[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64981-64982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-921-07-1320-EL; COC-72980]


Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale Offer, Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Lease Application COC-
72980.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, 
will offer certain coal resources describe below as Federal coal lease 
application (LBA) COC-72980 in Routt County, Colorado, for competitive 
sale by sealed bid, in accordance with the provisions for competitive 
lease sales in 43 CFR 3422.2(a), and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 
2008. Sealed bid must be sent by certified mail, return receipt 
requested, or be hand delivered to the address indicated below, and 
must be received on or before 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2008. The 
BLM cashier will issue a receipt for each hand delivered sealed bid. 
Any bid received after the time specified will not be considered and 
will be returned. The outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid 
must clearly state that the envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sale 
COC-72980, and is not to be opened before the date and hour of the 
sale.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the BLM Colorado State 
Office, Conference Room, Fourth Floor, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado. Sealed bids must be submitted, hand delivered or 
mailed to BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 
Colorado 80215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Barton at BLM Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, or by 
telephone 303-239-3714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal lease sale is being held in 
response to a LBA filed by Twentymile Coal Company, April 8, 2008. The 
coal resource to be offered consists of recoverable coal reserves in 
the TCC Wadge seam mined by underground mining methods in the following 
lands:

T. 5 N., R. 87 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 22, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\ NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SE\1/4\;

    Containing approximately 500 acres in Routt County, Colorado.

    Total recoverable reserves are estimated to be 1.4 million tons. 
The underground minable coal is ranked as sub bituminous B coal. The 
estimated coal quality on an as-received basis for the seams are as 
follows:

                             TCC Wadge Seam
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BTU/lb................................................            12,561
Volatile Matter.......................................            33.52%
Moisture..............................................             8.55%
Fixed Carbon..........................................            44.92%

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Sulfur Content........................................             0.49%
Ash Content...........................................             9.94%
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    The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest 
cash amount, provided that the high bid meets the FMV for the tract. 
The minimum bid for the tract is $100 per acre or fraction thereof. No 
bid that is less than $100 per acre, or fraction thereof, will be 
considered. The minimum bid is not intended to represent FMV. The FMV 
of the tract will be determined by the Authorized Officer after the 
sale. In the event identical high sealed bids are received, the tying 
high bidders will be requested to submit follow-up bids until a high 
bid is received. All tie-breaking sealed bids must be submitted within 
15 minutes following the Sale Official's announcement at the sale that 
identical high bids have been received. The lease issued as a result of 
this offering will provide for payment of an annual rental of $3.00 per 
acre, or fraction thereof, and of a royalty payment to the United 
States of 12.5 percent of the value of coal produced by strip or auger 
mining methods and 8 percent of the value of the coal produced by 
underground mining methods. The value of the coal will be determined in 
accordance with 30 CFR 206.250.
    The required Detailed Statement for the offered tract, including 
bidding instructions and sales procedures under 43 CFR 3422.3-2, and 
the terms and conditions of the proposed coal lease, is available from 
BLM Colorado State Office at the addresses above. Case file documents 
and written comments for COC-72980 submitted by the public on FMV or 
royalty rates, except those portions identified as proprietary by the 
commentator and meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information 
Act, are available for public inspection during normal business hours 
in the BLM Public Room.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Kurt Barton,
Solid Minerals Staff, Division of Energy, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. E8-26014 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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