[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5563]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-921-09-1320-01; MTM 80697]


Notice of Hearing

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 
10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, 1999, in the conference room on the 
Sixth Floor of the Granite Tower Building, Bureau of Land Management, 
222 North 32nd Street, Billings, Montana 59107.
    Western Energy Company has requested the Bureau of Land Management 
to re-schedule a coal lease sale for Coal Lease Application MTM 80697. 
Western Energy Company submitted an amended coal lease application on 
July 16, 1998, that reduced the lease application acreage from 2,061 
acres to 1,401 acres.
    Pursuant to regulations at 43 CFR 3425.4 (a)(1), the Bureau of Land 
Management requests additional public comments on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement dated September 9, 1994, fair market 
value, and maximum economic recovery of certain coal resources it 
proposes to re-offer for a competitive lease sale. A Decision Record 
dated May 15, 1995, and an Administrative Determination dated November 
13, 1998, allow for coal leasing.
    The lands included in Coal Lease Application MTM 80697, as amended, 
are located approximately 10 miles west of the town of Colstrip, 
Montana, in Rosebud County, Montana, and are described as follows:

T. 1 N., R. 39 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 2: N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\
T. 1 N., R. 40 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 6: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\
    Sec. 8: NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\
    Sec. 14: S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\
T. 2 N., R. 40 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 32: NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\

    The 1,401-acre tract contains an estimated 27.6 million tons of 
recoverable coal reserves.
    The amended application will be processed in accordance with the 
provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 
181, et seq.) and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR 3400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Good, Coal Coordinator 
(telephone 406-255-2828), Bureau of Land Management, Montana State 
Office, 222 North 32nd Street, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-
6800.

    Dated: March 2, 1999.
Randy D. Heuscher,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals
[FR Doc. 99-5563 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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