[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40224-40225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19175]


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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 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 a 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 785.79 
acres of Federal coal in Gunnison County, Colorado.

DATES: The public meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, September 
9, 2009. Written comments should be received no later than September 
25, 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, September 9, 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 W., 6th P.M.,

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    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 degrees 22'08'' E. 5291.34 feet; thence 
S. 87degrees 32'05'' E. 1604.94 feet; thence S. 0 degrees 04'31'' W. 
4246.44 feet; thence N. 86 degrees 45'23'' W. 1558.38 feet; thence N. 
84 degrees 12'17'' W. 5148.60 feet; thence N. 86 degrees 44'37'' W. 
1321.91 feet; to the existing lease line for Coal lease COC-61357; 
thence along said existing lease line N. 10 degrees 00'13'' W. 1382.68 
feet; thence N. 86 degrees 08'20'' W. 390.65 feet; thence N. 00 degrees 
1135.85 feet; to the southeasterly boundary of Tract 4; thence N. 14 
degrees 36'45'' E. 1463.19 feet; along said southeasterly boundary of 
Tract 4; thence S. 87 degrees 18'59'' E. 1375.63 feet; along the north 
section line of section 5 to the Point of beginning.

    Containing approximately 785.79 acres more or less, 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,
    (3) The methods of determining the fair market value of the coal to 
be offered, and
    (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 September 9, 2009, public 
meeting should be received at the Uncompahgre Field Office prior to the 
close of business September 9, 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 September 25, 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 September 25, 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: August 5, 2009.
Kurt M. Barton,
Solid Minerals LLE.
[FR Doc. E9-19175 Filed 8-10-09; 8:45 am]
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