[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16808-16809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6998]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLUT920-11-L13200000-EL000, UTU-88235]


Notice of Invitation to Participate In Coal Exploration License, 
Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: All interested qualified parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Ark Land 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 Sevier County, Utah.

DATES: The notice of invitation to participate in this coal exploration 
license was published, once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in the 
Emery County Progress (beginning the third week of December 2010), and 
by virtue of this announcement in the Federal Register.
    Any person seeking to participate in this exploration program must 
send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Ark 
Land Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section below, no later than 
April 25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration license and plan are available for 
review from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays (serialized under the number of UTU-88235) in the 
public room of the BLM State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, 
Salt Lake City, Utah.
    The written notice to participate in the exploration program should 
be sent to Stan Perkes, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 
Division of Lands and Minerals, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145 and to Mark Bunnell, Geologist, Ark Land Company, c/o Sufco Mine, 
597 South, 800 West, Salina, Utah 84654.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Perkes by telephone (801) 539-
4036, or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The exploration activities will be performed 
pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 
201(b), and to the regulations at 43 CFR 3410. The purpose of the 
exploration program is to

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gain additional geologic knowledge of the coal underlying the 
exploration area for the purpose of assessing the coal resources. The 
exploration program is fully described and will be conducted pursuant 
to an exploration license and plan approved by the BLM. The exploration 
plan may be modified to accommodate the legitimate exploration needs of 
persons seeking to participate. The area to be explored includes the 
following-described lands in Sevier County, Utah:

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 22 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 14, all;
    Sec. 15, all.

    The land area described contains 1,274.20 acres.

    The Federal coal within the above-described lands is currently not 
leased for development of Federal coal resources.

    Authority:  43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

Jeff Rawson,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-6998 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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