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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[(WY–060–1320–EL), WYW155132]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
Coal Lease by Application in Campbell
County, WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has received a
competitive coal lease application from
Foundation Coal West, Inc.,
(Foundation) for a maintenance tract of
Federal coal adjacent to the company’s
Eagle Butte Mine in Campbell County,
Wyoming. A maintenance tract is a
parcel of land containing coal reserves
that can be leased to maintain
production at an existing mine. This
tract, which was applied for as a lease
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by application (LBA) under the
provisions of 43 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 3425.1, is called the
Eagle Butte West Tract and has been
assigned case number WYW155132.
Consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, BLM must prepare an
environmental analysis prior to holding
a competitive Federal coal lease sale. In
accordance with the provisions of
Section 102 (2)(C) of NEPA, BLM is
announcing it will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for this lease application and is
soliciting public comments regarding
issues and resource information.
DATES: This notice initiates the EIS
scoping process. The BLM can best use
public input if comments and resource
information are submitted by August 1,
2005. On May 17, 2005, the BLM will
host a public scoping meeting at 7 p.m.
at the Clarion Hotel and Convention
Center, 2009 South Douglas Highway,
Gillette, Wyoming. At the public
scoping meeting the public is invited to
submit comments and resource
information, and identify issues or
concerns to be considered in the LBA
process. The BLM will announce future
public meetings and other opportunities
to submit comments on this project at
least 15 days prior to the event.
Announcements will be made through
local news media and the Casper Field
Office’s Web site, which is: https://
www.wy.blm.gov/cfo.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments or concerns to the BLM
Casper Field Office, Attn: Nancy
Doelger, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper,
Wyoming 82604. Written comments or
resource information may also be hand-
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delivered to the BLM Casper Field
Office or sent by facsimile to the
attention of Nancy Doelger at 307–261–
7587. Comments may be sent
electronically to
casper_wymail@blm.gov; please put
Eagle Butte West Tract/Nancy Doelger
in the subject line.
Members of the public may examine
documents pertinent to this proposal by
visiting the Casper Field Office during
its business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.), Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Your response is important and will
be considered in the EIS process. If you
do respond, we will keep you informed
of the availability of environmental
documents that address impacts that
might occur from this proposal. Please
note that comments and information
submitted regarding this project
including names, electronic mail
addresses and street addresses of the
respondents will be available for public
review and disclosure at the Casper
Field Office. Individuals may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name, electronic mail address, or
street address from public review or
from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
written comment. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by law.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, or from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Doelger or Mike Karbs, BLM
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Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector
Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms.
Doelger or Mr. Karbs may also be
reached by telephone at 307–261–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An
application to lease the Federal coal on
the Eagle Butte West Tract adjacent to
the Eagle Butte Mine was filed on
December 28, 2001, by RAG Coal West,
Inc. Foundation purchased the Eagle
Butte Mine from RAG Coal West, Inc.,
in August 2004. The Powder River
Regional Coal Team reviewed this lease
application at a public meeting held on
May 30, 2002, in Casper, Wyoming, and
recommended that BLM process it.
The applicant filed a request to
modify the tract on October 16, 2003. As
currently filed, the application includes
approximately 243.2 million tons of inplace Federal coal underlying the
following lands in Campbell County,
Wyoming:
T. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Section 19: Lots 13, 14, 19, and 20;
Section 20: Lots 10 (S1⁄2), 11 (S1⁄2), and 12
through 15;
Section 29: Lots 1 (W1⁄2), 2 through 7, 8 (W1⁄2
and SE1⁄4), and 9 through 16;
Section 30: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14, 19 and
20.
Containing 1,397.64 acres more or less.
The surface estate overlying the
Federal coal is privately owned.
Foundation proposes to mine the tract
as a part of the Eagle Butte Mine. At the
2004 mining rate of 23 million tons per
year, the coal included in the Eagle
Butte West Tract would extend the life
of the Eagle Butte Mine by
approximately 10.5 years. In accordance
with 43 CFR 3425.1–9, BLM will
evaluate unleased Federal coal in and
around the tract and may decide to add
or subtract lands to avoid bypassing
Federal coal or to increase potential
competitive interest in the tract.
The Eagle Butte Mine is operating
under approved mining permits from
the Land Quality and Air Quality
Divisions of the Wyoming Department
of Environmental Quality.
