[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25734-25735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10425]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLUT923-12-L13200000-EL000, UTU-88878]


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 Sanpete 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 
Sanpete Messenger (beginning the last week of January 2012), 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 30 days after the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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 (serial number UTU-88878) 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,

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Division of Lands and Minerals, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145 and to Paul Jensen, Geologist, Ark Land Company, c/o Canyon Fuel 
Company, LLC, Skylines Mines, HC35 Box 380, Helper, Utah 84526.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Perkes by telephone 801-539-4036, 
or by email: [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 part 3410. The purpose of the 
exploration program is to 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 is being 
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 Sanpete County, 
Utah:

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 13 S., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 33, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\,
T. 14 S., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 4, lots 1 through 4 inclusive, and S\1/2\N\1/2\.

    Containing 595.04 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).

Shelley J. Smith
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-10425 Filed 4-30-12; 8:45 am]
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