Federal Register: May 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 91)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-10434
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Management Bureau
WY ID: [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW157607]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of invitation for coal exploration license.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Coal Lease Exploration License, WY
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920,
as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of
1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted
at 43 CFR part 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to
participate with Powder River Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing
basis in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the
United States of America in the followingdescribed lands in Campbell and Converse Counties, WY:
T. 41 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 19: Lots 611, 12(S\1/2\), 1320;
Sec. 20: Lots 5(S\1/2\), 6(S\1/2\), 7(S\1/2\), 8(S\1/2\), 916;
Sec. 21: Lots 5(S\1/2\), 616;
Sec. 27: Lots 116;
Sec. 28: Lots 115, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 29: Lots 116;
Sec. 30: Lots 512;
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Sec. 33: Lots 18;
Sec. 34: Lots 18;
T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 23: Lots 1, 8, 9;
Sec. 24: Lots 116;
Sec. 25: Lots 14, 9, 10, 12(N\1/2\).
Containing 5,426.045 acres, more or less.
All of the coal in the abovedescribed land consists of unleased Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Recoverable Coal Resource Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain data for the purpose of delineating the burnlines for the upper and lower splits of the WyodakAnderson coal seam and further finetune coal quality and structure.
SUMMARY:
Wyoming,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This notice of invitation will be published in ``The NewsRecord'' of Gillette, WY, and ``The Douglas Budget'' of Douglas, WY, once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week of May 5, 2003, and in the Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and Powder River Coal Company no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the following addresses: Powder River Coal Company, Attn: Les Petersen, P.O. Box 3034, Gillette, WY 82717, and the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid Minerals, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.
The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.21(c)(1).
Dated: March 11, 2003.
Alan Rabinoff,
Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
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