[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31499-31500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10923]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW163339]


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 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, WY:

T. 40 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 5: Lots 8, 9, 16-18;
    Sec. 6: Lots 8-23;
    Sec. 7: Lots 5-18;
    Sec. 8: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 9: Lots 2-16;
    Sec. 10: Lots 5, 6, 11-14;
    Sec. 15: Lots 3-6, 11-14;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1-16;
T. 41 N.R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 7: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 8: Lots 1-14, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 10: Lots 9-16;
    Sec. 14: Lots 3, 4;
    Sec. 15: Lots 1-5, 12, 13;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 18: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 19: Lots 4-19;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 22: Lots 2, 7, 8, 14-16;
    Sec. 27: Lots 6-11;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1-8;

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    Sec. 29: Lots 1-8, 12, 13;
    Sec. 30: Lots 5-16;
    Sec. 31: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 32: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13.

    Containing 12,065.54 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 
regarding the structure and quality of the coal.

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 WYW163339): 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 May 23, 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 Antelope 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: 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).

Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 05-10923 Filed 5-26-05; 4:53 pm]
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