Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment and Fair Market Value Public Meeting for the Miller Canyon Coal Tract, Emery County, UT, 78389-78390 [E8-30385]
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to request public nominations to fill one
position in Category Three, (Elected
Official), for Utah’s Resource Advisory
Council. The Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C.
1730) directs the Secretary of the
Interior to involve the public in
planning and issues related to
management of lands administered by
BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the
Secretary to select 10 to 15 member
citizen-based advisory councils, which
are consistent with the requirements of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA). RACs are found at 43 CFR part
1784.
DATES: BLM will accept public
nominations until February 5, 2009.
Applicants are requested to submit a
completed nomination form and
nomination letters to the address listed
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Sherry Foot, Special Programs
Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 440 West 200
South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101; phone (801) 539–4195.
The
Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM)
Utah Resource Advisory Council is
hosting a call for nominations for the
position of Elected Official
(representatives of state, county, or local
elected office) on the advisory council.
Upon appointment, the individual
selected to this position will fill the seat
until September 19, 2010, the remainder
of this position’s term. Individuals may
nominate themselves or others.
Nominees must be residents of Utah.
BLM will evaluate nominees based on
their education, training, experience,
and their knowledge of the geographical
area of the RAC. Nominees should
demonstrate a commitment to
collaborative resource decision making.
The following must accompany
nominations:
• Letters of reference from
represented interest or organizations;
• A completed background
information nomination form; and,
• Any other information that
highlights the nominee’s qualifications.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV–040–07–5101–ER–F344; N–78091; 08–
08807; TAS:14X5017]
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the White Pine Energy
Station Final Environmental Impact
Statement, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) to authorize granting rights-ofway (ROWs) for the construction of the
White Pine Energy Station and eventual
disposal of the site, and for the
construction and maintenance of
ancillary facilities. All ROWs are
located in the Egan Field Office
management area in White Pine County,
Nevada. The Ely District Manager has
signed the ROD, which constitutes the
final decision of the BLM.
DATES: The availability period for this
decision will end January 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available in
printed copy or electronic file on
compact disc on request from the BLM
Manager, Egan Field Office, HC 33 Box
33500, Ely, NV 89301, or via the
Internet at https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/
fo/ely_field_office. Copies of the ROD
are available for public inspection at the
following locations:
— University of Nevada-Reno, Getchell
Library, Government Publication
Department, Reno, Nevada.
— Washoe County Library, 301 South
Center Street, Reno, Nevada.
— White Pine County Library, 950
Campton Street, Ely, Nevada.
— Clark County Library, 1401 E.
Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada.
A limited number of copies of the
document will be available at the
following BLM Nevada offices:
— Elko District Office, 3900 Idaho
Street, Elko.
— Carson City District Office, 5665
Morgan Mill Road, Carson City.
— Ely District Office, 702 North
Industrial Way, Ely.
— Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial
Boulevard, Reno.
— Washington Office of Public Affairs,
18th and C Street NW., Washington,
DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Metcalf, 775–289–1852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three
alternatives were analyzed in the final
EIS:
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(1) Proposed action located 20 miles
north of McGill, Nevada;
(2) Alternative plant location, 10
miles north of McGill, Nevada; and
(3) No action alternative, which
would be to not authorize the ROW.
The BLM has selected the Proposed
Action as its final decision in the ROD.
The ROD will approve granting ROWs
as described in the Proposed Action
including: A coal-fired power plant site
ROW and subsequent sale of the 1,281
acre power plant site to the proponent;
transmission line alignment and
substation ROWs; well field and water
line ROWs; a railroad spur ROW; and
access road ROWs. Various site-specific,
applicant-committed mitigation
measures will be implemented at the
development stage to protect other
resources and uses. Comments on the
White Pine Energy Station Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
received from the public and
cooperating agencies were addressed in
the Final EIS. The comments resulted in
text modifications and the addition of
new data used in the analysis of impacts
in the Final EIS. The ROD for this
project addresses only BLM’s decisions
for public lands and resources
administered by BLM.
John F. Ruhs,
District Manager, Ely District Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUT92000–09–L13200000–EL0000–24–
1A00, UTU–86038]
Adequacy of the Environmental
Assessment and Fair Market Value
Public Meeting for the Miller Canyon
Coal Tract, Emery County, UT
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice of Public Meeting and
Call for Public Comment on the
Proposed Sale, Adequacy of the
Environmental Assessment, Fair Market
Value determination and Maximum
Economic Recovery consideration for
Coal Lease Application UTU–86038.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will hold a public
meeting on January 21, 2009, at 7 p.m.
at the Emery City Town Hall, 15 South
Center, Emery, Utah, for the proposed
competitive sale, of the Miller Canyon
coal tract. BLM requests public
comment on the fair market value and
environmental effects of this tract. BLM
is in the process of completing the
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Environmental Assessment that will
address the environmental effects of
mining this tract. The lands included in
the delineated Federal coal lease tract
(‘‘Miller Canyon’’) are located in Emery
County, Utah, approximately three
miles south of Emery, Utah, on private
lands with federally administered
minerals and are described as follows:
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T. 22 S., R. 6 E., SLM, Emery County, Utah
Sec. 23, S1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 26, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.
