[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 32369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10925]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-921-05-1320-EL-P; MTM 94378]


Notice of Coal Lease Application--MTM 94378--Spring Creek Coal 
Company

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of Spring Creek Coal Company's Coal Lease Application 
MTM 94378 for certain coal resources within the Powder River Coal 
Region. The land included in Coal Lease Application MTM 94378 is 
located in Big Horn County, Montana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Sprugin, Coal Coordinator, at 
telephone 406-896-5080, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State 
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-
6800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land included in the coal lease 
application is described as follows:

T. 8 S., R. 39 E., P. M. M.

Sec. 13: SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 14: NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 15: NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 22: NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 23: SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 24: N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 25: SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 26: SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 27: SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;

T. 8 S., R. 40 E., P. M. M.

Sec. 30: S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;

    The 1,207.50-acre tract contains an estimated 121.4 million tons of 
recoverable coal reserves.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the provisions 
of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181, et 
seq.), and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR Part 3400. A decision 
to allow leasing of the coal reserves in said tract will result in a 
competitive lease sale to be held at a time and place to be announced 
through publication pursuant to 43 CFR 3422. Spring Creek Coal Company 
is the operator of the Spring Creek Mine. The entire area included 
within this lease application lies within the Spring Creek Mine 
SMP79012 permit area.
    The area applied for would be mined as an extension of the Spring 
Creek Mine and would utilize the same methods as those currently being 
used. The lease being applied for can extend the life of the mine by 
about 8 years and enable recovery of coal that might never be mined if 
not mined as a logical extension of current pits.
    Notice of Availability: The application is available for review 
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101, and at the Bureau of Land Management, Miles City Field 
Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana, 59301-0940, between 
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

    Dated: March 30, 2005.
Randy D. Heuscher,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 05-10925 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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