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Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 29,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4781,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James A. Beavers, Acting Director,
Office of Single Family Program
Development, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 708–2121 (this is not a toll free
number) for copies of the proposed
forms and other available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Disclosure of
Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMS)
Rates.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0322.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act
of 1983 amended the National Housing
Act to permit FHA to insure adjustable
rate mortgages (ARMS). On March 10,
2004, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development published a final
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known as ‘‘hybrid’’ adjustable rate
mortgages. The Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) has insured
ARMS since 1984; however, these were
limited to 1-year ARMS. FHA is now
offering mortgage insurance on 3-year,
5-year, 7-year and 10-year ARMS. The
terms of all ARMS insured by HUD-FHA
are required to be fully disclosed as part
of the loan approval process.
Additionally, an annual disclosure is
required to reflect the adjustment to the
interest rate and monthly mortgage
amount. Lenders must electronically
indicate that the mortgage to be insured
is an ARM and the term or type of the
ARM.
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None.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The estimated
number of respondents is 20,000,
frequency of response is annually, the
total annual responses are 220,000, time
per response is estimated at three
minutes and the estimated annual
burden hours requested is 11,000.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as
amended.
Dated: March 23, 2007.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing-Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–060–1320–EL, WYW161248,
WYW172585, WYW172657, WYW173360]
Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of
Intent To Begin Scoping, and To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing,
Notice of Intent (NOI) To Begin Scoping,
and to Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on Four Federal Coal
Lease Applications (LBA) in the
Decertified Powder River Federal Coal
Production Region, Wyoming.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
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Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Casper Field Office announces its intent
to prepare one EIS titled ‘‘South Gillette
Area Coal EIS’’ on the potential and
cumulative impacts of leasing four tracts
of Federal coal. Consistent with Federal
regulations promulgated for the
Minerals Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended, 43 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 3425, the BLM must
prepare an environmental analysis prior
to holding a competitive Federal coal
lease sale.
DATES: This notice initiates the scoping
process. The BLM can best use public
input if comments and resource
information are submitted to the address
below in the ADDRESSES section by June
1, 2007.
To provide the public with an
opportunity to review the proposal and
gain understanding of the coal leasing
process, the BLM will host a meeting on
April 11, 2007, at 7 p.m. at the Gillette
College Presentation Hall, Room 120,
300 West Sinclair, Gillette, Wyoming.
At the meeting, the public is invited to
submit comments and resource
information, plus identify issues or
concerns to be considered in the coal
leasing process. The BLM will announce
future public meetings and other
opportunities to submit comments on
this project at least 15 days prior to the
events. 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: Teresa
Johnson, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper,
Wyoming 82604. Written comments or
resource information may also be handdelivered to the BLM Casper Field
Office or sent by facsimile to the
attention of Teresa Johnson at (307)
261–7510. Comments may be sent
electronically to
casper_wymail@blm.gov. Please put
‘‘South Gillette Area Coal EIS/Teresa
Johnson’’ 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Teresa Johnson or Mike Karbs, BLM
Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector
Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms
Johnson or Mr. Karbs may also be
reached at (307) 261–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A
maintenance tract is a parcel of land
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containing Federal coal reserves that
can be leased to maintain production at
an existing mine. The BLM received
four Federal coal LBAs for use as
maintenance tracts in Campbell County,
Wyoming.
On June 6, 2004, RAG Wyoming Land
Company (RAG) applied for a
maintenance coal lease tract of
approximately 1,578.74 acres
(approximately 200 million tons of inplace coal) adjacent to the Belle Ayr
Mine. RAG subsequently sold the Belle
Ayr Mine and its associated interests to
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
(Foundation). From this point forward,
the applicant for the Belle Ayr North
Tract will be referred to as Foundation.
The tract, which is referred to as the
Belle Ayr North Tract, has been
assigned case number WYW161248. The
Belle Ayr North Tract includes the
following lands in Campbell County,
Wyoming:
T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 18: Lots 17, 18, 19 (W1⁄2, SE1⁄4);
Section 19: Lots 5 through 19;
Section 20: Lots 3 (SW1⁄4), 4 (W1⁄2, SE1⁄4),
5, 6, 7 (S1⁄2), 9 (S1⁄2), 10 through 16;
Section 21: Lots 13, 14;
Section 28: Lots 3 through 6;
Section 29: Lots 1, 6;
T. 48 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 24: Lots 1, 8.
Containing 1,578.74 acres, more or less.
