[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25387-25388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10434]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW157607]


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.C. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted 
at 43 CFR part 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Powder River 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 
and Converse Counties, WY:

T. 41 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 19: Lots 6-11, 12(S\1/2\), 13-20;
    Sec. 20: Lots 5(S\1/2\), 6(S\1/2\), 7(S\1/2\), 8(S\1/2\), 9-16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 5(S\1/2\), 6-16;
    Sec. 27: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1-15, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 30: Lots 5-12;

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    Sec. 33: Lots 1-8;
    Sec. 34: Lots 1-8;
T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 23: Lots 1, 8, 9;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 25: Lots 1-4, 9, 10, 12(N\1/2\).
Containing 5,426.045 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 
for the purpose of delineating the burnlines for the upper and lower 
splits of the Wyodak-Anderson coal seam and further fine-tune coal 
quality and structure.

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 WYW157607): 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, and ``The Douglas Budget'' of 
Douglas, WY, once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the 
week of May 5, 2003, 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 Powder River Coal Company no 
later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the 
Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the following 
addresses: Powder River Coal Company, Attn: Les Petersen, P.O. Box 
3034, 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: March 11, 2003.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 03-10434 Filed 5-9-03; 8:45 am]
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