[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 10910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04532]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[15X L1109AF LLUT922000 L13200000.EL0000 24 1A, UTU-91102]


Notice of Invitation to Participate; Coal Exploration License 
Application UTU-91102, Sevier County, UT

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 Canyon Fuel Company, LLC (Canyon) on a pro rata 
cost sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits 
on 978.6 acres 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, as provided in the 
ADDRESSES section below, no later than April 1, 2016. Beginning in the 
first week of April 2015, the notice of invitation was published once 
each week for two consecutive weeks in the Richfield Reaper, Richfield, 
Utah.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan and license (serialized under 
the number of UTU-91102) submitted by Canyon 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, Utah.
    Any party electing to participate in this exploration should send 
written notice to the following addresses: Roger Bankert, BLM-Utah 
State Office, Division of Lands and Minerals, 440 West 200 South, Suite 
500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, and to Mark Bunnell, Canyon Fuel 
Company LLC., c/o Sufco Mine, 597 South SR 24, Salina, Utah 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 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: Canyon has applied to the BLM for a coal 
exploration license on public lands in the North Fork Quitchupah Canyon 
area near the existing Sufco Mine, which is located 30 miles north east 
of Salina, Utah. 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 obtain geologic knowledge of the coal underlying the 
exploration area for the purpose of assessing the coal resources. The 
Federal coal resource area to be explored includes the following 
described lands in Sevier County, Utah:

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 21 S., R. 4 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 4, and W1/2SW1/4;
    Sec. 11;
    Sec. 12, NW1/4NW1/4;
    Sec. 14, NW1/4.

    The areas described aggregate 978.60 acres.

    The Federal coal within the above-described lands is currently not 
leased. Any exploration program will be fully described and conducted 
pursuant to an exploration license and plan approved by the BLM.

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

Joseph Mendez,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-04532 Filed 3-1-16; 8:45 am]
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