[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55802-55803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15218]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW173097]


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, WYW173097, 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 a 
program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States 
of America in the following-described lands in Campbell County, 
Wyoming:

T. 46 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming,
Sec. 18: Lots 7 through 10, 14 through 17;
Sec. 19: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through 18;
Sec. 30: Lots 5 through 20;
Sec. 31: Lots 1, 5 through 19;
Sec. 32: Lots 5 through 8, 11 through 14.

    Containing 2,274.14 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

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section below, which must be received within 30 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 WYW173097): 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 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 August 28, 2006, and in the Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: August 14, 2006.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E6-15218 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
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