[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65238-65239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26047]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLES93000--L13200000-ELOOOO-241AOO, ALES-55199]


Public Meeting and Call for Public Comment on Coal Lease 
Application, Jefferson County, AL

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States Office 
announces a public meeting and requests public comments on an 
application filed by Best Coal/Narley Mine No. 3 for a Federal coal 
lease tract located in Jefferson County, Alabama.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on November 20, 2014, at 7:00 
p.m., at the Gardendale Civic Center, 857 Main Street, Gardendale, AL 
35071. The BLM must receive written comments on the Environmental 
Assessment, Fair Market Value Determination, and Maximum Economic 
Recovery Consideration by November 20, 2014, at the address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Michael W. Glasson, BLM 
Eastern States, Division of Lands and Minerals, Mail Stop 4238, 20 M 
Street SE., Washington, DC 20003. Comments may be emailed to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael W. Glasson, Solid Minerals 
Program Lead, at 202-912-7723; 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 Mr. 
Glasson during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr. Glasson. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Best Coal, Inc., filed an application with 
the BLM on December 7, 2007, to lease Federal coal in Jefferson County, 
Alabama. The BLM completed an Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact on June 5, 2014. The BLM anticipates issuing a 
Decision Record after the public meeting

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announced by this Notice and after having considered any comments 
received on the Environmental Assessment, Fair Market Value 
Determination, and Maximum Economic Recovery Consideration.
    The lands included in the Best Coal/Narley Mine No. 3 Federal Coal 
Lease tract are located in Jefferson County, Alabama, approximately 5 
miles north of Mount Olive, Alabama. The lands are described as 
follows:

T. 15 S., R. 04 W.
    Sec. 24; SW4NW4, N2SW4, SE4SW4

    Containing approximately 160 acres.

    The company plans to mine the coal as an extension from its 
existing Narley Mine No. 3 if the lease is obtained. The proposed mine 
will recover coal from the New Castle, Mary Lee, and Blue Creek seams 
of the Mary Lee Coal Group by surface mining.
    The public is invited to the meeting to give public oral and/or 
written comments on the environmental assessment, the Fair Market 
Value, and Maximum Economic Recovery of the tract. In accordance with 
Federal coal management regulations at 43 CFR 3425.4, the public 
meeting is being held on the proposed sale to allow the public to 
comment on and discuss the potential effects of mining and proposed 
lease. The meeting is being advertised in the Birmingham News, located 
in Birmingham, Alabama. The Secretary is required to solicit public 
comments on the Fair Market Value and the Maximum Economic Recovery and 
on factors that may affect these two determinations no less than 30 
days prior to the publication of the notice of the sale (43 CFR 
3425.4).
    A copy of the comments submitted by the public will be available 
for review at the BLM Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., 
Springfield, VA 22153-3121. Comments could address, but need not be 
limited to, the following:
    1. The quality of the coal resource;
    2. The mining method or methods which would achieve maximum 
economic recovery of the coal, including specifications of seams to be 
mined and the most desirable timing and rate of production;
    3. Restrictions to mining that may affect coal recovery;
    4. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold;
    5. Costs, including mining and reclamation, of producing the coal 
and the time of production;
    6. The percentage rate at which anticipated income streams should 
be discounted, either with inflation or in the absence of inflation, 
along with the anticipated rate of inflation;
    7. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting 
factors;
    8. The value of any surface estate where held privately;
    9. Documented information on the terms and conditions of recent and 
similar coal land transactions in the lease sale area; and
    10. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands and coal 
quantities.
    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.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 3425.4.

Bruce Dawson,
Manager, Southeastern States Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-26047 Filed 10-31-14; 8:45 am]
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