[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-948]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(WY-920-09-1320-01); WYW147720


Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 
February 25, 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 Subpart 3410, all interested parties are 
hereby invited to participate with Amax Coal West, Inc., 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. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 17: Lots 11-14;
    Sec. 18: Lots 5-19;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5-19;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 11-14;
    Sec. 28: Lots 3-6;
    Sec. 29: Lots 1, 6;
T. 48 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 13: Lots 1-15;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 25: Lots 1-16.

    Containing 4366.86 acres, more or less.

    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.

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 WYW147720): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming 
State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; 
and, Bureau of Land Management, Casper Field 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 January 18, 1999, 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 Amax Coal West, Inc. no later than thirty days after publication of 
this invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be 
sent to the following addresses: Amax Coal West, Inc., Belle Ayr Mine, 
Attn: Robin Carlson, Caller Box 3039, Gillette, WY 82717-3039, 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, Section 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: January 11, 1999.
Mavis Love,
Acting Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 99-948 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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