[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 31500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10926]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW163341]


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 Jacobs Ranch 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. 44 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 17: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 18: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5-20;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1-16;
T. 44 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 13: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 14: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 23: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 26: Lots 1-16.

    Containing 5,874.15 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 obtain coal quality data to 
supplement data from previous adjacent coal exploration programs.

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 WYW163341): 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 Jacobs Ranch 
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: Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, Attn: Darryl 
Maunder, Caller Box 3013, Gillette, WY 82717, 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: April 12, 2005.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 05-10926 Filed 5-26-05; 4:53 pm]
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