The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
will be a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EIS. If the Eagle Butte
West Tract is leased to the applicant, the
new lease must be incorporated into the
existing mining and reclamation plan
for the adjacent mine and the Secretary
of the Interior must approve the revised
Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) mining plan
before the Federal coal in the tract can
be mined. OSM is the Federal agency
that would be responsible for
recommending approval, approval with
conditions, or disapproval of the revised
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MLA mining plan to the office of the
Secretary of the Interior.
The BLM will provide interested
parties the opportunity to submit
comments or relevant information or
both. This information will help BLM
identify issues to be considered in
preparing a draft EIS for the Eagle Butte
West Tract. Specific issues that have
been identified at this time include the
presence of city and county facilities,
including the Gillette Airport and the
Rawhide Elementary School, and
occupied residences in the vicinity of
the tract. Issues that have been
identified in analyzing the impacts of
previous Federal coal leasing actions in
the Wyoming PRB include the need for
resolution of conflicts between existing
and proposed oil and gas development
and coal mining on the tract proposed
for leasing; potential impacts to big
game herds and hunting; potential
impacts to sage grouse; potential
impacts to listed threatened and
endangered species; potential health
impacts related to blasting operations
conducted by the mines to remove
overburden and coal; the need to
consider the cumulative impacts of coal
leasing decisions combined with other
existing and proposed development in
the Wyoming PRB; and potential sitespecific and cumulative impacts on air
and water quality.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–038–1220–AL; HAG 05–0112]
National Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center Advisory Board
Meeting
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM).
ACTION: Meeting notice for National
Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center Advisory Board
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Historic Oregon
Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board
will meet June 1, 2005, from 1 to 5 p.m.
(PDT) at the Best Western Sunridge Inn,
One Sunridge Way, Baker City, Oregon.
Meeting topics may include the longrange marketing plan, education and
outreach, the strategic plan versus
budget, and other topics as may come
before the board. The meeting is open to
the public. Public comment is
scheduled for 2 to 2:15 p.m.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information concerning the
National Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center Advisory Board may
be obtained from Debbie Lyons, Public
Affairs Officer, Vale District Office, 100
Oregon Street, Vale, Oregon 97918,
(541) 473–6218 or e-mail
Debra_Lyons@or.blm.gov.
Dated: April 26, 2005.
Tom Terry,
Acting District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]
Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale
Anticline Working Group’s Wildlife
Task Group
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (1972), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Pinedale
Anticline Working Group (PAWG)
Wildlife Task Group (subcommittee)
will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a
business meeting. Task Group meetings
are open to the public.
DATES: A PAWG Wildlife Task Group
meeting is scheduled for May 24, 2005
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BLM Pinedale Field Office at 432 E.
Mills St., Pinedale, WY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Belinda, BLM/Wildlife TG
Liaison, Bureau of Land Management,
Pinedale Field Office, 432 E. Mills St.,
PO Box 768, Pinedale, WY 82941; (307)
367–5323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pinedale Anticline Working Group
(PAWG) was authorized and established
with release of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil
and Gas Exploration and Development
Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG’s
charter is to advise the BLM on
development and implementation of
monitoring plans and adaptive
management decisions for the life of the
Pinedale Anticline natural gas field. The
PAWG subsequently established seven
resource- or activity-specific Task
Groups, including one for Wildlife.
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[FR Doc No: 05-6981]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[(WY-060-1320-EL), WYW155132]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
Coal Lease by Application in Campbell County, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has received a competitive
coal lease application from Foundation Coal West, Inc., (Foundation)
for a maintenance tract of Federal coal adjacent to the company's Eagle
Butte Mine in Campbell County, Wyoming. A maintenance tract is a parcel
of land containing coal reserves that can be leased to maintain
production at an existing mine. This tract, which was applied for as a
lease by application (LBA) under the provisions of 43 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 3425.1, is called the Eagle Butte West Tract and has
been assigned case number WYW155132. Consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, BLM must prepare an
environmental analysis prior to holding a competitive Federal coal
lease sale. In accordance with the provisions of Section 102 (2)(C) of
NEPA, BLM is announcing it will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for this lease application and is soliciting public
comments regarding issues and resource information.
