Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, WYW172684, Wyoming, 48461-48462 [2013-19169]
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Notice is hereby given that
certain coal resources in the Hay Creek
II Coal Tract described below in
Campbell County, Wyoming, will be
offered for competitive lease by sealed
bid in accordance with the provisions of
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as
amended.
SUMMARY:
The lease sale will be held at 10
a.m. on Wednesday, September 18,
2013. Sealed bids must be submitted on
or before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September
17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held
in the First Floor Conference Room
(Room 107), of the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Wyoming State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O.
Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. Sealed
bids must be submitted to the Cashier,
BLM Wyoming State Office, at the
address given above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, or
Kathy Muller Ogle, Coal Coordinator, at
307–775–6258, and 307–775–6206,
respectively.
This coal
lease sale is being held in response to
a lease by application (LBA) filed by
Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc., on
behalf of its subsidiary, Buckskin
Mining Company, Gillette, Wyoming.
The coal resource to be offered consists
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of all reserves recoverable by surface
mining methods in the followingdescribed lands located approximately
12 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming,
approximately 2 miles east of U.S.
Highway 14/16, and adjacent to Collins
and McGee Roads along its western
boundary.
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 52 N., R. 72 W.,
Sec. 7, lot 21;
Sec. 8, lots 13 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 9, lots 13 and 14;
Sec. 17, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and lots 17,
19, 21, and 23;
Sec. 18, lots 5, 14, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27,
and 30;
Sec. 19, lots 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, and lots
17 to 19, inclusive, and lots 22, 23, 26,
27.
The areas described aggregate 1,253.27
acres.
The tract is adjacent to Federal leases
along the northern and western lease
boundary of the Buckskin Mine, and
adjacent to additional unleased Federal
coal to the west and north.
All of the acreage offered has been
determined to be mineable, except for
Collins and McGee Roads, which
present a barrier due to the qualified
surface owner to the west. A 100-foot
buffer is required from the right-of-way
of these public roads, and a 300-foot
buffer is required from any occupied
residence off-lease. Reasonable costs to
move features such as utilities and
pipelines to allow coal recovery have
been included in the economic analysis.
In addition, coal bed natural gas wells
have been drilled on the tract. The
estimate of the bonus value of the coal
lease will include consideration of the
future production from these wells and
the successful coal lessee’s interaction
with the gas producers regarding any
pre-existing rights of such producers.
An economic analysis of this future
income stream will consider reasonable
compensation to the gas lessee for lost
production of the natural gas when the
wells are bought out by the coal lessee.
The surface estate of the tract is largely
owned by Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc.
The LBA tract contains surface
mineable coal reserves in the WyodakAnderson Coal Zone currently being
recovered in the adjacent, existing mine.
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On the LBA tract, there are two
mineable seams, the Anderson Rider,
which ranges from about 2 feet to 49 feet
thick and averages about 26 feet thick,
and the merged Anderson/Canyon
Seams, which range from about 46 feet
to 120 feet thick and average about 68
feet thick. Overall, the two mineable
seams average about 94 feet thick over
the LBA tract. The two seams are
continuous over the entire tract with no
outcrops or subcrops. Overburden depth
to the upper Anderson Rider ranges
from approximately 50 feet to 449 feet
thick and averages approximately 163
feet thick. The interburden to the
merged Anderson/Canyon Seams ranges
from approximately 0 feet to 190 feet
thick and averages approximately 88
feet thick.
The tract contains an estimated
167,001,577 tons of mineable coal. This
estimate of mineable reserves includes
the main seams mentioned above but
does not include any tonnage from
localized seams or splits containing less
than 5 feet of coal. The total mineable
stripping ratio of the coal in Bank Cubic
Yards per ton is approximately 2.8:1.
Potential bidders for the LBA should
consider the recovery rate expected
from multiple seam mining.
The Hay Creek II LBA coal is ranked
as subbituminous C. The overall average
quality on an as-received basis is 8,297
British Thermal Units per pound
containing approximately 0.27 percent
sulfur. These quality averages place the
coal reserves near the lower end of the
range of coal quality currently being
mined in the Wyoming portion of the
Powder River Basin.
The tract will be leased to the
qualified bidder of the highest cash
amount provided that the high bid
meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of
the fair market value (FMV) of the tract.
The minimum bid for the tract is $100
per acre or fraction thereof. No bid that
is less than $100 per acre, or fraction
thereof, will be considered. The bids
should be sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, or be hand-delivered.
The BLM Wyoming State Office Cashier
will issue a receipt for each handdelivered bid. Bids received after 4 p.m.
local time on Tuesday, September 17,
2013, will not be considered. The
minimum bid is not intended to
represent FMV. The FMV of the tract
will be determined by the Authorized
Officer after the sale. The lease that may
be issued as a result of this offering will
provide for payment of an annual rental
of $3 per acre, or fraction thereof, and
a royalty payment to the United States
of 12.5 percent of the value of coal
produced by surface mining methods.
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The value of the coal will be determined
in accordance with 30 CFR 1206.250.
Pursuant to the regulation at 43 CFR
3473.2(f), the applicant for the Hay
Creek II Tract, Kiewit Mining Properties,
Inc., has paid a total case-by-case cost
recovery processing fee in the amount of
$199,243. The successful bidder for the
Hay Creek II Tract, if someone other
than the applicant, must pay to the BLM
the $199,243 previously paid by Kiewit
Mining Properties, Inc. Additionally,
the successful bidder must pay all
processing costs the BLM will incur
after the date this sale notice is
published in the Federal Register,
which are estimated to be $10,000.
