[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41041-41042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6328]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW172923]


Notice of Invitation--Coal Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License WYW172923.

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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, interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Black Butte 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. 17 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 4: Lots 1-4, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\; Sec. 10: All;
T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 34: All.

    Containing 1,919.68 acres, more or less.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday 
in the following offices (serialized under number WYW172923): 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 should be sent to the following addresses: Black Butte 
Coal Company, Attn: Jon Gross, P.O. Box 98, Point of Rocks, WY 82901, 
and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch of 
Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the coal in the above-described land 
consists of unleased Federal coal within the Rock Springs Known 
Recoverable Coal Resource Area. The purpose of the exploration program 
is to obtain structural and quality information of the coal. 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. This notice of invitation will be published in the Rock 
Springs Daily Rocket-Miner once each week for two consecutive weeks 
beginning the week of July 3, 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 Black Butte 
Coal Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES 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 15, 2006.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 06-6328 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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