[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40536-40537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10287]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW172908]


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 part 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Kiewit Mining Properties Inc. on a pro rata cost

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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. 52 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 3: Lots 8, 9, 16, 17;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5 through 20;
    Sec. 5: Lots 5 through 20;
    Sec. 6: Lots 8, 15 through 18, 20 through 23;
    Sec. 7: Lots 18 through 20;
    Sec. 8: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1 through 4, 5 (N\1/2\), 6 (N\1/2\), 7 (N\1/2\), 8 
(N\1/2\);
    Sec. 18: Lots 5 through 7, 10, 11, 12 (N\1/2\, SW\1/4\), 13 
(W\1/2\), 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 (W\1/2\);
    Sec. 19: Lots 5 (W\1/2\), 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 (W\1/2\), 13 (W\1/
2\), 14, 15, 17 through 19, 20 (W\1/2\);
T. 53 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 31: Lots 5, 10 (S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\), 11 through 13, 19;
    Sec. 32: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 33: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 34: Lots 4, 5, 12 through 14.

    Containing 5071.91 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. The 
purpose of the exploration program is to obtain coal structure and 
quality data and to assess the reserves contained in a potential lease. 
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 WYW172908): 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. The written notice should be sent to the following addresses: 
Kiewit Mining Properties Inc., Attn: John Faulconer, P.O. Box 3027, 
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.

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 July 17, 2006, 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 Kiewit Mining Properties Inc., as provided in the ADDRESSEES 
section above, no later than thirty 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: June 26, 2006.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
 [FR Doc. E6-10287 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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