[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 241 (Monday, December 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 76042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29590]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW177887]


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 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 lands in 
Campbell County, WY:

T. 52 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 7: Lots 18 through 20;
    Sec. 8: Lots 13 through 16;
    Sec. 17: Lots 1 through 4, 5 (N\1/2\), 6 (N\1/2\), 7 (N\1/2\), 8 
(N\1/2\);
    Sec. 18: Lots 5 through 7, 10, 11, 12 (N\1/2\, SW\1/4\), 13 
(W\1/2\), 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 (W\1/2\);
    Sec. 19: Lots 5 (W\1/2\), 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 (W\1/2\), 13 (W\1/
2\), 14, 15, 17 through 19, 20 (W\1/2\).

    Containing 1,448.922 acres, more or less.

    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 structural geology and 
coal quality data to assess reserves contained in a potential lease at 
the Buckskin Mine. 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 WYW177887): 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, P.O. Box 3027, 
Gillette, WY 82717-3027, 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 News-Record of Gillette, WY, once each week for two consecutive 
weeks beginning the week of December 19, 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 
Kiewit Mining Properties Inc., 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: December 9, 2008.
Michael J. Madrid,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
 [FR Doc. E8-29590 Filed 12-12-08; 8:45 am]
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