[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 60695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24460]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW156345]


Coal 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. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 17: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 18: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1-15;
    Sec. 29: Lots 1 (W2), 2-7, 8 (W2 & SE), 9-16;
    Sec. 30: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 31: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 32: Lots 1-16.

    Containing 5,497.318 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 
information on the geology and quality of coal resources within the 
area of the West Extension Lease by Application (WYW155132) filed by 
RAG Coal West, Inc. as a maintenance tract to the west of the Eagle 
Butte Mine.

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 (BLM). Copies of the exploration plan are 
available for review during normal business hours in the following 
offices (serialized under number WYW156345): BLM Wyoming State Office, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, PO 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 August 26, 2002, and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the BLM 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., Attn: Bill Bolger, P.O. Box 
3040, Gillette, WY 82717-3040, and the BLM Wyoming State Office, Branch 
of Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003-
1828.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: July 11, 2002.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 02-24460 Filed 9-25-02; 8:45 am]
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