Approximately 120.00 acres.
Consolidated Coal Company
submitted the application for the coal
lease. The company plans to mine the
coal as an extension from their existing
Emery Mine, if the lease is obtained.
The Miller Canyon coal tract has one
minable coal bed; the I seam bed. The
minable portions of the coal bed in this
area are around ten feet in thickness.
The tract contains more than 560,000
tons of recoverable high-volatile B
bituminous coal. The I coal bed may be
recoverable but further analysis will be
required through the R2P2 review and
approval process to make this
determination. The coal quality in the I
coal bed on an ‘‘as received basis’’ is as
follows: 12,180 Btu/lb., 6.1 percent
moisture, 8.4 percent ash, 38.9 percent
volatile matter, 47.2 percent fixed
carbon and 1.1 percent sulfur. The
public is invited to the meeting to make
public and/or written comments on the
environmental implications of leasing
the proposed tract, and also to submit
comments on the Fair Market Value and
the Maximum Economic Recovery of the
tract.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with Federal coal
management regulations 43 CFR 3422
and 3425, the public meeting is being
held on the proposed sale to allow
public comment on and discussion of
the potential effects of mining and
proposed lease. The meeting is being
advertised in the Emery County Progress
located in Castle Dale, Utah. 43 CFR
3422 states that, no less than 30 days
prior to the publication of the notice of
the sale, the Secretary shall submit
public comments on the Fair Market
Value appraisal and the Maximum
Economic Recovery and on factors that
may affect these two determinations.
Proprietary data marked as confidential
may be submitted to the Bureau of Land
Management in response to this
solicitation of public comments. Data so
marked shall be treated in accordance
with the laws and regulations governing
confidentiality of such information. A
copy of the comments submitted by the
public on fair market value and
maximum economic recovery, except
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those portions identified as proprietary
by the author and meeting exemptions
stated in the Freedom of Information
Act, will be available for public
inspection at the Bureau of Land
Management, Utah State Office, during
the regular business hours (8 a.m.–4
p.m.) Monday through Friday.
Comments on the Fair Market Value and
Maximum Economic Recovery should
be sent to the Bureau of Land
Management and should address, but
not necessarily be limited to, the
following information.
1. The quality of the coal resource;
2. The mining methods or methods
which would achieve maximum
economic recovery of the coal,
including specifications of seams to be
mined and the most desirable timing
and rate of production;
3. Whether this tract is likely to be
mined as part of an existing mine and
therefore should be evaluated on a
realistic incremental basis, in relation to
the existing mine to which it has the
greatest value;
4. Whether the tract should be
evaluated as part of a potential larger
mining unit and revaluated as a portion
of a new potential mine (i.e., a tract
which does not in itself form a logical
mining unit);
5. Restrictions to mining that may
affect coal recovery;
6. The price that the mined coal
would bring when sold;
7. Costs, including mining and
reclamation, of producing the coal and
the time of production;
8. The percentage rate at which
anticipated income streams should be
discounted, either with inflation or in
the absence of inflation, in which case
the anticipated rate of inflation should
be given;
9. Depreciation, depletion,
amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
10. The value of any surface estate
where held privately;
11. Documented information on the
terms and conditions of recent and
similar coal land transactions in the
lease sale area;
12. Any comparable sales data of
similar coal lands; and coal quantities
and the Fair Market Value of the coal
developed by BLM may or may not
change as a result of comments received
from the public and changes in the
market conditions between now and
when final economic evaluations are
completed.
DATES: The public meeting is being held
on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at the
Emery City Town Hall, address 15
South Center, starting at 7 p.m.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Written comments on the Fair Market
Value and Maximum Economic
Recovery must be received by January
16, 2009, and should be addressed to
Stan Perkes, 801–539–4036, Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office,
Division of Lands and Minerals, P.O.
Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145
or E-mail to Stan_Perkes@blm.gov.
Information on the Decision Notice/
Finding of No Significant Impact can be
obtained by contacting Mr. Steve Rigby,
435–636–3604.
Dated: December 15, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ–910–0777–XP–241A]
State of Arizona Resource Advisory
Council Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource
Advisory Council Meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Arizona
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will
meet on January 15, 2009, at the BLM
National Training Center located at 9828
North 31st Avenue in Phoenix from 8
a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Morning agenda
items include: Review and approval of
the September 18, 2008, meeting
minutes for RAC and Recreation
Resource Advisory Council (RRAC)
business; BLM State Director’s update
on statewide issues; Update on Solar
Energy Rights-of-Way Applications and
Processing; Presentation on the Healthy
Lands Initiative Projects in Arizona;
RAC questions on BLM Field Managers’
Rangeland Resource Team proposals;
and reports by RAC working groups. A
public comment period will be provided
at 11:30 a.m. on January 15, 2009, for
any interested publics who wish to
address the Council on BLM programs
and business.
