[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14473]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW176465]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, Bridger Coal 
Co., WYW176465, 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 Bridger Coal Co. 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 Sweetwater County, 
WY:

T. 21 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 2: Lots 5-8, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5-8, S\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 8: All;
    Sec. 10: All;
    Sec. 14: All;
    Sec. 24: All;
T. 22 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 28: All;
    Sec. 32: All;
    Sec. 34: All;
T. 22 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 22: Lots 1-16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1-15, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.

    Containing 7050.90 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 
Bridger 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 WYW176465): 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: Bridger Coal Co., c/o Interwest Mining Co., Attn: 
Scott M. Child, 1407 West North Temple, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, UT 
84116, 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 Red Desert and Rock 
Springs Known Recoverable Coal Resource Areas. The purpose of the 
exploration program is to obtain information on the coal bearing seams 
and geological formations in addition to obtaining the following 
characteristics: coal quality, quantity, Btu content, percent ash, 
percent moisture, percent sulfur and percent sodium.
    This notice of invitation will be published in Rocket-Miner of Rock 
Springs, WY once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week 
of June 30, 2008, and in the Federal Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: June 19, 2008.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E8-14473 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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