[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19936-19937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9623]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-08-1320-01; WYW144836]


Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 
1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.A. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted 
as 43 CFR, part

[[Page 19937]]

34, subpart 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Kerr-McGee Coal Corp., on a pro rata cost sharing 
basis in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the 
United States of America in the following-described lands in Campbell 
County, WY:

T. 43 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 4: Lots 17, 18;
    Sec. 7: Lots 5 thru 7, 9 thru 12, 13 (N2 & SE);
    Sec. 8: Lots 1 thru 16;
    Sec. 9: Lots 3 thru 6;
T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 12: Lots 1, 2.

    Containing approximately 1,298.70 acres.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Recoverable Coal 
Resource Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain coal 
quality data to supplement data from previous adjacent coal exploration 
programs.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration program is fully described and will 
be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the 
Bureau of Land Management. Copies of the exploration plan are available 
for review during normal business hours in the following offices 
(serialized under number WYW144836): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming 
State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; 
and, Bureau of Land Management, Casper District Office, 1701 East ``E'' 
Street, Casper, WY 82601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published 
in ``The News-Record'' of Gillette, WY, once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of April 20, 1998 and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management 
and Kerr-McGee Coal Corp., no later than 30 days after publication of 
this invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be 
sent to the following addresses: Kerr-McGee Coal Corp., Attn: John W. 
Coleman, MT-2205, 123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 
and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Minerals and 
Lands Authorization Group, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, 
WY 82003.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).
Mavis Love,
Acting Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 98-9623 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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