[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80838-80839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32315]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLUT920-09-L13200000-EL000, UTU-88021]


Notice of Invitation to Participate In Coal Exploration License, 
Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploration 
License.

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SUMMARY: All interested qualified parties are hereby invited to 
participate with PacifiCorp on a pro rata cost sharing basis in its 
program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States 
of America in Emery County, Utah.

DATES: The notice of invitation to participate in this coal exploration 
license was published, once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in the 
Emery County Progress (beginning the second week of August 2010), and 
by virtue of this announcement in the Federal Register.
    Any person seeking to participate in this exploration program must 
send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 
PacifiCorp, as provided in the ADDRESSES section below, no later than 
January 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration license and plan are available for 
review from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays (serialized under the number of UTU-88021) in the 
public room of the BLM State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, 
Salt Lake City, Utah.
    The written notice to participate in the exploration program should 
be sent to Stan Perkes, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, 
Division of Lands and Minerals, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145 and Scott Child, Manager, Lands and

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Regulatory Affairs, PacifiCorp, c/o Interwest Mining Company, 1407 West 
North Temple, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Perkes by telephone at 801-539-
4036, or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 gain additional geologic knowledge of the 
coal underlying the exploration area for the purpose of assessing the 
coal resources. The exploration program is fully described and is being 
conducted pursuant to an exploration license and plan approved by the 
BLM. The exploration plan may be modified to accommodate the legitimate 
exploration needs of persons seeking to participate. The area to be 
explored includes the following-described lands in Emery County, Utah:

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 16 S., R. 6 E.,
    Sec. 22, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, S\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, S\1/2\;
    Sec. 25, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 26, all; and
    Sec. 27, E\1/2\E\1/2\.

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah

T. 16 S., R. 7 E.,
    Sec. 19, lot 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\NE\1/4\; and
    Sec. 20, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.

Containing 1,892.78 acres.

    The Federal coal within the above-described lands is currently not 
leased for development of Federal coal resources.

    Authority: 43 CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

Jeff Rawson,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-32315 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
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