Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.: Wyoming,

[Federal Register: February 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 31)]

[Notices]

[Page 7560-7561]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-00-1320-EL, WYW149826]

Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License.

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 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to participate with Triton Coal Company, LLC 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 following-described lands in Campbell County, WY:

T. 52 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming;

Sec. 17: Lot 16;

Sec. 20: Lots 1-3, 6-10, 15, 16;

Sec. 21: Lots 3-6, 10-15.

Containing 868.11 acres, more or less.

All of the coal in the above-described 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 on the Anderson and Canyon coal seams.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration program is fully described and will be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal business hours in the following offices (serialized under number WYW149826): BLM, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, BLM, Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, WY 82604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published in The News-Record of Gillette, WY, once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning the week of February 14, 2000, and in the Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land

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Management and Triton Coal Company, LLC no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the following addresses: Triton Coal Company, LLC, Attn: Steve Salonek, P.O. Box 3027, Gillette, WY 82717, and the BLM, Wyoming State Office, Minerals and Lands Authorization Group, Attn: Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.

The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

Dated: February 3, 2000. Mavis Love, Acting Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.

[FR Doc. 00-3066Filed2-14-00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310-22-M

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