[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54839-54840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15544]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW172927]


Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, 
Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, 
Ark Land Company, WYW172927, Wyoming.

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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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3410, all interested qualified 
parties, as provided in 43 CFR 3472.1, are hereby invited to 
participate with Ark Land 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 Campbell County, 
WY:

T. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through 18;
    Sec. 2: Lots 5 through 20;
T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 8: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 10: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 15: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1 through 4;
    Sec. 21: Lots 3, 4.
    Containing 4,465.98 acres, more or less.


DATES: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and Ark 
Land Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section below, no later than 
thirty days after publication of this Notice of Invitation in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under 
number WYW172927): 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: 
Ark Land Company, Attn: Mike Lincoln, P.O. Box 460, Hanna, WY 82327, 
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 Powder River Basin Known 
Coal Leasing Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to gain 
additional geologic knowledge of the coal underlying the exploration 
area for the purpose of assessing the reserves contained in a potential 
lease. 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 September 11, 2006, and in the Federal Register.

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    The foregoing notice is published in the Federal Register pursuant 
to 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: August 25, 2006.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E6-15544 Filed 9-18-06; 8:45 am]
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