[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10275-10276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04308]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT921000-L13200000.EL0000-15X; MTM 107885; MO#4500077364]


Notice of Invitation To Participate Coal Exploration License 
Application MTM 107855, Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the 
Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, and to Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) regulations, all interested parties are hereby invited 
to participate with Decker Coal 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 lands located in Big Horn County, Montana, 
encompassing 12,618.11 acres.

DATES: Any party seeking to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the BLM and Decker Coal Company, LLC 
as provided in the ADDRESSES section below no later than March 30, 2016 
or 10 calendar days after the last publication of this notice in the 
Sheridan Press newspaper, whichever is later. This notice will be 
published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in the Sheridan Press, 
Sheridan, Wyoming. Such written notice must refer to serial number MTM 
107885.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration license and plan are available for 
review from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the public room 
at the BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 
59101-4669. The exploration license application and exploration plan 
are also available for viewing on the Montana State Office coal Web 
site at http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/prog/energy/coal.html. A written 
notice to participate in the exploration licenses should be sent to the 
State Director, BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, MT 59101-4669, and Decker Coal Company, LLC, 170 Main Street, 
Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1657.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Perlewitz, BLM Montana State 
Office, 406-896-5159, or by email at [email protected]; or Connie 
Schaff, BLM Montana State Office, 406-896-5060, 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: Decker Coal Company, LLC has applied to the 
BLM for a coal exploration license on public lands in Big Horn County, 
Montana. 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 
BLM regulations at 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c) require the publication of an 
invitation to participate in coal exploration in the Federal Register. 
The lands to be explored for coal deposits in exploration license MTM 
107885 are described as follows:

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 9 S., R. 39 E.,
    Secs. 12 through 14 and secs. 23 through 26;
T. 8 S., R. 40 E.,
    Sec. 27, W\1/2\ SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 28, S\1/2\ NE\1/4\, S\1/2\ NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 29, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 32, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, W\1/2\ NW\1/4\ NE\1/4\, N\1/2\ NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\;
T. 9 S., R. 40 E.,
    Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\ NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\, E\1/2\ 
SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, lot 4, SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 1 through 4, S\1/2\ N\1/4\, S\1/2\ NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\, N\1/2\ SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\ SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7;
    Sec. 8, NW\1/4\ NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\ NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\ NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, N\1/2\ NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\;

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    Sec. 17, W\1/2\ SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18;
    Sec. 19, lots 1 through 3, E\1/2\, E\1/2\ NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\ 
SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, W\1/2\ SW\1/4\ NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, S\1/2\ NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\ SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\ SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, E\1/2\, E\1/2\ NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 24;
    Sec. 25, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26;
    Sec. 29, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\ SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\ 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 2 through 4, E\1/2\ SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
T. 9 S., R. 41 E.,
    Sec. 19, lot 5.

    The area described contains approximately 12,618.11 acres.

    The Federal coal within the lands described for exploration license 
MTM 107885 is currently unleased for development of Federal coal 
reserves.

    Authority: 30 U.S.C. 201(b) and 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c).

Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 2016-04308 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
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