[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38357-38358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO-921000-L51100000-GA0000-LVEMC1300020; COC-75916]


Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment and Notice 
of Public Hearing for the Bowie Resources, LLC, Federal Coal Lease 
Application, COC-75916, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Federal coal management regulations, the 
Bowie Resources, LLC, Federal Coal Lease-By-Application (LBA) 
Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for public review and 
comment. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office will 
hold a public hearing to receive comments on the EA, Fair Market Value 
(FMV), and Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for 
Bowie Resources, LLC, serial number COC-75916.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on July 18, 2013 at 6 p.m. 
Written comments should be received no later than July 29, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Paonia Town Hall, 214 
Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428. Written comments should be sent to 
Desty Dyer at BLM Uncompahgre Field Office, 2465 South Townsend Ave, 
Montrose, CO 81401 or delivered via email to [email protected] or fax to 
970-240-5367. Copies of the EA and the unsigned Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) are available at the field office address 
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt M. Barton at 303-239-3714, 
[email protected]; or Desty Dyer at 970-240-5302, [email protected]. Persons 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact 
the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM received an LBA filed by Bowie 
Resources, LLC, on October 18, 2012. The coal resource to be offered 
has limited surface access and is limited to coal recoverable by 
underground mining methods. The Federal coal is located on lands 
outside established coal production regions and may supplement the 
reserves at the Bowie II Mine. The Federal coal resources are located 
in Delta County, Colorado.

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 12 S., R. 91 W., 6th P.M.,
    Sec. 31, lots 11 to 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 32, lots 10 to 15, inclusive.
T. 12 S., R. 92 W., 6th P.M.,
    Sec. 36, S\1/2\.
T. 13 S., R. 91 W., 6th P.M.,
    Sec. 5, lots 2, 3, 4, 10, and 11, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive.
T. 13 S., R. 92 W., 6th P.M.,
    S

    ec. 1, lots 5 to 8, inclusive.These lands contain 1,789.20 
acres, more or less.

    The EA addresses the cultural, socioeconomic, environmental and 
cumulative impacts that would likely result from leasing these coal 
lands. Two alternatives are addressed in the EA:

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    Alternative 1: (Proposed Action) The tracts would be leased as 
requested in the application; and
    Alternative 2: (No Action) The application would be rejected or 
denied. The underground Federal coal reserves would be bypassed.
    Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted to the BLM 
in response to this solicitation of public comments. Data so marked 
shall be treated in accordance with the laws and regulations governing 
the confidentiality of such information. A copy of the comments 
submitted by the public on the EA, unsigned FONSI, FMV and MER, except 
those portions identified as proprietary by the author and meeting 
exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, will be available 
for public inspection at the BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield 
Street, Lakewood, CO 80215, during regular business hours (9 a.m. to 4 
p.m.) Monday through Friday.
    Comments on the EA, FMV and MER should address, but not necessarily 
be limited to, the following:
    1. The quality and quantity of the coal resources;
    2. The method of mining to be employed to obtain MER of the coal, 
including specifications of the seams to be mined, timing and rate of 
production, restriction to mining and the inclusion of the tracts in an 
existing mining operation;
    3. The FMV appraisal including, but not limited to, the evaluation 
of the tract as an incremental unit of an existing mine, quality and 
quantity of the coal resource, selling price of the coal, mining and 
reclamation costs, net present value discount factors, depreciation and 
other tax accounting factors, value of the surface estate, the mining 
method or methods, and any comparable sales data on similar coal lands. 
The values given above may or may not change as a result of comments 
received from the public and changes in market conditions between now 
and when final economic evaluations are completed.
    Written comments on the EA, MER and FMV should be sent to Desty 
Dyer at the above address or via email prior to close of business [date 
to be provided by the CO DSD]. Please note ``Coal Lease By 
Application'' in the subject line for all emails. Substantive comments, 
whether written or oral, will receive equal consideration prior to any 
lease offering. Before including your address, phone number, email 
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.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR parts 3422 and 3425.

Helen M. Hankins,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-15267 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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