Foundation proposes to mine the tract
as a part of the Belle Ayr Mine. At the
2006 mining rate of 24.6 million tons
per year, the coal included in the Belle
Ayr North Tract would extend the life
of the Belle Ayr Mine by as many as 8
years.
On February 10, 2006, Ark Land
Company (Ark) applied for a
maintenance coal tract of approximately
1,151 acres (approximately 57 million
tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the
Coal Creek Mine. The tract, which is
referred to as the West Coal Creek Tract,
has been assigned case number
WYW172585. The West Coal Creek
Tract includes the following lands in
Campbell County, Wyoming:
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T. 46 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 18: Lots 14 through 17;
Section 19: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through
18;
Section 30: Lots 5 through 20.
Containing 1,151.26 acres, more or less.
Ark’s subsidiary, Thunder Basin Coal
Company, proposes to mine the tract as
a part of the Coal Creek Mine. At the
2006 mining rate of 4.2 million tons per
year, the coal included in the West Coal
Creek Tract would extended the life of
the Coal Creek Mine by as many as 13
years.
On March 15, 2006, Caballo Coal
Company (Caballo) applied for a
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maintenance coal tract of approximately
777.485 acres (approximately 87.5
million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to
the Caballo Mine. The tract, which is
referred to as the Caballo West Tract,
has been assigned case number
WYW172585. The Caballo West Tract
includes the following lands in
Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 7: Lots 12, 19;
Section 8: Lot 10;
Section 17: Lots 1 through 10, 11 (N1⁄2,
SE1⁄4), 12 (NE1⁄4), 15 (N1⁄2, SE1⁄4), 16;
Section 18: Lots 5, 12 (NE1⁄4);
Section 20: Lots 1, 2 (NE1⁄4), 8 (N1⁄2 SE1⁄4).
Containing 777.485 acres, more or less.
Caballo proposes to mine the tract as
a part of the Caballo Mine. At the 2006
mining rate of 39 million tons per year,
the coal included in the Caballo West
Tract would extend the life of the
Caballo Mine by as many as 2.2 years.
On September 1, 2006, Cordero
Mining Company (Cordero) applied for
a maintenance coal tract of
approximately 4,653.80 acres
(approximately 483 million tons of inplace coal) adjacent to the Cordero Rojo
Mine. The tract, which is referred to as
the Maysdorf II Tract, has been assigned
case number WYW173360. The
Maysdorf II Tract includes the following
lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 46 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 4: Lots 8, 9, 16, 17;
Section 5: Lots 5, 12, 13, 20;
Section 9: Lots 6 through 8;
Section 10: Lots 7 through 10;
Section 11: Lots 13 through 16;
T. 47 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 7: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through
19;
Section 17: Lots 1 through 15, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Section 18: Lots 5 through 14, 19, 20;
Section 20: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 21: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
Section 28: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
Section 29: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 32: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 33: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
T. 47 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 12: Lots 1 through 16;
Section 13: Lots 1 through 8.
Containing 4,653.80 acres, more or less.
Cordero proposes to mine the tract as
a part of the Cordero Rojo Mine. At the
2006 mining rate of 39.7 million tons
per year, the coal included in the
Maysdorf II Tract would extend the life
of the Cordero Rojo Mine by as many as
12 years.
Lands in the Belle Ayr North, West
Coal Creek, and Caballo West Tracts
contain private surface estate overlying
the Federal coal. Lands in the Maysdorf
II Tract contain private and Federal
surface estate overlying the Federal coal.
The Federal surface is administered by
BLM.
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The Belle Ayr Mine, Coal Creek Mine,
Caballo Mine, and Cordero Rojo Mine
are operating under approved mining
permits from the Land Quality and Air
Quality Divisions of the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality.
The Powder River Regional Coal
Team recommended that BLM process
these four coal lease applications after
they reviewed the Belle Ayr North Tract
at a public meeting held on April 24,
2005, in Gillette, Wyoming, and the
West Coal Creek, Caballo West, and
Maysdorf II Tracts at a public meeting
held on April 19, 2006, in Casper,
Wyoming.
