[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58533-58534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24071]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWYP00000-L13200000-EL0000]


Powder River Regional Coal Team Activities; Notice of Public 
Meeting in Casper, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Powder River Regional Coal Team (RCT) has scheduled a 
public meeting for October 26, 2011, to review coal management 
activities in the Powder River Coal Production Region.

DATES: The RCT meeting will begin at 9 a.m. MDT on October 26, 2011. 
The meeting is open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyoming Oil and Gas 
Conservation Commission Hearing Room, 2211 King Boulevard, Casper, 
Wyoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Vosika Neuman, Solid Minerals 
Branch Chief, BLM Wyoming State Office, Division of Minerals and Lands, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009: telephone 307-775-6179 
or Phil Perlewitz, Solid Minerals Branch Chief, BLM Montana State 
Office, Division of Resources, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 
59101: telephone 406-896-5159.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 
progress in processing pending coal lease by applications (LBAs) in the 
Powder River Coal Production Region as well as other Federal coal-
related actions in the region. Specific coal-related topics planned for 
the RCT meeting include:
    1. Update on progress in processing existing coal LBAs in the 
Powder River Coal Production Region.
    2. Update on U.S. Geological Survey coal inventory work.
    3. Update on BLM land use planning efforts in the Powder River Coal 
Production Region of Wyoming and Montana.
    4. Consider and vote on the following new and potential LBA filings 
in the Powder River Coal Production Region:
    (1) The Belle Ayr West LBA located west of the Belle Ayr Mine; and
    (2) The Antelope Ridge LBA located west and north of the North 
Antelope Rochelle Mine.
    5. Presentation on potential exchange of Preference Right Lease 
Applications in New Mexico held by Ark Land Company, for competitive 
bidding rights in Wyoming, pursuant to 43 CFR part 3435.
    The RCT will also consider any coal LBAs and/or other coal-related 
issues that may arise prior to the meeting. The acreages, as well as 
estimates of coal resources, will be presented at the meeting on each 
individual LBA.
    During the public meeting, the RCT may generate recommendation(s) 
for any or all of these topics and other topics that may arise prior to 
the meeting date. The meeting will serve as a forum for public 
discussion on Federal coal management issues of concern in the Powder 
River Coal Production Region. Any party interested in providing 
comments or data related to existing pending applications, or any party 
proposing other issues to be considered by the RCT, may either do so in 
writing to the State Director (922), BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009, no later than October 12, 2011, 
or by addressing the RCT with his/her concerns at the meeting on 
October 26, 2011.
    Following is the draft agenda for the meeting:
    1. Introductions.
    2. Approval of the minutes from the last RCT meeting.
    3. Speaker on coal resources.
    4. Coal activity since the last RCT meeting.
    5. LBA presentations.
    6. Potential coal bidding rights exchange.
    7. BLM land use planning update.
    8. Call for other coal related discussion items.
    9. Discussion of next meeting.
    10. Adjourn.

Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-24071 Filed 9-20-11; 8:45 am]
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