[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 111 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 32136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10889]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW174201]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, BTU Western 
Resources, Inc., WYW174201, 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 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with BTU Western Resources, Inc. 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 land in Campbell 
County, WY:

T. 41 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 7: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through 18;
    Sec. 18: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through 19;
T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 1: Lots 5 through 20;
    Sec. 11: Lots 9 through 12, 15, 16;
    Sec. 12: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 13: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 14: Lots 1, 2, 7 (E\1/2\), 8, 9, 16;
    Sec. 23: Lots 1, 8 (N\1/2\);
    Sec. 24: Lots 2 through 4, 5 (N\1/2\), 6 (N\1/2\), 7 (N\1/2\);
T. 42 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 19: Lots 9 through 20;
    Sec. 20: Lots 5 through 16;
    Sec. 21: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 22: Lots 3 through 6, 9 through 16;
    Sec. 26: Lots 3 through 6, 9 through 16;
    Sec. 27: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 28: Lots 1 through 4;
    Sec. 29: Lots 1 through 4;
    Sec. 30: Lots 5 through 8;
T. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 22: Lots 5 through 16;
    Sec. 23: Lots 5 through 16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 5 through 16;
    Sec. 25: Lots 1 through 4;
    Sec. 26: Lots 1 through 6, 11 through 14;
    Sec. 27: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 35: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through 14.

    Containing 10,851.115 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 BTU 
Western Resources, Inc. 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 WYW174201): 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: 
BTU Western Resources, Inc., 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 
coal quantity, quality and seam structure information 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 June 13, 2007, and in the Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: April 18, 2007.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E7-10889 Filed 6-8-07; 8:45 am]
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