[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37727-37728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18084]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW178270]


Coal Exploration License, Wyoming

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 Bridger Coal

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Company 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 Sweetwater County, Wyoming:

T. 20 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 12: W\1/2\.

    Containing 320.00 acres, more or less.

    The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain structural and 
quality information of the coal. 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.

DATES: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to the Bridger Coal Company and the Bureau of 
Land Management, 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 (serialized under number 
WYW178270) are available for review during normal business hours in the 
following offices: Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003; and 
Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 
North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901.
    The written notice should be sent to the following addresses: 
Bridger Coal Company, c/o Interwest Mining Company, Attn: Scott M. 
Child, 1407 West North Temple, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, 
and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch of 
Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 
82003.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the coal in the above-described land 
consists of unleased Federal coal within the Green River/Hams Fork 
Region. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain coal 
quantity, quality and seam structure information for the D5, D4, D3, D2 
and D1 coal seams. This notice of invitation will be published in the 
Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner once each week for two consecutive 
weeks beginning the week of June 1, 2009, and once in the Federal 
Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

Larry Claypool,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E9-18084 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am]
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