[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 15583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7840]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW155133]


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 
at 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with RAG Coal West, Inc. 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. 50 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 2: Lots 8, 9;
    Sec. 3: Lots 5-12;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5-7, 10-12;
    Containing 531.78 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 
to determine quantity, quality, and extent of coal located between the 
southern boundary of the current coal leases in the Eagle Butte Mine 
and the re-located Wyoming State Highway 59.

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 WYW155133): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming 
State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; 
and, Bureau of Land Management, 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 March 18, 2002, and in the Federal 
Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and RAG 
Coal West, Inc. no later than thirty days after publication of this 
invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent 
to the following addresses: RAG Coal West, Inc., Eagle Butte Mine, 
Attn: James F. Goss, P.O. Box 3040, Gillette, WY 82717, and the Bureau 
of Land Management, 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: February 15, 2002.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 02-7840 Filed 4-1-02; 8:45 am]
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