DATES: This notice initiates the EIS scoping process. The BLM can best
use public input if comments and resource information are submitted by
August 1, 2005. On May 17, 2005, the BLM will host a public scoping
meeting at 7 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, 2009
South Douglas Highway, Gillette, Wyoming. At the public scoping meeting
the public is invited to submit comments and resource information, and
identify issues or concerns to be considered in the LBA process. The
BLM will announce future public meetings and other opportunities to
submit comments on this project at least 15 days prior to the event.
Announcements will be made through local news media and the Casper
Field Office's Web site, which is: https://www.wy.blm.gov/cfo.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments or concerns to the BLM Casper
Field Office, Attn: Nancy Doelger, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper,
Wyoming 82604. Written comments or resource information may also be
hand-delivered to the BLM Casper Field Office or sent by facsimile to
the attention of Nancy Doelger at 307-261-7587. Comments may be sent
electronically to casper_wymail@blm.gov; please put Eagle Butte West
Tract/Nancy Doelger in the subject line.
Members of the public may examine documents pertinent to this
proposal by visiting the Casper Field Office during its business hours
(7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Your response is important and will be considered in the EIS
process. If you do respond, we will keep you informed of the
availability of environmental documents that address impacts that might
occur from this proposal. Please note that comments and information
submitted regarding this project including names, electronic mail
addresses and street addresses of the respondents will be available for
public review and disclosure at the Casper Field Office. Individuals
may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name,
electronic mail address, or street address from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, or from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Doelger or Mike Karbs, BLM
[[Page 22684]]
Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms.
Doelger or Mr. Karbs may also be reached by telephone at 307-261-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An application to lease the Federal coal on
the Eagle Butte West Tract adjacent to the Eagle Butte Mine was filed
on December 28, 2001, by RAG Coal West, Inc. Foundation purchased the
Eagle Butte Mine from RAG Coal West, Inc., in August 2004. The Powder
River Regional Coal Team reviewed this lease application at a public
meeting held on May 30, 2002, in Casper, Wyoming, and recommended that
BLM process it.
The applicant filed a request to modify the tract on October 16,
2003. As currently filed, the application includes approximately 243.2
million tons of in-place Federal coal underlying the following lands in
Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Section 19: Lots 13, 14, 19, and 20;
Section 20: Lots 10 (S\1/2\), 11 (S\1/2\), and 12 through 15;
Section 29: Lots 1 (W\1/2\), 2 through 7, 8 (W\1/2\ and SE\1/4\),
and 9 through 16;
Section 30: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14, 19 and 20.
Containing 1,397.64 acres more or less.
The surface estate overlying the Federal coal is privately owned.
Foundation proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Eagle Butte
Mine. At the 2004 mining rate of 23 million tons per year, the coal
included in the Eagle Butte West Tract would extend the life of the
Eagle Butte Mine by approximately 10.5 years. In accordance with 43 CFR
3425.1-9, BLM will evaluate unleased Federal coal in and around the
tract and may decide to add or subtract lands to avoid bypassing
Federal coal or to increase potential competitive interest in the
tract.
The Eagle Butte Mine is operating under approved mining permits
from the Land Quality and Air Quality Divisions of the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) will
be a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EIS. If the Eagle
Butte West Tract is leased to the applicant, the new lease must be
incorporated into the existing mining and reclamation plan for the
adjacent mine and the Secretary of the Interior must approve the
revised Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) mining plan before the Federal coal
in the tract can be mined. OSM is the Federal agency that would be
responsible for recommending approval, approval with conditions, or
disapproval of the revised MLA mining plan to the office of the
Secretary of the Interior.
The BLM will provide interested parties the opportunity to submit
comments or relevant information or both. This information will help
BLM identify issues to be considered in preparing a draft EIS for the
Eagle Butte West Tract. Specific issues that have been identified at
this time include the presence of city and county facilities, including
the Gillette Airport and the Rawhide Elementary School, and occupied
residences in the vicinity of the tract. Issues that have been
identified in analyzing the impacts of previous Federal coal leasing
actions in the Wyoming PRB include the need for resolution of conflicts
between existing and proposed oil and gas development and coal mining
on the tract proposed for leasing; potential impacts to big game herds
and hunting; potential impacts to sage grouse; potential impacts to
listed threatened and endangered species; potential health impacts
related to blasting operations conducted by the mines to remove
overburden and coal; the need to consider the cumulative impacts of
coal leasing decisions combined with other existing and proposed
development in the Wyoming PRB; and potential site-specific and
cumulative impacts on air and water quality.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-6981 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
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