[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14924]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW153467]


Coal Lease 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.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted 
at 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Triton Coal Company, LLC 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. 42 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 8-23;
    Sec. 7: Lots 5-14;
    Sec. 8: Lots 1-12, 16;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1-8, 11-14;
T. 43 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 31: Lots 13-20;
T. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 5-15, 19, 20.

    Containing 2,816.14 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 data 
on the Wyodak coal seam.

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 WYW153467): BLM, Wyoming State Office, 5353 
Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, BLM, Casper 
Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY 82604.

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 June 11, 2001, and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the BLM and Triton Coal 
Company, LLC no later than thirty days after publication of this 
invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent 
to the following addresses: Triton Coal Company, LLC, North Rochelle 
Mine, Attn: Tim L. Thamm, 510 Reno Road, Gillette, WY 82718, and the 
BLM, Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid Minerals, 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 29, 2001.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-14924 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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