[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 101 (Thursday, May 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25578-25579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12333]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-921-05-1320-EL; COC-70615]


Notice of Public Meeting, To Receive for Comments on an 
Environmental Analysis, Finding of No Significant Impact, Maximum 
Economic Recovery Report, and Fair Market Value for Coal Lease 
Application COC-70615

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, 
Lakewood, Colorado, hereby gives notice that the public meeting will be 
held to receive comments on the Environmental Analysis (EA), Finding of 
No Significant Impact (FONSI), Maximum Economic Recovery (MER), and 
Fair Market Value (FMV) of federal coal to be offered for a competitive 
lease sale. Coal Lease By Application (LBA) COC-70615 was filed by 
Oxbow Mining, LLC. The BLM plans to offer for competitive lease 789.79 
acres of Federal coal in Gunnison County, Colorado.

DATES: The public meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 8, 
2009. Written comments should be received no later than July 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Paonia Town Hall 
located at 214 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado. Written comments should 
be addressed to the Uncompahgre Field Office Manager, Uncompahgre Field 
Office, 2505 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Field Office Manager, Uncompahgre 
Field Office at the address above, or by telephone at 970-240-5300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLM hereby gives notice that a public 
meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 7 p.m., at the 
Paonia Town Hall at the address given above. An LBA was filed by Oxbow 
Mining, LLC. The BLM offers for competitive lease federal coal in the 
lands outside established coal production regions described as:

T. 13 S., R. 90 NW., 6th P.M., Sections 3, 4, 5, more particularly 
described as follows:
    Beginning at a point on the North Section line at the Section 
Corner common to Sections 4 and 5; thence S. 87[deg]22[min]08[sec] E. 
5765.75 feet; thence S. 87[deg]32[min]05[sec] E. 1604.94 feet; thence 
S. 0[deg]04[min]31[sec] W. 4246.44 feet; thence N. 
86[deg]45[min]23[sec] W. 1558.38 feet; thence N. 84[deg]12[min]17[sec] 
W. 5148.60 feet; thence N. 86[deg]44[min]37[sec] W. 1321.91 feet; to 
the existing lease line for Coal lease COC-61357; thence along said 
existing lease line N. 10[deg]00[min]13[sec] W. 1382.68 feet; thence N. 
86[deg]08[min]20[sec] W. 390.65 feet; thence N. 00[deg]1135.85 feet; to 
the southeasterly boundary of Tract 4; thence N. 14[deg]36[min]45[sec] 
E. 1463.19 feet; along said southeasterly boundary of Tract 4; thence 
S. 87[deg]18[min]59[sec] E. 902.22 feet; along the north section line 
of section 5 to the Point of beginning.
    Containing approximately 789.79 acres in Gunnison County, Colorado.
    The coal resource to be offered is limited to coal recoverable by 
underground mining methods. One purpose of the meeting is to obtain 
public comments on the following items:
    (1) The method of mining to be employed to obtain maximum economic 
recovery of the coal,
    (2) The impact that mining the coal in the proposed leasehold may 
have on the area, and
    (3) The methods of determining the fair market value of the coal to 
be offered.
    (4) EA and the FONSI.
    In addition, the public is invited to submit written comments 
concerning the MER and FMV of the coal resource. Public comments will 
be utilized in establishing FMV for the coal resource in the described 
lands. Comments should address specific factors related to fair market 
value including, but not limited to:
    1. The quality and quantity of the coal resource.
    2. The price that the mined coal would bring in the market place.
    3. The cost of producing the coal.
    4. The interest rate at which anticipated income streams would be 
discounted.
    5. Depreciation and other accounting factors.
    6. The mining method or methods which would achieve maximum 
economic recovery of the coal.
    7. Documented information on the terms and conditions of recent and 
similar coal land transactions in the lease area, and
    8. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands in the lease 
area.
    Written requests to testify orally at the July 8, 2009, public 
meeting should be received at the Uncompahgre Field Office prior to the 
close of business July 8, 2009. Those who indicate they wish to testify 
when they register at the meeting may have an opportunity if time is 
available. If any information submitted as comments are considered to 
be proprietary by the commenter, the information should be labeled as 
such and stated in the first page of the submission. Written comments 
on the MER, and FMV should be sent to the Uncompahgre Field Office at 
the above address prior to the close of business on July 22, 2009, the 
end of the 30 day public comment period.
    Substantive comments, whether written or oral, will receive equal 
consideration prior to any lease offering. The MER Report is available 
from the Uncompahgre Field Office upon request. A copy of the MER 
Report, the case file, and the comments submitted by the public, except 
those portions identified as proprietary by the commenter and meeting 
exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, will be available 
for public inspection after July 22, 2009, at the Colorado State 
Office, 2850 Youngfield, Lakewood, Colorado 80215.
    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.

    Dated: May 21, 2009.
Kurt M. Barton,
Solid Minerals LLE, Division of Energy, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. E9-12333 Filed 5-27-09; 8:45 am]
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