[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: 01-27927]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU-78562]


Notice of Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid Whitmore Canyon Tract

    U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah 
State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155. Notice 
is hereby given that at 1:00 p.m., December 12, 2001, certain coal 
resources in lands hereinafter described in Carbon County, Utah will be 
offered for competitive lease by sealed bid of $100.00 per acre or more 
to the qualified bidder submitting the highest bonus bid in accordance 
with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (41 
Stat. 437). However, no bid will be accepted for less than fair market 
value as determined by the authorized officer. A company or individual 
is limited to one sealed bid. If a company or individual submits two or 
more sealed bids for this tract, all of the company's or individual's 
bids will be rejected.
    This lease is being offered for sale under the provisions set forth 
in the regulations for Leasing on Application at 43 CFR 3425.
    The lease sale will be held in the Bureau of Land Management 
Conference Room, Utah State Office, 324 South State Street, Suite 302, 
Salt Lake City, Utah at 1 p.m. on December 12, 2001. At that time, the 
sealed bids will be opened and read. No bids received after 10 a.m., 
December 12, 2001, will be considered.
    Coal Offered: The coal resources to be offered consist of all 
recoverable reserves available in the following described lands located 
in Carbon County, Utah, approximately 4 miles north of East Carbon 
City, Utah:

T. 13 S., R. 13 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 35, S2SW, SE.
T. 14 S., R. 13 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 1, lots 2-7, SWNE,S2NW,SW,W2SE;
    Sec. 12, lots 1-4, S2N2,NESW,SE;
    Sec. 13, NENE.
T. 14 S., R. 14 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 6, lot 6;
    Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4;
    Sec. 18, lot 1, E2NW.
    Containing 1,646.34 acres

    The tract has one potentially minable coal seam, the Upper 
Sunnyside. The minable portions of the seam in this area are from 6 to 
9 feet in thickness and average 8 feet. This tract contains an 
estimated 14.8 million tons of recoverable coal.
    The estimated coal quality using weighted averages of samples on an 
as-received basis is:
13,256  BTU/lb.;
4.70  Percent moisture;
1.26  Percent sulphur;
5.60  Percent ash;
45.98  Percent fixed carbon;
36.87  Percent volatile matter
(Totals do not equal 100% due to rounding)
    Rental and Royalty: A lease issued as a result of this offering 
will provide for payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre or fraction 
thereof and a royalty payable to the United States of 12.5 percent of 
the value of coal mined by surface methods, and 8 percent of the value 
of coal mined by underground methods. The value of coal shall be 
determined in accordance with BLM Manual 3070.
    Notice of Availability: Bidding instructions are included in the 
Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. A copy of the detailed statement and 
the proposed coal lease are available by mail at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145-0155 or in the Public Room (Room 400), 324 South State Street, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. All case file documents and written 
comments submitted by the public on Fair Market Value or royalty rates 
except those portions identified as proprietary by the commentator and 
meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, are 
available for public inspection in the Public Room (Room 400) of the 
Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: October 24, 2001.
Joseph J. Incardine,
Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-27927 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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