[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8397-8398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3610]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-09-1320-01; WYW147809]


Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Antelope Coal Company 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 and Converse Counties, WY:

T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 14: Lot 5;
    Sec. 15: Lots 7, 8, 15, 16;
    Sec. 22: Lots 3, 9, 10, 12;
    Sec. 23: Lots 5, 6, 13;
    Sec. 25: Lots 11, 14;
    Sec. 26: Lots 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13;
    Sec. 27: Lots 1, 2, 14.

    Containing 903.36 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 assess 
overburden quality.

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 WYM147809): 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 February 15, 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 Antelope Coal Company no later than thirty days after publication 
of this invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should 
be sent to the following addresses: Antelope Coal Company, Attn: 
Patrick J. Baumann, Caller Box 3008, Gillette, WY 82717, 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: February 9, 1999.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 99-3610 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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