[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 85 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9195]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW176446]


Coal Exploration License, WY

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, 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 Black Butte Coal 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 Sweetwater 
County, WY:

T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 2: Lot 4;
    Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\;

T. 19 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 26: N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Containing 319.83 acres, more or less.

    The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain structural and 
quality information of the coal. The proposed exploration program is 
fully described and will be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan 
to be approved by the Bureau of Land Management.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under 
number WYW176446): Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, Bureau 
of Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, 
Rock Springs, WY 82901. The written notice should be sent to the 
following addresses: Black Butte Coal Company, Attn: Clark Fritz, P.O. 
Box 98, Point of Rocks, WY 82901, 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: This notice of invitation will be published 
in the Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of April 28, 2008, and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management 
and Black Butte Coal Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section 
above, no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation 
in the Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: April 21, 2008.
Larry Claypool,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
 [FR Doc. E8-9195 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am]
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