[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42204-42205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15892]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-040-1330-EO]


Notice of a 30-Day Public Comment Period on the Establishment of 
the Mechanically Mineable Trona Area, Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice solicits public comment as to whether the area of 
Sweetwater County, Wyoming, described below meets the criteria set 
forth below for a Mechanically Mineable Trona Area (MMTA).

DATES: Comments should be submitted to the below address no later than 
August 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Assistant Field 
Manager, Minerals and Lands, Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs 
Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Murphy, Assistant Field Manager, 
Rock Springs Field Office, at (307) 352-0321.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An MMTA generally defines an area underlain 
by trona (sodium) deposits of the proper depth, thickness, and quality 
to support extraction by mining techniques that require an underground 
workforce. The lands described below are proposed to be included within 
the MMTA:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming

T. 14 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 4 to 7 inclusive:
    Sec. 18.
T. 14 N., R. 109 W.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 12 and 13.
T. 15 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 2 to 10 inclusive;
    Sec. 15 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 27 to 34 inclusive.
T. 15 N., R. 109 W.,
    Sec. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 11 to 14 inclusive;
    Sec. 23 to 25 inclusive;
    Sec. 36.
T. 16 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 3 to 10 inclusive;
    Sec. 15 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 26 to 35 inclusive.
T. 16 N., R. 109 W.
    Sec. 1 to 30 inclusive;
    Sec. 35 and 36.
T. 16 N., R. 110 W.,
    Sec. 1 and 2;
    Sec. 11 to 15 inclusive;
    Sec. 22 to 27 inclusive.
T. 17 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 5 to 9 inclusive;
    Sec. 16 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 26 to 35 inclusive.
T. 17 N., R. 109 W.,
    All.
T. 17 N., R. 110 W.,
    Sec. 1 to 6 inclusive;
    Sec. 8 to 17 inclusive;
    Sec. 22 to 27 inclusive;
    Sec. 35 and 36.
T. 17 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 1 to 3 inclusive.
T. 18 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 6 and 7;
    Sec. 18 to 20 inclusive;
    Sec. 29 to 32 inclusive.
T. 18 N., R. 109 W.,
    All.
T. 18 N., R. 110 W.,
    All.
T. 18 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 1 to 4 inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 9 to 16 inclusive;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 20, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 21 to 28 inclusive;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33 to 36 inclusive.
T. 19 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 5 and 6.
T. 19 N., R. 109 W.,
    Sec. 1 to 10 inclusive;
    Sec. 16 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 26 to 36 inclusive.
T. 19 N., R. 110 W.,
    All.
T. 19 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 1 to 4 inclusive;
    Sec. 9 to 16 inclusive;
    Sec. 21 to 28 inclusive;
    Sec. 33 to 36 inclusive.
T. 20 N., R. 108 W.,

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    Sec. 6 to 8 inclusive;
    Sec. 17 to 20 inclusive;
    Sec. 29 to 32 inclusive.
T. 20 N., R. 109 W.,
    All.
T. 20 N., R. 110 W.,
    Sec. 1;
    Sec. 8 and 9;
    Sec. 12 and 13;
    Sec. 15 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 24 to 36 inclusive.
T. 20 N., R. 111 W.,
    Sec. 13 and 14;
    Sec. 21, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 22 to 27 inclusive;
    Sec. 28, E\1/2\;
    Sec. 33 to 36 inclusive.
T. 21 N., R. 108 W.,
    Sec. 16 and 17;
    Sec. 18, lot 8, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19 to 22 inclusive;
    Sec. 27 to 34 inclusive.
T. 21 N., R. 109 W.,
    Sec. 24 to 27 inclusive;
    Sec. 34 to 36 inclusive.

    Containing 317,321.45 acres, more or less.

    Dated: June 3, 2004.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-15892 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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