[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14734]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UTU-78953]


Notice of Coal Lease Offering

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of coal lease offering by sealed bid, South Crandall 
Canyon Tract.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that at 1 p.m., June 12, 2003, certain 
coal resources in lands hereinafter described in Emery County, Utah 
will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid of $100.00 per acre 
or more to the qualified bidder submitting the highest bonus bid in 
accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended (41 Stat. 437). However, no bid will be accepted for less than 
fair market value as determined by the authorized officer. A company or 
individual is limited to one sealed bid. If a company or individual 
submits two or more sealed bids for this tract, all of the company's or 
individual's bids will be rejected.

    Authority: 43 CFR 3422.2(a).
    This lease is being offered for sale under the provisions set forth 
in the regulations for Leasing on Application at 43 CFR part 3425.
    The lease sale will be held in the Bureau of Land Management Fourth 
Floor Conference Room, 324 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake 
City, Utah, at 1 p.m. on June 12, 2003. At that time, the sealed bids 
will be opened and read. No bids received after 10 a.m., June 12, 2003, 
will be considered.
    Coal offered: The coal resources to be offered consist of all 
recoverable reserves available in the following described lands located 
in Emery County, Utah, approximately 10 miles northwest of Huntington, 
Utah on public land located in the Manti-LaSal National Forest:

T. 16 S., R. 7 E., SLM, Utah;
    Sec. 4, W2SW, S2SWNW;
    Sec. 5, SE, S2SENE;
    Sec. 8, E2, NENW, S2NW;
    Sec. 9, NW.

    Containing 880.00 acres.

    The tract has two potentially minable coal seams, the Blind Canyon 
and the Hiawatha. The minable portions of the seams in this area are 
from 6 to 8 feet in thickness. This tract contains more than 7.63 
million tons of recoverable high volatile C bituminous coal.
    The estimated coal quality using weighted averages of samples on an 
as-received basis is:

 
 
 
BTU/lb.........................................................   12,790
Percent moisture...............................................     5.26
Percent sulphur................................................     0.61
Percent ash....................................................     4.68
Percent fixed carbon...........................................    45.88
Percent volatile matter........................................   44.18
(Totals do not equal 100% due to rounding).
 

    Rental and Royalty: A lease issued as a result of this offering 
will provide for payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre or fraction 
thereof and a royalty payable to the United States of 12.5 percent of 
the value of coal mined by surface methods, and 8 percent of the value 
of coal mined by underground methods. The value of coal shall be 
determined in accordance with BLM Manual 3070.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bidding instructions are included in the 
Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. A copy of the detailed statement and 
the proposed coal lease are available by mail at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office, PO Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145-0155 or in the Public Room (Room 400), 324 South State Street, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. All case file documents and written 
comments submitted by the public on Fair Market Value or royalty rates 
except those portions identified as proprietary by the commentator and 
meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, are 
available for public inspection in the Public Room (Room 400) of the 
Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: May 13, 2003.
Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 03-14734 Filed 6-9-03; 8:45 am]
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