[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 37345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15496]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO921000-L51100000-GA0000-LVEMC1300020, COC-75916]


Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale COC-75916, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain Federal coal reserves in 
the Spruce Stomp Tract described below in Delta County, Colorado, will 
be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the 
provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended.

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 10 a.m. on July 30, 2014. Sealed 
bids must be submitted on or before 9:30 a.m., July 30, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the Fourth Floor Conference 
Room of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office, 2850 
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215. Sealed bids must be submitted to 
the Cashier, BLM Colorado State Office, at the address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Free, Solid Minerals Engineer, by 
telephone at 303-239-3774, or by email at [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: This coal lease sale is being held in 
response to a lease by application (LBA) filed by Bowie Resources, LLC. 
The Federal coal reserves to be offered consist of all reserves 
recoverable by underground mining methods in the following described 
lands 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, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\ SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive.
T. 13 S., R. 92 W., 6th P.M.,
    Sec. 1, lots 5 to 8, inclusive.

    These lands contain 1,790.20 acres, more or less.

    The tracts contain an estimated 8.02 million tons of recoverable 
coal reserves. The underground minable coal is ranked as B bituminous 
coal. The estimated coal quality on an as-received basis for the Tracts 
is as follows:

British Thermal Unit (BTU)............................    12,896 BTU/lb.
Volatile Matter.......................................            23.23%
Moisture..............................................             3.38%
Fixed Carbon..........................................            62.16%
Sulfur Content........................................             0.63%
Ash Content...........................................            10.60%
 

    The tracts will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest 
cash amount provided that the high bid meets or exceeds the BLM's 
estimate of the fair market value of the tract. The minimum bid for the 
tracts is $100 per acre or fraction thereof. No bid that is less than 
$100 per acre, or fraction thereof, will be considered. The minimum bid 
is not intended to represent fair market value. The fair market value 
will be determined by the authorized officer after the sale.
    The sealed bids should be sent by certified mail, return-receipt 
requested, or be hand delivered to the Cashier, BLM Colorado State 
Office, at the address given above and clearly marked ``Sealed Bid for 
COC-75916 Coal Sale--Not to be opened before 10 a.m., July 30, 2014.'' 
The cashier will issue a receipt for each hand-delivered bid. Bids 
received after 9:30 a.m. on July 30, 2014 will not be considered. If 
identical high bids are received, the tying high bidders will be 
requested to submit follow-up sealed bids until a high bid is received. 
All tie-breaking, sealed-bids must be submitted within 15 minutes 
following the sale official's announcement at the sale that identical 
high bids have been received. A lease issued as a result of this 
offering will provide for payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre, 
or fraction thereof, and a royalty payable to the United States in the 
amount of 8 percent of the value of coal mined by underground methods.
    Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder, if other than the 
applicant, must pay the BLM the cost recovery fees in the amount of 
$48,015.20 in addition to all processing costs the BLM incurs after the 
date of this sale notice (43 CFR 3473.2).
    Bidding instructions for the LBA tracts offered and the terms and 
conditions of the proposed coal lease are included in the Detailed 
Statement of Lease Sale and available from the BLM Colorado State 
Office at the address above. Case file documents, COC-75916, are 
available for inspection at the BLM Colorado State Office Public Room.

Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-15496 Filed 6-27-14; 11:15 am]
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