[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW176107]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, Antelope 
Coal Co., WYW176107, 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 Antelope Coal Co., a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Energy 
America 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 Converse and Campbell Counties, WY:

T. 40 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Converse County, Wyoming

    Sec. 18: Lots 5, 6, 10 through 20;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5 through 12;

T. 40 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Converse County, Wyoming

    Sec. 1: Lots 5 through 20;
    Sec. 12: Lots 4 through 11;
    Sec. 13: Lots 9 through 16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1 through 8;

T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Campbell County, Wyoming

    Sec. 8: Lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 13 and 14, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9: Lots 1 through 16;
    Sec. 10: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through 14;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1, 2, 7 through 16;
    Sec. 19: Lots 5, 6, 11, and 12;
    Sec. 20: Lots 1 through 8;
    Sec. 21: Lots 1 through 8;
    Sec. 28: Lots 3 through 6.
    Containing 5121.53 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 
Antelope Coal Co. 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 WYW176107): 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: 
Antelope Coal Co., c/o Rio Tinto Energy America, Attn: Tom Suchomel, 
Caller Box 3009, 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 
supplemental geotechnical data from several previous drilling programs 
and to assist with the planning of future expansions of the mine.
    This notice of invitation will be published in Douglas Budget of 
Douglas, WY and The News-Record of Gillette, WY, once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of April 28, 2008, and in the 
Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: April 16, 2008.
Larry Claypool,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E8-8751 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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