The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
will be a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EIS. If the four tracts
are leased to the applicants, the new
leases must be incorporated into the
existing mining and reclamation plans
for the adjacent mines. Before the
Federal coal in each tract can be mined,
the Secretary of the Interior must
approve the revised MLA mining plan
for the mine in which each tract will be
included. The OSM is the Federal
agency that is responsible for
recommending approval, approval with
conditions, or disapproval of the revised
MLA mining plan to the Office of the
Secretary of the Interior. Other
cooperating agencies may be identified
during the scoping process.
The BLM will provide interested
parties the opportunity to submit
comments or relevant information or
both. This information will help the
BLM identify issues to be considered in
preparing the South Gillette Area Coal
EIS. Issues that have been identified in
analyzing the impacts of previous
Federal coal leasing actions in the
Wyoming Powder River Basin (PRB)
include the need for resolution of
conflicts between existing and proposed
oil and gas development and coal
mining on the tracts proposed for coal
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.
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
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documents that address impacts that
might occur from this proposal.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Donald A. Simpson,
Associate State Director.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Agency Form Submitted for OMB
Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: In accordance with the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the
Commission has submitted a request for
emergency processing for review and
clearance of questionnaires to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission has requested OMB
approval of this submission by COB
April 16, 2007.
AGENCY:
Effective Date: March 21, 2007.
Purpose of Information Collection:
The forms are for use by the
Commission in connection with
investigation No. 332–480, Certain
Textile Articles: Travel Goods of Textile
Materials, instituted under section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1332(g)) at the request of the
House Committee on Ways and Means.
The Commission expects to deliver its
report to the Committee by October 25,
2007.
DATES:
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Summary of Proposal
(1) Number of forms submitted: two.
(2) Title of form: Questionnaire for
U.S. Producers of Travel Goods with an
Outer Surface of Textile Materials;
Questionnaire for U.S. Producers of
Textile Materials for Use in Travel
Goods with an Outer Surface of Textile
Materials.
(3) Type of request: New.
(4) Frequency of use: Single data
gathering, scheduled for 2007.
(5) Description of respondents: U.S.
firms that produce travel goods with an
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outer surface of textile materials, and
U.S. firms that produce textile materials
for use in travel goods with an outer
surface of textile materials.
(6) Estimated number of respondents:
127 (Producer travel goods
questionnaire). 39 (Producer textile
materials questionnaire).
(7) Estimated total number of hours
for all respondents to complete the
forms: 1074 hours.
(8) Information obtained from the
form that qualifies as confidential
business information will be so treated
by the Commission and not disclosed in
a manner that would reveal the
individual operations of a firm.
Additional Information or Comment:
Copies of the forms and supporting
documents may be obtained from the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/
research_ana/outerwear.htm, or from
Kimberlie Freund, Co-Project Leader
(202–708–5402;
kimberlie.freund@usitc.gov) or Heidi
Colby-Oizumi, Co-Project Leader, (202–
205–3391; heidi.colby@usitc.gov), of the
Office of Industries. Comments about
the proposals should be directed to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Room 10102 (Docket Library),
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
Docket Librarian. All comments should
be specific, indicating which part of the
questionnaire is objectionable,
describing the concern in detail, and
including specific suggested revisions or
language changes. Copies of any
comments should be provided to Robert
Rogowsky, Director, Office of
Operations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, who is the
Commission’s designated Senior Official
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Persons with mobility impairments
who will need special assistance in
gaining access to the Commission
should contact the Secretary at 202–
205–2000. Hearing impaired individuals
are advised that information on this
matter can be obtained by contacting
our TTD terminal (telephone no. 202–
205–1810). General information
concerning the Commission may also be
obtained by accessing its Internet server
(https://www.usitc.gov).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 26, 2007.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980
Notice is hereby given that on March
15, 2007 a proposed consent decree in
United States v. Charles E. Carlson,
Front Range Royalties, Ltd., and
Frontenac Mining, Ltd., Civil Action No.
06–cv–00275–WYD–MEH was lodged
with the United States District Court for
the District of Colorado.
