Notice of the Availability of the BNI Coal, Ltd., Federal Coal Lease Application Environmental Assessment and Notice of Public Hearing, 16886 [E9-8353]
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the development and implementation of
an integrated resource management plan
for those lands and waters within the
Corridor.
The meeting will convene on May 21,
2009 at 9 a.m. at the Blackstone Valley
Regional Vocational Technical High
School, located at 65 Pleasant Street,
Upton, MA for the following reasons:
1. Approval of Minutes.
2. Chairman’s Report.
3. Executive Director’s Report.
4. Financial Budget.
5. Public Input.
It is anticipated that about thirty
people will be able to attend the session
in addition to the Commission
members.
Interested persons may make oral or
written presentations to the Commission
or file written statements. Such requests
should be made prior to the meeting to:
Jan H. Reitsma, Executive Director, John
H. Chafee, Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor Commission,
One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI
02895, Tel.: (401) 762–0250.
Further information concerning this
meeting may be obtained from Jan H.
Reitsma, Executive Director of the
Commission at the aforementioned
address.
comments must be received on or before
4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held at the BLM North Dakota Field
Office Conference Room, 99 23rd
Avenue West, Dickinson, North Dakota.
Written comments on the FMV and
MER should be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management, Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
MT 59101–4669. Written comments or
questions on the EA should be sent to
Angela Wetz, Natural Resource
Specialist, North Dakota Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd
Avenue West, Dickinson, ND 58601.
Copies of the EA are available at the
North Dakota Field Office at the above
address. The EA is also available on the
Internet at https://www.blm.gov/mt/st/
en/fo/north_dakota_field.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land
included in Coal Lease Application
NDM 97633 contains an estimated 4.1
million tons of recoverable coal
reserves. It is described as follows:
Jan H. Reitsma,
Executive Director, BRVNHCC.
[FR Doc. E9–8322 Filed 4–10–09; 8:45 am]
The EA addresses the cultural,
socioeconomic, environmental and
cumulative impacts that would likely
result from leasing these coal lands.
Two alternatives are addressed in the
EA:
Alternative 1: (Proposed Action) The
tract would be leased, as applied for.
Alternative 2: (No Action) The
application would be rejected or denied.
The Federal coal reserves would be
bypassed.
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 the
confidentiality of such information. A
copy of the comments submitted by the
public on FMV and MER, 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, 5001
Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana
59101–4669, during regular business
hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Monday through
Friday. Other comments will be
available for public inspection at the
Bureau of Land Management, North
Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue
West, Dickinson, ND 58601 (9 a.m. to 4
p.m.) Monday through Friday.
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Notice of the Availability of the BNI
Coal, Ltd., Federal Coal Lease
Application Environmental
Assessment and Notice of Public
Hearing
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice
of public hearing.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal coal management regulations at
43 CFR 3422 and 3425, the BNI Coal
Lease by Application Environmental
Assessment (EA) is available for public
review and comment. A public hearing
will be held to receive comments on the
EA and associated Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), Fair Market
Value (FMV), and Maximum Economic
Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for
BNI Coal, Ltd.’s (BNI) Federal Coal
Lease Application NDM 97633.
DATES: The public hearing will be held
at 9 a.m. on April 30, 2009. Written
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T. 142 N., R. 84 W., 5th P.M
Sec. 32: N2NW, SWNW, NWSW; 160.00
acres.
The land is adjacent to BNI’s Center Mine,
located in Oliver County, North Dakota.
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Written comments on the FMV and
MER should address, but not necessarily
be limited to, the following:
1. The quality and quantity of the coal
resources;
2. The mining method or methods
which would achieve MER of the coal
including specifications of the seams to
be mined, timing and rate of production,
restriction to mining, and the inclusion
of the tract in an existing mining
operation;
3. The FMV appraisal including but
not limited to the evaluation of the tract
as an incremental unit of an existing
mine, selling price of the coal, mining
and reclamation costs, net present value
discount factors, depreciation and other
tax accounting factors, value of the
surface estate, and any comparable sales
data on similar coal lands. The values
given above may or may not change as
a result of comments received from the
public and changes in market
conditions between now and when final
economic evaluations are completed.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, please be aware that your
entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed
Hughes, Supervisory Industry
Economist, (406–896–5057), Bureau of
Land Management, Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
Montana 59101.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. E9–8353 Filed 4–10–09; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of the Availability of the BNI Coal, Ltd., Federal Coal
Lease Application Environmental Assessment and Notice of Public Hearing
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal coal management regulations at
43 CFR 3422 and 3425, the BNI Coal Lease by Application Environmental
Assessment (EA) is available for public review and comment. A public
hearing will be held to receive comments on the EA and associated
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), Fair Market Value (FMV), and
Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for BNI Coal,
Ltd.'s (BNI) Federal Coal Lease Application NDM 97633.
DATES: The public hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on April 30, 2009.
Written comments must be received on or before 4:30 p.m. on May 13,
2009.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the BLM North Dakota
Field Office Conference Room, 99 23rd Avenue West, Dickinson, North
Dakota. Written comments on the FMV and MER should be sent to the
Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, MT 59101-4669. Written comments or questions on the EA should
be sent to Angela Wetz, Natural Resource Specialist, North Dakota Field
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Dickinson, ND
58601. Copies of the EA are available at the North Dakota Field Office
at the above address. The EA is also available on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/north_dakota_field.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land included in Coal Lease Application
NDM 97633 contains an estimated 4.1 million tons of recoverable coal
reserves. It is described as follows:
T. 142 N., R. 84 W., 5th P.M
Sec. 32: N2NW, SWNW, NWSW; 160.00 acres.
The land is adjacent to BNI's Center Mine, located in Oliver
County, North Dakota.
The EA addresses the cultural, socioeconomic, environmental and
cumulative impacts that would likely result from leasing these coal
lands. Two alternatives are addressed in the EA:
Alternative 1: (Proposed Action) The tract would be leased, as
applied for.
Alternative 2: (No Action) The application would be rejected or
denied. The Federal coal reserves would be bypassed.
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 the confidentiality of such information. A
copy of the comments submitted by the public on FMV and MER, 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, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, during regular business hours (9
a.m. to 4 p.m.) Monday through Friday. Other comments will be available
for public inspection at the Bureau of Land Management, North Dakota
Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue West, Dickinson, ND 58601 (9 a.m. to 4
p.m.) Monday through Friday.
Written comments on the FMV and MER should address, but not
necessarily be limited to, the following:
1. The quality and quantity of the coal resources;
2. The mining method or methods which would achieve MER of the coal
including specifications of the seams to be mined, timing and rate of
production, restriction to mining, and the inclusion of the tract in an
existing mining operation;
3. The FMV appraisal including but not limited to the evaluation of
the tract as an incremental unit of an existing mine, selling price of
the coal, mining and reclamation costs, net present value discount
factors, depreciation and other tax accounting factors, value of the
surface estate, and any comparable sales data on similar coal lands.
The values given above may or may not change as a result of comments
received from the public and changes in market conditions between now
and when final economic evaluations are completed.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, please be aware
that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you may
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Hughes, Supervisory Industry
Economist, (406-896-5057), Bureau of Land Management, Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. E9-8353 Filed 4-10-09; 8:45 am]
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