[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 40722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13884]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW163613]


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 Bridger 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 Sweetwater 
County, WY:

T. 22 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 22: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1-15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 1,278.74 acres, more or less.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Rock Springs Known Recoverable Coal Resources 
Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain coal quality 
data and to further quantify this particular reserve base inclusive of 
adjacent private and state lands. 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.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under 
number WYW163613): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and Bureau of 
Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock 
Springs, WY 82901. The written notice to participate in the exploration 
program should be sent to both of the following addresses: Bridger Coal 
Company, c/o Interwest Mining Company, Attn: Scott M. Child, One Utah 
Center, Suite 2100, 201 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 
and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch of 
Solid Minerals, Attn: Julie Weaver, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published 
in the ``Rocket-Miner'' of Rock Springs, WY, once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of July 11, 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 Bridger Coal Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section above, 
no later than 30 days after publication of this invitation in the 
Federal Register. The foregoing is published in the Federal Register 
pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: May 25, 2005.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 05-13884 Filed 7-13-05; 8:45 am]
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