\1/2\S\1/2\;

    Containing 4483.88 acres, more or less. Interested parties may 
obtain a complete description of the lands covered in the 
exploration license application by contacting San Juan Coal Company, 
at the address shown below, or the Bureau of Land Management, New 
Mexico State Office, Solid Minerals Adjudication, P.O. Box 27115, 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115.

    Any parties electing to participate in this exploration program 
shall notify in writing, both the State Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-0115, and the San Juan Coal Company, P.O. Box 561, 
Waterflow, NM 87421. Such written notice must include a justification 
for wanting to participate and any recommended changes in the 
exploration plan with specific reasons for such changes. The notice 
must be received no later than 30-calendar days after the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.
    This proposed exploration program is for the purpose of determining 
the quality and quantity of the coal in the area and will be conducted 
pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the Bureau of Land 
Management. A copy of the exploration plan as submitted by San Juan 
Coal Company may be examined at the Bureau of Land Management, New 
Mexico State Office,

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1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, and the Farmington 
District Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, New Mexico 87401-
1808.

    Dated: September 15, 1997.
Gilbert J. Lucero,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 97-25524 Filed 9-25-97; 8:45 am]
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