In this action the United States
brought claims under Sections 107 and
113(g) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(‘‘CERCLA’’), as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607 and 9613(g), seeking the recovery
of costs incurred and to be incurred by
the Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’) in response to releases or
threatened releases of hazardous
substances at and from the property
owned by the Defendants within the
Clear Creek Superfund Site, in Gilpin
County, Colorado. The ability-to-pay
consent decree resolves claims related
to acidic drainage and metals loading
into Clear Creek resulting from past
mining operations on property owned
by the defendants. The consent decree,
among other things, provides EPA with
access to and use of the defendants’
property for remedial purposes and
requires defendants to sell certain
properties and to remit to EPA a
percentage of the net sale proceeds up
to the judgment amount of up to
$200,000.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the consent decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and either e-mailed to
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States v. Charles E. Carlson, Front
Range Royalties, Ltd., and Frontenac
Mining, Ltd., Civil Action No. 06–cv–
00275–WYD–MEH, D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–
08439.
The consent decree may be examined
at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129. During
the public comment period, the consent
decree, may also be examined on the
following Department of Justice Web
site, to https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-060-1320-EL, WYW161248, WYW172585, WYW172657, WYW173360]
Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of Intent To Begin Scoping, and
To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of Intent (NOI) To Begin
Scoping, and to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Four
Federal Coal Lease Applications (LBA) in the Decertified Powder River
Federal Coal Production Region, Wyoming.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Casper Field Office announces its intent to prepare one EIS
titled ``South Gillette Area Coal EIS'' on the potential and cumulative
impacts of leasing four tracts of Federal coal. Consistent with Federal
regulations promulgated for the Minerals Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended, 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3425, the BLM must
prepare an environmental analysis prior to holding a competitive
Federal coal lease sale.
DATES: This notice initiates the scoping process. The BLM can best use
public input if comments and resource information are submitted to the
address below in the ADDRESSES section by June 1, 2007.
To provide the public with an opportunity to review the proposal
and gain understanding of the coal leasing process, the BLM will host a
meeting on April 11, 2007, at 7 p.m. at the Gillette College
Presentation Hall, Room 120, 300 West Sinclair, Gillette, Wyoming. At
the meeting, the public is invited to submit comments and resource
information, plus identify issues or concerns to be considered in the
coal leasing process. The BLM will announce future public meetings and
other opportunities to submit comments on this project at least 15 days
prior to the events. 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: Teresa Johnson, 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 Teresa Johnson at (307) 261-7510. Comments may be sent
electronically to casper_wymail@blm.gov. Please put ``South Gillette
Area Coal EIS/Teresa Johnson'' 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Johnson or Mike Karbs, BLM
Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms
Johnson or Mr. Karbs may also be reached at (307) 261-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A maintenance tract is a parcel of land
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containing Federal coal reserves that can be leased to maintain
production at an existing mine. The BLM received four Federal coal LBAs
for use as maintenance tracts in Campbell County, Wyoming.
On June 6, 2004, RAG Wyoming Land Company (RAG) applied for a
maintenance coal lease tract of approximately 1,578.74 acres
(approximately 200 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Belle
Ayr Mine. RAG subsequently sold the Belle Ayr Mine and its associated
interests to Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (Foundation). From this
point forward, the applicant for the Belle Ayr North Tract will be
referred to as Foundation. The tract, which is referred to as the Belle
Ayr North Tract, has been assigned case number WYW161248. The Belle Ayr
North Tract includes the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 18: Lots 17, 18, 19 (W\1/2\, SE\1/4\);
Section 19: Lots 5 through 19;
Section 20: Lots 3 (SW\1/4\), 4 (W\1/2\, SE\1/4\), 5, 6, 7 (S\1/
2\), 9 (S\1/2\), 10 through 16;
Section 21: Lots 13, 14;
Section 28: Lots 3 through 6;
Section 29: Lots 1, 6;
T. 48 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 24: Lots 1, 8.
Containing 1,578.74 acres, more or less.
Foundation proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Belle Ayr
Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 24.6 million tons per year, the coal
included in the Belle Ayr North Tract would extend the life of the
Belle Ayr Mine by as many as 8 years.
On February 10, 2006, Ark Land Company (Ark) applied for a
maintenance coal tract of approximately 1,151 acres (approximately 57
million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Coal Creek Mine. The
tract, which is referred to as the West Coal Creek Tract, has been
assigned case number WYW172585. The West Coal Creek Tract includes the
following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 46 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 18: Lots 14 through 17;
Section 19: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through 18;
Section 30: Lots 5 through 20.
