[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55990-55991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23449]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW158843]


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 part 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Antelope 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, Wyoming:

T. 40 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 3: Lots 15-18;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 5: Lots 5-7, 10-15, 17-20;
    Sec. 8: Lots 2-4;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8;
    Sec. 10: Lots 3-6;
T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 28: Lots 1, 2, 5-16;
    Sec. 29: Lots 5-16;
    Sec. 32: Lots 1-4, 6-11, 13-16;
    Sec. 33: Lots 1-16.
    Containing 3,859.82 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 assess coal quality.

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 (serialized 
under number WYW158843) are available for review during normal business 
hours in the following offices: 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.

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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 September 29, 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 Antelope Coal Company 
no later than October 29, 2003. The written notice should be sent to 
the following addresses: Antelope Coal Company, Attn: Patrick Baumann, 
P.O. Box 3008, 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: August 13, 2003.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 03-23449 Filed 9-26-03; 8:45 am]
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