[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77789-77790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9880]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW173720]


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, WYW173720, 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 parties 
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. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 20: Lots 5 through 16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 1, 2, 5 through 16;
    Sec. 22: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 27: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16.

    Containing 3,671.09 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 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 WYW173720): 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 December 18, 2006, and in the Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).


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    Dated: December 5, 2006.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 06-9880 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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