Bidding instructions for the LBA tract
offered and the terms and conditions of
the proposed coal lease are available
from the BLM Wyoming State Office at
the address above. Case file documents,
WYW172684, are available for
inspection at the BLM Wyoming State
Office.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, WYW172684, Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain coal resources in the Hay
Creek II Coal Tract described below in Campbell County, Wyoming, will
be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the
provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended.
DATES: The lease sale will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September
18, 2013. Sealed bids must be submitted on or before 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the First Floor Conference
Room (Room 107), of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State
Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.
Sealed bids must be submitted to the Cashier, BLM Wyoming State Office,
at the address given above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, or
Kathy Muller Ogle, Coal Coordinator, at 307-775-6258, and 307-775-6206,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal lease sale is being held in
response to a lease by application (LBA) filed by Kiewit Mining
Properties, Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary, Buckskin Mining Company,
Gillette, Wyoming. The coal resource to be offered consists of all
reserves recoverable by surface mining methods in the following-
described lands located approximately 12 miles north of Gillette,
Wyoming, approximately 2 miles east of U.S. Highway 14/16, and adjacent
to Collins and McGee Roads along its western boundary.
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 52 N., R. 72 W.,
Sec. 7, lot 21;
Sec. 8, lots 13 to 16, inclusive;
Sec. 9, lots 13 and 14;
Sec. 17, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and lots 17, 19, 21, and 23;
Sec. 18, lots 5, 14, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, and 30;
Sec. 19, lots 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, and lots 17 to 19,
inclusive, and lots 22, 23, 26, 27.
The areas described aggregate 1,253.27 acres.
The tract is adjacent to Federal leases along the northern and
western lease boundary of the Buckskin Mine, and adjacent to additional
unleased Federal coal to the west and north.
All of the acreage offered has been determined to be mineable,
except for Collins and McGee Roads, which present a barrier due to the
qualified surface owner to the west. A 100-foot buffer is required from
the right-of-way of these public roads, and a 300-foot buffer is
required from any occupied residence off-lease. Reasonable costs to
move features such as utilities and pipelines to allow coal recovery
have been included in the economic analysis. In addition, coal bed
natural gas wells have been drilled on the tract. The estimate of the
bonus value of the coal lease will include consideration of the future
production from these wells and the successful coal lessee's
interaction with the gas producers regarding any pre-existing rights of
such producers. An economic analysis of this future income stream will
consider reasonable compensation to the gas lessee for lost production
of the natural gas when the wells are bought out by the coal lessee.
The surface estate of the tract is largely owned by Kiewit Mining
Properties, Inc.
The LBA tract contains surface mineable coal reserves in the
Wyodak-Anderson Coal Zone currently being recovered in the adjacent,
existing mine.
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On the LBA tract, there are two mineable seams, the Anderson Rider,
which ranges from about 2 feet to 49 feet thick and averages about 26
feet thick, and the merged Anderson/Canyon Seams, which range from
about 46 feet to 120 feet thick and average about 68 feet thick.
Overall, the two mineable seams average about 94 feet thick over the
LBA tract. The two seams are continuous over the entire tract with no
outcrops or subcrops. Overburden depth to the upper Anderson Rider
ranges from approximately 50 feet to 449 feet thick and averages
approximately 163 feet thick. The interburden to the merged Anderson/
Canyon Seams ranges from approximately 0 feet to 190 feet thick and
averages approximately 88 feet thick.
The tract contains an estimated 167,001,577 tons of mineable coal.
This estimate of mineable reserves includes the main seams mentioned
above but does not include any tonnage from localized seams or splits
containing less than 5 feet of coal. The total mineable stripping ratio
of the coal in Bank Cubic Yards per ton is approximately 2.8:1.
Potential bidders for the LBA should consider the recovery rate
expected from multiple seam mining.
The Hay Creek II LBA coal is ranked as subbituminous C. The overall
average quality on an as-received basis is 8,297 British Thermal Units
per pound containing approximately 0.27 percent sulfur. These quality
averages place the coal reserves near the lower end of the range of
coal quality currently being mined in the Wyoming portion of the Powder
River Basin.
The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest
cash amount provided that the high bid meets or exceeds the BLM's
estimate of the fair market value (FMV) of the tract. The minimum bid
for the tract is $100 per acre or fraction thereof. No bid that is less
than $100 per acre, or fraction thereof, will be considered. The bids
should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or be hand-
delivered. The BLM Wyoming State Office Cashier will issue a receipt
for each hand-delivered bid. Bids received after 4 p.m. local time on
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, will not be considered. The minimum bid is
not intended to represent FMV. The FMV of the tract will be determined
by the Authorized Officer after the sale. The lease that may be issued
as a result of this offering will provide for payment of an annual
rental of $3 per acre, or fraction thereof, and a royalty payment to
the United States of 12.5 percent of the value of coal produced by
surface mining methods. The value of the coal will be determined in
accordance with 30 CFR 1206.250.
Pursuant to the regulation at 43 CFR 3473.2(f), the applicant for
the Hay Creek II Tract, Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc., has paid a
total case-by-case cost recovery processing fee in the amount of
$199,243. The successful bidder for the Hay Creek II Tract, if someone
other than the applicant, must pay to the BLM the $199,243 previously
paid by Kiewit Mining Properties, Inc. Additionally, the successful
bidder must pay all processing costs the BLM will incur after the date
this sale notice is published in the Federal Register, which are
estimated to be $10,000.
Bidding instructions for the LBA tract offered and the terms and
conditions of the proposed coal lease are available from the BLM
Wyoming State Office at the address above. Case file documents,
WYW172684, are available for inspection at the BLM Wyoming State
Office.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
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