[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28508-28509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12698]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-09-1320-01, WYW148388]


Coal Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of invitation for coal exploration license.

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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 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Cordero Mining 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 
County, WY:

T. 46 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 8-23;
    Sec. 7: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 8: Lots 3-6, 9-12;
T. 46 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1-8;
    Sec. 10: Lots 1-10;
    Sec. 11: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 12: Lots 1-16;
T. 47 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 21: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 33: Lots 1-16;

    Containing 6,908.41 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

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number WYW148388): 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 May 24, 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 Cordero Mining 
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: Cordero Mining Company, Attn: Tom Stedtnitz, P.O. 
Box 1449, Gillette, WY 82717-1449, 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).

    Dated: May 14, 1999.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 99-12698 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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