[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27914]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-01, WYW154839]


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 
as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Jacobs Ranch 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 Campbell 
County, WY:

T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming, Sec. 26: Lots 3-6 and 11-14. 
Containing 323.69 acres, more or less.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Coal Leasing 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 BLM. 
Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal 
business hours in the following offices (serialized under number 
WYW154839): BLM, Wyoming State Office (WSO), 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 November 5, 2001, and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the BLM and Jacobs Ranch Coal 
Company no later than 30 days after publication of this invitation in 
the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the 
following addresses: Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, Attn: Darryl Maunder, 
Caller Box 3013, Gillette, WY 82717-3013, and the BLM, WSO, Branch of 
Solid Minerals, 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: October 17, 2001.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-27914 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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