[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 116 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 33513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11617]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-921-03-1320-EL; COC-071108]


Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, 
Oxbow Mining, LLC. COC-071108; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License.

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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, Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted as 
43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 3410, all interested parties 
are hereby invited to participate with Oxbow Mining, LLC, on a pro rata 
cost sharing basis in a program for the exploration of unleased coal 
deposits owned by the United States of America in Gunnison County, 
Colorado:

T. 13 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 3, lots 5-12, 15, 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 4, lots 5-16, inclusive;
    Sec. 5, lots 5, 12, 13, 16, 19, inclusive.

    Containing 1,039.52 acres.

DATES: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
and Oxbow Mining, LLC, as provided in the ADDRESSES section below, no 
later than 30 days after publication of this invitation in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan and license application 
(serialized under the number of COC-071108) are available for review 
during normal business hours in the public room of the BLM State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, and at the 
Uncompahgre Field Office, 2505 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, 
Colorado 81401. The written notice to participate in the exploration 
plan should be sent to both, Kurt M. Barton, CO-921, Solid Minerals 
Staff, Division of Energy, Lands and Minerals, Colorado State Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 
80215; and, Jim Kiger, Oxbow Mining, LLC, PO Box 535, Somerset, CO 
81434.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal exploration license will be issued 
by the BLM. The exploration program is fully described and is being 
conducted pursuant to an exploration plan approved by the BLM. The plan 
may be modified to accommodate the legitimate exploration needs of 
persons seeking to participate. This notice of invitation to 
participate was published in The Delta County Independent, once a week 
for two consecutive weeks beginning the second week of May 2007. The 
forgoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 
3410.2-1(c)(1).

Kurt M. Barton,
Solid Minerals Staff, Division of Energy, Lands and Minerals.
 [FR Doc. E7-11617 Filed 6-15-07; 8:45 am]
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