[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 41031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19212]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EM, WYW153943]


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.A. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted 
as 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. 52 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 8: Lots 1-12;
    Sec. 9: Lots 3-6 and 11-14.

    Containing 811.81 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 
overburden geochemistry, structural information, and coal quality data 
on the Anderson and Canyon coal seams.

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 (BLM). Copies of the exploration plan are 
available for review during normal business hours in the following 
offices (serialized under number WYW153943): 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 Aug. 6, 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, Attn: Steve Salonek, P.O. Box 3027, Gillette, 
WY 82717-3027, and the BLM, Wyoming State Office, Minerals and Lands 
Authorization Group, Attn: Julie Weaver, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 
82003-1828.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: July 20, 2001.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-19212 Filed 8-3-01; 8:45 am]
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