[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71186-71187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20913]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-921-06-1320-EL; COC 67232]


Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Offering By Sealed Bid, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Lease Application COC 
67232.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, 
will offer certain coal resources in the B, D/E seams in Gunnison 
County, Colorado, hereinafter described as Federal coal lease 
application (LBA) COC 67232 for competitive lease by sealed bid in 
accordance with the provisions for competitive lease sales in 43 CFR 
3422.2(a), and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and 
supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, 
2007. Sealed bids must be sent by certified mail, return receipt 
requested, or be hand delivered to the address indicated below, and 
must be received on or before 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007. The 
cashier will issue a receipt for each hand delivered sealed bid. Any 
bid received after the time specified will not be considered and will 
be returned. The outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid must 
clearly state that the envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sale COC 
67232, and is not to be opened before the date and hour of the sale.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the BLM, Colorado State 
Office, Conference Room, Fourth Floor, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado. Sealed bids must be submitted, hand delivered or 
mailed to the Cashier, BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield 
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Zurek at BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215 or telephone 
303-239-3795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The coal resource to be offered consists of 
all recoverable coal reserves to be mined by underground mining methods 
in the following lands:

T. 13 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 35, lots 5 through 7, inclusive, and lots 9 through 16, 
inclusive, except lands embraced in coal leases C-1362 and COC 
56447, as modified;
    Sec. 36, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\, except lands 
embraced in coal lease COC 56447, as modified.
T. 14 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 1, lots 3, 4, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 through 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 12, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 1,517.13 acres in Gunnison County, 
Colorado.

    Total recoverable reserves are estimated to be 17.3 million tons. 
The underground mineable coal is ranked as high volatile B bituminous 
coal. Although other seams are included in the application, only the B 
and D/E seams are considered mineable. The estimated coal quality on an 
as-received basis for the B and D/E Seams are as follows:

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B Seam:
  BTU..................................  11,886 BTU/lb.
  Volatile Matter......................  35.80%
  Moisture.............................  8.50%
  Fixed Carbon.........................  47.00%
  Sulfur Content.......................  0.62%
  Ash Content..........................  8.56%
D/E Seam:
  BTU..................................  11,726 BTU/lb
  Moisture.............................  10.45%
  Sulfur Content.......................  0.46%
  Ash Content..........................  6.62%
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    The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest 
cash amount, provided that the high bid meets the fair market value 
(FMV) for the tract as determined by the authorized officer after the 
Sale. The Department of the Interior has established a minimum bid of 
$100 per acre or fraction thereof for Federal coal tracts. The minimum 
bid is not intended to represent FMV. In the event identical high 
sealed bids are received, the tying high bidders will be requested to 
submit follow-up bids until a high bid is received. All tie-breaking 
sealed bids must be submitted within 15 minutes following the Sale 
Official's announcement at the sale that identical high bids have been 
received.
    The lease issued as a result of this offering will provide for 
payment of an annual rental of $3.00 per acre or fraction thereof and a 
royalty payable to the United States of 8 percent of the value of coal 
mined by underground methods. The value of the coal will be

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determined in accordance with 30 CFR 206.250.
    Bidding instructions for the offered tract are included in the 
Detailed Statement of Coal Lease Sale. Copies of the Detailed Statement 
and the proposed coal lease are available upon request in person or by 
mail from the Colorado State Office at the address given above. The 
case file is available for inspection in the Public Room, Colorado 
State Office, during normal business hours at the address given above.

Karen Zurek,
Solid Minerals Staff, Division of Energy, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. E6-20913 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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