[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6620-6621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLES934000-L13200000-EL0000; ALES 57824]


Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal Exploration License 
Application ALES 57824, Alabama

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Members of the public are invited to participate with Cahaba 
Resources, LLC, on a pro rata cost-sharing basis in a program for the 
exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in 
lands located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, encompassing 760 acres.

DATES: Any party seeking to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
and Cahaba Resources, LLC, to the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES 
section below, no later than March 6, 2014, or 10 calendar days after 
the last publication of this Notice in the Tuscaloosa News newspaper, 
whichever is later. This Notice will be published once a week for 2 
consecutive weeks in the Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Such 
written notice must refer to serial number ALES 57824.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration license and plan are available for 
review from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

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Friday, in the following offices (serialized under number ALES 57824): 
BLM Eastern States State Office, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, 
VA; and BLM Southeastern States Field Office, 411 Briarwood Drive, 
Suite 404, Jackson, MS.
    A written notice to participate in the exploration license should 
be sent to Cahaba Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 122, Brookwood, AL 35444; 
and to the State Director, BLM Eastern States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, 
Springfield, VA 22153.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Glasson, Solid Minerals 
Program Lead, BLM Eastern States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, 
VA, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at 202-912-7723. 
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 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 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. Cahaba Resources, 
LLC, has applied to the BLM for a coal exploration license on private 
surface with federally owned minerals in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
    The lands to be explored for coal deposits in exploration license 
ALES 57824 are described as follows:

Huntsville Meridian, Alabama

T. 18 S., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 26, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 760 acres.

    The Federal coal within the lands described for exploration license 
ALES 57824 is currently unleased for development of Federal coal 
reserves.
    The proposed exploration program is fully described and will be 
conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the BLM.

John Ruhs,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-02267 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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