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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Land Management Bureau

WY ID: [WY-920-09-1320-EL, WYW176465]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License, Bridger Coal Co., WYW176465, Wyoming.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

DATES: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and Bridger Coal Co. as provided in the ADDRESSES section below, which must be received within 30 days after publication of this Notice of Invitation in the Federal Register.

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 as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to participate with Bridger Coal Co. 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 land in Sweetwater County,

SUMMARY: Coal Lease Exploration License, WY,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased Federal coal within the Red Desert and Rock Springs Known Recoverable Coal Resource Areas. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain information on the coal bearing seams and geological formations in addition to obtaining the following characteristics: coal quality, quantity, Btu content, percent ash, percent moisture, percent sulfur and percent sodium.

This notice of invitation will be published in RocketMiner of Rock Springs, WY once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week of June 30, 2008, and in the Federal Register.

The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.21(c)(1).

Dated: June 19, 2008.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E814473 Filed 62608; 8:45 am]
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