Containing 1,151.26 acres, more or less.
Ark's subsidiary, Thunder Basin Coal Company, proposes to mine the
tract as a part of the Coal Creek Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 4.2
million tons per year, the coal included in the West Coal Creek Tract
would extended the life of the Coal Creek Mine by as many as 13 years.
On March 15, 2006, Caballo Coal Company (Caballo) applied for a
maintenance coal tract of approximately 777.485 acres (approximately
87.5 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Caballo Mine. The
tract, which is referred to as the Caballo West Tract, has been
assigned case number WYW172585. The Caballo West Tract includes the
following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 7: Lots 12, 19;
Section 8: Lot 10;
Section 17: Lots 1 through 10, 11 (N\1/2\, SE\1/4\), 12 (NE\1/
4\), 15 (N\1/2\, SE\1/4\), 16;
Section 18: Lots 5, 12 (NE\1/4\);
Section 20: Lots 1, 2 (NE\1/4\), 8 (N\1/2\ SE\1/4\).
Containing 777.485 acres, more or less.
Caballo proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Caballo Mine.
At the 2006 mining rate of 39 million tons per year, the coal included
in the Caballo West Tract would extend the life of the Caballo Mine by
as many as 2.2 years.
On September 1, 2006, Cordero Mining Company (Cordero) applied for
a maintenance coal tract of approximately 4,653.80 acres (approximately
483 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Cordero Rojo Mine.
The tract, which is referred to as the Maysdorf II Tract, has been
assigned case number WYW173360. The Maysdorf II Tract includes the
following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming:
T. 46 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 4: Lots 8, 9, 16, 17;
Section 5: Lots 5, 12, 13, 20;
Section 9: Lots 6 through 8;
Section 10: Lots 7 through 10;
Section 11: Lots 13 through 16;
T. 47 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 7: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through 19;
Section 17: Lots 1 through 15, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Section 18: Lots 5 through 14, 19, 20;
Section 20: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 21: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
Section 28: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
Section 29: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 32: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16;
Section 33: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13;
T. 47 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
Section 12: Lots 1 through 16;
Section 13: Lots 1 through 8.
Containing 4,653.80 acres, more or less.
Cordero proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Cordero Rojo
Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 39.7 million tons per year, the coal
included in the Maysdorf II Tract would extend the life of the Cordero
Rojo Mine by as many as 12 years.
Lands in the Belle Ayr North, West Coal Creek, and Caballo West
Tracts contain private surface estate overlying the Federal coal. Lands
in the Maysdorf II Tract contain private and Federal surface estate
overlying the Federal coal. The Federal surface is administered by BLM.
The Belle Ayr Mine, Coal Creek Mine, Caballo Mine, and Cordero Rojo
Mine are operating under approved mining permits from the Land Quality
and Air Quality Divisions of the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality.
The Powder River Regional Coal Team recommended that BLM process
these four coal lease applications after they reviewed the Belle Ayr
North Tract at a public meeting held on April 24, 2005, in Gillette,
Wyoming, and the West Coal Creek, Caballo West, and Maysdorf II Tracts
at a public meeting held on April 19, 2006, in Casper, Wyoming.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) will
be a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EIS. If the four
tracts are leased to the applicants, the new leases must be
incorporated into the existing mining and reclamation plans for the
adjacent mines. Before the Federal coal in each tract can be mined, the
Secretary of the Interior must approve the revised MLA mining plan for
the mine in which each tract will be included. The OSM is the Federal
agency that is responsible for recommending approval, approval with
conditions, or disapproval of the revised MLA mining plan to the Office
of the Secretary of the Interior. Other cooperating agencies may be
identified during the scoping process.
The BLM will provide interested parties the opportunity to submit
comments or relevant information or both. This information will help
the BLM identify issues to be considered in preparing the South
Gillette Area Coal EIS. Issues that have been identified in analyzing
the impacts of previous Federal coal leasing actions in the Wyoming
Powder River Basin (PRB) include the need for resolution of conflicts
between existing and proposed oil and gas development and coal mining
on the tracts proposed for coal 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.
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
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documents that address impacts that might occur from this proposal.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Donald A. Simpson,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 07-1566 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am]
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