[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40140-40141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16223]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[14X 1109AF LLUT9223000 L13200000.EL0000, UTU-90194]


Notice of Invitation to Participate; Coal Exploration License 
Application UTU-90194, Sevier County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the 
Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) regulations, members of the public are invited to 
participate with Canyon Fuel Company, 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 Sevier County, Utah.

DATES: Any party seeking to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the BLM and Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, 
to the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section below, no later than 
August 11, 2014. Such written notice must refer to serial number UTU-
90194. The notice of invitation to participate in this coal exploration 
license was published in the Richfield Reaper, beginning the third week 
of January 2014, once each week for two consecutive weeks.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration license application UTU-90194 and 
the proposed plan are available for review from 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays, in the public room 
of the BLM-Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84101.
    A written notice to participate in the exploration program should 
be sent to Roger Bankert, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 
Division of Lands and Minerals, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 
Lake City, UT 84101, and to Mark Bunnell, Canyon Fuel Company LLC, c/o 
SUFCO Mine, 597 South SR 24, Salina, UT 84654.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Perkes by telephone (801)539-
4036, or by email: [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. 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.
    Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, has applied to the BLM for a coal 
exploration license on U.S. Forest Service surface with federally-owned 
minerals in Sevier County, Utah.
    The lands to be explored for coal deposits in exploration license 
UTU-90194 are described as follows:

T. 21 S., R. 4 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 13, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 22, all;
    Sec. 23, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26, W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 27, N\1/2\;
    Secs. 28-33, all.

    Containing 5,770.93 acres.

    The Federal coal within the lands described for exploration license

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application UTU-90194 is currently unleased for development of Federal 
coal reserves.


    Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

Jenna Whitlock,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-16223 Filed 7-10-14; 8:45 am]
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