[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38466-38467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14853]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW177016]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, Kiewit 
Mining Properties Inc., WYW177016, 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 Kiewit Mining Properties 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. 52 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 7: Lots 13-17;
    Sec. 8: Lots 9-12;
    Sec. 9: Lots 10-15;
    Sec. 18: Lots 8, 9, 16, 17;
    Sec. 19: Lots 8, 9, 16;
T. 52 N., R. 73 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 12: Lots 9, 16;
    Sec. 13: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16.

    Containing 1393.54 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 
Kiewit Mining Properties 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.

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ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan are available for review 
during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under 
number WYW177016): 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: 
Kiewit Mining Properties Inc., Attn: Greg Todd, Project Engineer, 
Buckskin Mining Co., P.O. Box 3027, Gillette, WY 82717-3027, 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 
geological and other pertinent data concerning the coal deposits.
    This notice of invitation will be published in News-Record of 
Gillette, WY once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the 
week of July 7, 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 24, 2008.
Larry Claypool,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E8-14853 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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