[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10387]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-921-02-1320-EL-P; NDM 91535]


Notice of Coal Lease Application--NDM 91535--The Coteau 
Properties Company

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of The Coteau Properties Company's Coal Lease 
Application NDM 91535 for certain coal resources within the Fort Union 
Coal Region.
    The land included in Coal Lease Application NDM 91535 is located in 
Mercer County, North Dakota, and is described as follows:

T. 144 N., R. 88 W., 5th P. M.
    Sec. 2: Lots 3 and 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4: Lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6: All;
    Sec. 8: N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
T. 145 N., R. 88 W., 5th P. M.
    Sec. 4: Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 10: N\1/2\;
    Sec. 14: All;
    Sec. 22: All;
    Sec. 26: N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 28: NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34: N\1/2\N\1/2\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
T. 144 N., R. 89 W., 5th P. M.
    Sec. 12: E\1/2\.

    The 5,571.34-acre tract contains an estimated 88 million tons of 
recoverable coal reserves.

    The application will be processed in accordance with the provisions 
of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181, et 
seq.), and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR part 3400. A decision 
to allow leasing of the coal reserves in said tract will result in a 
competitive lease sale to be held at a time and place to be announced 
through publication pursuant to 43 CFR part 3422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coteau Properties Company is the lessee 
and operator of Federal Coal Leases NDM 81582, NDM 85515, and NDM 
85517, at the Freedom Mine. The entire area included within this lease 
application lies west of the present Freedom Mine permit area.
    The area applied for would be mined as an extension of the Freedom 
Mine and would utilize the same methods as those currently being used. 
The lease being applied for can extend the life of the mine by about 5 
and one-half years and enable recovery of coal that might never be 
mined if not mined as a logical extension of current pits.
    Notice of Availability: The application is available for review 
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101, and at the Bureau of Land Management, Dakotas District 
Office, whose address is 2033 Third Avenue West, Dickinson, North 
Dakota, 58601-2619, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Good, Coal Coordinator, at 
telephone 406-896-5080, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-
6800.

    Dated: February 6, 2002.
Randy D. Heuscher,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 02-10387 Filed 4-25-02; 8:45 am]
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