[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 77264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28150]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW161763]


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 
County, WY:

T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming;
Sec. 7: Lot 12;
Sec. 8: Lots 10;
Sec. 17: Lots 1-4, 6-10, 16; Containing 489.43 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 obtaining structural and quality information needed 
to identify coal reserves that may be used in the Gold Mine Draw 
Alluvial Valley Floor Exchange application that was filed August 15, 
2003, by Powder River Coal Company.

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 WYW161763): 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, once each week for two consecutive 
weeks beginning the week of November 22, 2004, 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).

Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 04-28150 Filed 12-26-04; 8:45 am]
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