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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Land Management Bureau

WY ID: [WY-922-1320-EL, WYW176470]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Coal 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 as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to participate with Jacobs Ranch 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 County, WY:
T. 44 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Sec. 3: Lots 710, 1419;

Sec. 4: Lots 520;

Sec. 5: Lots 520;

Sec. 6: Lots 810, 1318, 2123;

Sec. 7: Lots 520;

Sec. 8: Lots 116;

Sec. 9: Lots 110, 1315;

Sec. 10: Lots 4, 5, 11, 12;

Sec. 15: Lots 35, 710;
T. 45 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Sec. 31: Lots 13, 14, 19, 20;

Sec. 32: Lots 916;

Sec. 33: Lots 916;

Sec. 34: Lots 916.

Containing 5,623.02 acres, more or less.

All of the coal in the abovedescribed land consists of unleased Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Coal Leasing Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain geotechnical data and coal quality data to assist with the planning of future expansions to the Jacobs Ranch Mine.

SUMMARY: Coal Exploration License, WY,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This notice of invitation will be published in The NewsRecord of Gillette, WY, once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week of July 14, 2008, 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 Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES section above, no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the Federal Register.

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

Dated: July 9, 2008.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. E816069 Filed 71708; 8:45 am]
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