[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 63032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18064]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW173369]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY; Notice of Invitation for Coal 
Exploration License Application, Powder River Coal, LLC, WYW173369, 
Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of invitation.

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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 Powder River Coal, LLC 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. 48 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 5: Lots 5 through 11;
    Sec. 6: Lots 8 through 23;
    Sec. 8: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 18: Lots 13, 14, 19 and 20;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5 through 14;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1 through 11.
T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 9, 10, 13, 14 (W2), 17, 18, 21, and 22;
    Sec. 7: Lots 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, and 18.
T. 48 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through 19;
    Sec. 2: Lots 5, 12, 13, and 20;
    Sec. 11: Lots 1 and 7;
    Sec. 12: Lots 2 through 7.
T. 49 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 30: Lots 17 through 19;
    Sec. 31: Lots 5 through 20.
T. 49 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 20: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 22: Lots 13 through 15;
    Sec. 25: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 26: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 27: Lots 2 through 7, 10 through 16;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 29: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 31: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 13, 16 through 19;
    Sec. 32: Lots 1 through 6, 11 through 14;
    Sec. 33: Lots 1 through 4;
    Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 10, 16;
    Sec. 35: Lots 1 through 15.

    Containing 10,188.825 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 
Powder River Coal, LLC, as provided in the ADDRESSES 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 WYW173369): 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: 
Powder River Coal, LLC, Attn: Robbie Willson, Caller Box 3034, 
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: 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 
information concerning coal quantity, quality and seam structure for 
the Wyodak-Anderson coal seam.
    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 October 23, 2006, and in the Federal Register. The foregoing is 
published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: September 28, 2006.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
 [FR Doc. E6-18064 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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