[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33000-33001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8796]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-923-06-1320-00]


Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Kenilworth Tract Coal 
Lease Application UTU-81893.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management-Utah State Office will offer 
certain coal resources described below as the Kenilworth Tract (UTU-
81893) in Carbon County, Utah, for competitive sale by sealed bid, in 
accordance with the provisions for competitive lease sales in 43 CFR 
3422.2(a), and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and 
supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday June 8, 2006. 
The bid must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or be 
hand delivered to the address indicated below, and must be received on 
or before 10 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2006. The Cashier will issue a 
receipt for each hand delivered sealed bid. Any bid received after the 
time specified will not be considered and will be returned. The outside 
of the sealed envelope containing the bid must clearly state that 
envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sale UTU-81893, and is not to be 
opened before the date and hour of the sale.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the Utah State Office, Bureau 
of Land Management in the Monument Conference Room, Fifth Floor, 440 
West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sealed bids can be hand delivered 
to the cashier, Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, or may be mailed to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Perkes, 440 West 200 South, Suite 
500, Salt City, Utah 84101-1345 or telephone 801-539-4036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Coal Lease Sale is being held in 
response to a lease by application (LBA) filed by Andalex Resources 
Inc. The coal resources to be offered consist of all recoverable 
reserves available in the following described lands located in Carbon 
County, Utah approximately eight miles northeast of Helper, Utah on 
private lands with federally administered minerals:

T. 12 S., R. 10 E., SLM, Carbon County, Utah
    Sec. 26, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 35, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\.

    Containing 1,760.00 acres

    The Kenilworth coal tract has one or more minable coal beds. The 
minable portions of the Castlegate A coal bed in this area is around 
six to twelve feet in thickness. The Castlegate A bed contains more 
than 14.9 million tons of recoverable high-volatile A bituminous coal. 
The Kenilworth coal bed may be recoverable but further analysis will be 
required through. The estimated coal quality in the Castlgate A coal 
bed on an ``as received basis'' is as follows:

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13,060....................................  Btu/lb.,
2.92......................................  Percent moisture,
7.61......................................  Percent ash,
41.82.....................................  Percent volatile matter,
47.83.....................................  Percent fixed carbon,
0.41......................................  Percent sulfur.
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The Kenilworth Tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the 
highest cash amount, provided that the high bid equals or exceeds the 
Fair Market Value (FMV) for the tract as determined by the authorized 
officer after the Sale. The Department of the Interior has established 
a minimum bid of $100 per acre or fraction thereof for the tracts. The 
minimum bid is not intended to represent the FMV. The lease issued as a 
result of this offering will provide for payment of an annual rental of 
$3 per acre, a royalty rate of 12.5 percent of the value of coal mined 
by surface methods, and a royalty of 8 percent of the value of the coal 
produced by underground mining methods. The value of the coal will be 
determined in accordance with 30 CFR 206.250.
    The required Detailed Statement, including bidding instructions for 
the offered tracts and the terms and conditions of the proposed coal 
lease, is available from Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155 or in the Public Room 
(Room 500), 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. All case 
file documents and written comments submitted by the public on Fair 
Market Value or royalty rates except those portions identified as

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proprietary by the commentator and meeting exemptions stated in the 
Freedom of Information Act, are available for public inspection during 
normal business hours in the Public Room (Room 500) of the Bureau of 
Land Management.

Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. E6-8796 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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