[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 58 (Monday, March 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5455]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW162491]


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 
as 43 CFR 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. 41 N., R. 69 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 5: Lots 8, 9, and 16;
T. 42 N., R. 69 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 18: Lot 13 (S\1/2\);
     Sec. 19: Lots 6 (S\1/2\), 7, 9, 11 (NW\1/4\), 12, 15;
    Sec. 29: Lots 4 (W\1/2\), 5, 12, 13, 14 (SW\1/4\);
    Sec. 30: Lots 5 through 7;
    Sec. 32: Lots 3 (W\1/2\), 4, 5 (N\1/2\).

    Containing 693.9025 acres, more or less.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Coal Leasing Area and 
the Powder River Basin Known Recoverable Coal Resources Area. The 
purpose of the exploration program is to delineate the cropline for the 
Wyodak-Anderson coal seam and to obtain coal structure and quality 
data.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under 
number WYW162491): 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: 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. 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 March 28, 2005, 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: Karen Lohkamp, Caller Box 3034, Gillette, WY 82717-
3034, and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch 
of Solid Minerals, Attn: Julie Weaver, 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: February 1, 2005.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 05-5455 Filed 3-25-05; 8:45 am]
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