Notice of Availability of the Buckingham Coal Company Federal Coal Lease Application Environmental Assessment and Public Hearing, Perry and Morgan Counties, OH, 26950-26951 [2015-11263]
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Date: April 30, 2015.
Stephen Guertin
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the
Buckingham Coal Company Federal
Coal Lease Application Environmental
Assessment and Public Hearing, Perry
and Morgan Counties, OH
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Federal
coal management regulations, the
Buckingham Coal Company, Federal
Coal Lease by Application (LBA)
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
Buckingham Coal Company LBA
OHES–57390.
DATES: The public hearing will be held
at 7 p.m. on June 4, 2015. Written
comments must be received within 30
days following the date of the public
hearing.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held at the Trimble High School
Cafeteria, One Tomcat Drive, Glouster,
Ohio 45832. Written comments on the
FMV and MER should be addressed to
Michael W. Glasson, BLM Eastern
States, Division of Lands and Minerals,
Mail Stop 9242, 20 M Street SE., Suite
950, Washington, DC 20003. Comments
on the EA and FONSI should be sent to
Dean Gettinger, Field Office Manager,
Northeastern States Field Office, 626 E.
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200,
Milwaukee, WI 53202–4617. Comments
may also be emailed to mglasson@
blm.gov. Copies of the EA are available
at the following office locations: BLM
Eastern States Office, 20 M Street SE.,
Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003; and,
BLM Northeastern States Field Office,
626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200,
Milwaukee, WI 53202–4617. Both
documents may also be accessed on the
BLM Eastern States’ Web site at:
https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/prog/
minerals/coal.html.
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Michael W. Glasson, Solid Minerals
Program Lead, telephone: 202–912–
7723; or email: mglasson@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact
Mr. Glasson during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question for Mr. Glasson. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
The
Buckingham Coal Company filed an
LBA with the BLM in December of 2011,
to lease Federal coal in Perry and
Morgan Counties, Ohio. The U.S. Forest
Service (FS) completed an EA and
FONSI on March 11, 2014 and issued its
consent to lease on March 11, 2014. The
BLM anticipates issuing a Decision
Record after the public meeting
announced by this Notice and after
having considered any comments
received on the EA, FMV, and MER.
The lands included in the
Buckingham Coal Company Federal
Coal LBA OHES–57390 are located in
Perry and Morgan Counties, Ohio,
approximately 2–4 miles east of
Corning, Ohio. The lands are described
as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Parcel #1, Tract X32,
Section 12, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 6.00 acres.
Parcel #2 Tract X76,
Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 10.00 acres.
Parcel #3 Tract X41,
Section 14, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 80.00 acres.
Parcel #4 Tract X37,
Section 13, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 109.25 acres.
Parcel #5 Tract X38,
Section 13 and Tract X53, Section 24, T.
12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey
Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 80.00 acres.
Parcel #6 Tract X35,
Section 18 and Tract X38, Section 19, T.
8 N., R. 13 W., Ohio River Survey
Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 60.94 acres (A subsurface
ownership difference will be resolved on this
parcel prior to lease issuance).
Parcel #7 Tract X81,
Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 86.25 acres.
Containing 432.44 acres.
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The company plans to mine the
Federal coal as an extension from its
existing underground mine if the lease
is obtained. The proposed mine would
recover coal from the Middle Kittanning
seam at the base of the Pennsylvanian
aged Lower Freeport Sandstone. As
required under 43 CFR 3425.4, the
public is invited to the hearing to give
public oral and/or written comments on
the EA, the FMV, and MER of the
Federal tract. Written comments must
be received within 30 days following
the date of the public hearing. The
meeting is being advertised in the
Athens News, Athens Messenger and the
Logan Daily area newspapers.
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 would therefore be
bypassed.
Proprietary data marked as
confidential may be submitted to the
BLM in response to the solicitation of
public comments. Data so marked shall
be treated in accordance with the laws
and the 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
Eastern States Office, 20 M Street SE.,
Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003, 9th
Floor, during regular business hours (9
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday.
Written comments on the FMV and
MER should address, but need not be
limited to the following:
1. The quality and quantity of the coal
resource;
2. The mining methods or methods
which would achieve MER of the coal,
including specifications of seams to be
mined and the most desirable timing
and rate of production;
3. Restrictions to mining that may
affect coal recovery;
4. The price that the mined coal
would bring when sold;
5. Costs, including mining and
reclamation, of producing the coal and
the time of production;
6. 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;
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7. Depreciation, depletion,
amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
8. The value of any surface estate
where held privately;
9. Documented information on the
terms and conditions of recent and
similar coal land transactions in the
lease sale area; and
10. Any comparable sales data of
similar coal lands and coal quantities.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 3425.4.
Dean Gettinger,
Northeastern States Field Office.
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San Juan Islands National Monument
Advisory Committee, Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, the Bureau of Land
Management’s (BLM) San Juan Islands
National Monument Advisory
Committee (MAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The MAC will meet on three
separate dates in the next two months.
The meetings on May 28 and June 5 are
scheduled for 8:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. at the
San Juan Island Grange, 152 N 1st
Street, Friday Harbor, Washington
98250. The meeting on June 9 is
scheduled for 9:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. at
Brickworks, 150 Nichols St., Friday
Harbor, Washington 98250.
