[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 145 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18487]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW150970]


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 Black Butte 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 Sweetwater 
County, WY:

T. 17 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 2: Lots 3 (NENW), 4 (NWNW), S2NW, SW;
    Sec. 4: Lots 1-4 (N2N2), S2N2, S2;
    Sec. 8: ALL;
    Sec. 10: W2;
T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 34: ALL.

    Containing 2,559.480 acres, more or less.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Rock Springs Known Recoverable Coal Resource 
Area.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration program is fully described and will 
be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the BLM. 
Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal 
business hours in the following offices (serialized under number 
WYW150970): BLM, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 
1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, BLM, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 
Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY 82901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published 
in the ``Rocket-Miner'' of Rock Springs, WY, once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of July 24, 2000, 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 Black Butte 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: Black Butte Coal 
Company, Attn: Pete Sall, P.O. Box 98, Point of Rocks, WY 82942, and 
the BLM, Wyoming State Office, Minerals and Lands Authorization Group, 
Attn: Julie Weaver, 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: July 17, 2000.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 00-18487 Filed 7-26-00; 8:45 am]
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