[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3909-3910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1943]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW154900]


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 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. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 7-10, 15, 16, N\1/2\ of Lot 17, N\1/2\ of Lot 18;
    Sec. 2: Lots 5-16;
T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 23: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 25: Lots 3-6;
    Sec. 26: Lots 1, 2, 7-10, 15, 16;
    Sec. 35: Lots 1-16.

Containing 2533.98 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 
Bureau of Land Management. Copies of the exploration plan are available 
for review during normal business hours in the following offices 
(serialized under number WYW154900): 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 December 10, 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

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thirty 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, Wyoming State Office, 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: November 21, 2001.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 02-1943 Filed 1-25-02; 8:45 am]
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