Under the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, the RAC has been
designated as the RRAC, and has the
authority to review all BLM and Forest
Service (FS) recreation fee proposals in
Arizona. The afternoon meeting agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUT92000-09-L13200000-EL0000-24-1A00, UTU-86038]
Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment and Fair Market Value
Public Meeting for the Miller Canyon Coal Tract, Emery County, UT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and Call for Public Comment on the
Proposed Sale, Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment, Fair Market
Value determination and Maximum Economic Recovery consideration for
Coal Lease Application UTU-86038.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a public meeting
on January 21, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Emery City Town Hall, 15 South
Center, Emery, Utah, for the proposed competitive sale, of the Miller
Canyon coal tract. BLM requests public comment on the fair market value
and environmental effects of this tract. BLM is in the process of
completing the
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Environmental Assessment that will address the environmental effects of
mining this tract. The lands included in the delineated Federal coal
lease tract (``Miller Canyon'') are located in Emery County, Utah,
approximately three miles south of Emery, Utah, on private lands with
federally administered minerals and are described as follows:
T. 22 S., R. 6 E., SLM, Emery County, Utah
Sec. 23, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 26, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
Approximately 120.00 acres.
Consolidated Coal Company submitted the application for the coal
lease. The company plans to mine the coal as an extension from their
existing Emery Mine, if the lease is obtained. The Miller Canyon coal
tract has one minable coal bed; the I seam bed. The minable portions of
the coal bed in this area are around ten feet in thickness. The tract
contains more than 560,000 tons of recoverable high-volatile B
bituminous coal. The I coal bed may be recoverable but further analysis
will be required through the R2P2 review and approval process to make
this determination. The coal quality in the I coal bed on an ``as
received basis'' is as follows: 12,180 Btu/lb., 6.1 percent moisture,
8.4 percent ash, 38.9 percent volatile matter, 47.2 percent fixed
carbon and 1.1 percent sulfur. The public is invited to the meeting to
make public and/or written comments on the environmental implications
of leasing the proposed tract, and also to submit comments on the Fair
Market Value and the Maximum Economic Recovery of the tract.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Federal coal management
regulations 43 CFR 3422 and 3425, the public meeting is being held on
the proposed sale to allow public comment on and discussion of the
potential effects of mining and proposed lease. The meeting is being
advertised in the Emery County Progress located in Castle Dale, Utah.
43 CFR 3422 states that, no less than 30 days prior to the publication
of the notice of the sale, the Secretary shall submit public comments
on the Fair Market Value appraisal and the Maximum Economic Recovery
and on factors that may affect these two determinations. Proprietary
data marked as confidential may be submitted to the Bureau of Land
Management in response to this solicitation of public comments. Data so
marked shall be treated in accordance with the laws and regulations
governing confidentiality of such information. A copy of the comments
submitted by the public on fair market value and maximum economic
recovery, except those portions identified as proprietary by the author
and meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, will
be available for public inspection at the Bureau of Land Management,
Utah State Office, during the regular business hours (8 a.m.-4 p.m.)
Monday through Friday. Comments on the Fair Market Value and Maximum
Economic Recovery should be sent to the Bureau of Land Management and
should address, but not necessarily be limited to, the following
information.
1. The quality of the coal resource;
2. The mining methods or methods which would achieve maximum
economic recovery of the coal, including specifications of seams to be
mined and the most desirable timing and rate of production;
3. Whether this tract is likely to be mined as part of an existing
mine and therefore should be evaluated on a realistic incremental
basis, in relation to the existing mine to which it has the greatest
value;
4. Whether the tract should be evaluated as part of a potential
larger mining unit and revaluated as a portion of a new potential mine
(i.e., a tract which does not in itself form a logical mining unit);
5. Restrictions to mining that may affect coal recovery;
6. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold;
7. Costs, including mining and reclamation, of producing the coal
and the time of production;
8. The percentage rate at which anticipated income streams should
be discounted, either with inflation or in the absence of inflation, in
which case the anticipated rate of inflation should be given;
9. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
10. The value of any surface estate where held privately;
11. Documented information on the terms and conditions of recent
and similar coal land transactions in the lease sale area;
12. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands; and coal
quantities and the Fair Market Value of the coal developed by BLM may
or may not change as a result of comments received from the public and
changes in the market conditions between now and when final economic
evaluations are completed.
DATES: The public meeting is being held on Wednesday, January 21, 2009,
at the Emery City Town Hall, address 15 South Center, starting at 7
p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments on the Fair Market
Value and Maximum Economic Recovery must be received by January 16,
2009, and should be addressed to Stan Perkes, 801-539-4036, Bureau of
Land Management, Utah State Office, Division of Lands and Minerals,
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145 or E-mail to Stan_
Perkes@blm.gov. Information on the Decision Notice/Finding of No
Significant Impact can be obtained by contacting Mr. Steve Rigby, 435-
636-3604.
Dated: December 15, 2008.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
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