Thursday, May 28, 2015: Meeting
discussions will include an update on
outcomes of the scoping process in
March 2015. The MAC will be guided
through the planning process steps,
with definitions of key steps, such as
Issues Identification. The committee
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will then review the variety of resource
comments as well as the list of
preliminary planning issues developed
by the BLM interdisciplinary team. The
committee will provide
recommendations on any modifications
to this list that they may have. The
planning issues are the questions (e.g.,
how should the BLM manage recreation
while protecting ecological, cultural,
and historic values) that the BLM will
explore answers to through the range of
alternative management approaches
developed for the draft plan.
Friday, June 5, 2015: This meeting
will focus on the ecological values
within the National Monument for
which the BLM will be developing
alternative management approaches
through the planning process. BLM
resource leads for wildlife, botany, and
invasive species will be present to share
the breadth of considerations and
opportunities that will be considered in
the generation of alternatives.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015: This meeting
will focus on cultural and historic
values within the National Monument
for which the BLM will be developing
alternative management approaches
through the planning process. The BLM
resource lead for cultural and heritage
resources will be present to introduce
the MAC to the requirements for
considerations and analysis in the
generation of alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Marcia deChadenedes, San Juan Islands
National Monument Manager, P.O. Box
3, 37 Washburn Ave., Lopez Island,
Washington 98261, (360) 468–3051, or
mdechade@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1(800) 877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
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twelve member San Juan Islands MAC
was chartered to provide information
and advice regarding the development
of the San Juan Islands National
Monument’s RMP. Members represent
an array of stakeholder interests in the
land and resources from within the local
area and statewide. All advisory
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public. At each meeting, at 3:45 p.m.,
members of the public will have the
opportunity to make comments to the
MAC during a one-hour public
comment period. Persons wishing to
make comments during the public
comment period should register in
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person with the BLM by 3 p.m. on that
meeting day, at the meeting location.
Depending on the number of persons
wishing to comment, the length of
comments may be limited. The public
may send written comments to the MAC
at San Juan Islands National Monument,
Attn. MAC, P.O. Box 3, 37 Washburn
Ave., Lopez Island, Washington 98261.
The BLM appreciates all comments.
Jeffery A. Rose,
Spokane District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Buckingham Coal Company Federal
Coal Lease Application Environmental Assessment and Public Hearing,
Perry and Morgan Counties, OH
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Federal coal management regulations, the
Buckingham Coal Company, Federal Coal Lease by Application (LBA)
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 Buckingham Coal Company LBA OHES-57390.
DATES: The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on June 4, 2015.
Written comments must be received within 30 days following the date of
the public hearing.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Trimble High School
Cafeteria, One Tomcat Drive, Glouster, Ohio 45832. Written comments on
the FMV and MER should be addressed to Michael W. Glasson, BLM Eastern
States, Division of Lands and Minerals, Mail Stop 9242, 20 M Street
SE., Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003. Comments on the EA and FONSI
should be sent to Dean Gettinger, Field Office Manager, Northeastern
States Field Office, 626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI
53202-4617. Comments may also be emailed to mglasson@blm.gov. Copies of
the EA are available at the following office locations: BLM Eastern
States Office, 20 M Street SE., Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003; and,
BLM Northeastern States Field Office, 626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
200, Milwaukee, WI 53202-4617. Both documents may also be accessed on
the BLM Eastern States' Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/prog/minerals/coal.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael W. Glasson, Solid Minerals
Program Lead, telephone: 202-912-7723; or email: mglasson@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to
contact Mr. Glasson during normal business hours. The FIRS is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr.
Glasson. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Buckingham Coal Company filed an LBA
with the BLM in December of 2011, to lease Federal coal in Perry and
Morgan Counties, Ohio. The U.S. Forest Service (FS) completed an EA and
FONSI on March 11, 2014 and issued its consent to lease on March 11,
2014. The BLM anticipates issuing a Decision Record after the public
meeting announced by this Notice and after having considered any
comments received on the EA, FMV, and MER.
The lands included in the Buckingham Coal Company Federal Coal LBA
OHES-57390 are located in Perry and Morgan Counties, Ohio,
approximately 2-4 miles east of Corning, Ohio. The lands are described
as follows:
Parcel #1, Tract X32,
Section 12, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey Meridian,
Ohio.
Containing 6.00 acres.
Parcel #2 Tract X76,
Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey Meridian,
Ohio.
Containing 10.00 acres.
Parcel #3 Tract X41,
Section 14, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey Meridian,
Ohio.
Containing 80.00 acres.
Parcel #4 Tract X37,
Section 13, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey Meridian,
Ohio.
Containing 109.25 acres.
Parcel #5 Tract X38,
Section 13 and Tract X53, Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio
River Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 80.00 acres.
Parcel #6 Tract X35,
Section 18 and Tract X38, Section 19, T. 8 N., R. 13 W., Ohio
River Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Containing 60.94 acres (A subsurface ownership difference will
be resolved on this parcel prior to lease issuance).
Parcel #7 Tract X81,
Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey Meridian,
Ohio.
Containing 86.25 acres.
Containing 432.44 acres.
The company plans to mine the Federal coal as an extension from its
existing underground mine if the lease is obtained. The proposed mine
would recover coal from the Middle Kittanning seam at the base of the
Pennsylvanian aged Lower Freeport Sandstone. As required under 43 CFR
3425.4, the public is invited to the hearing to give public oral and/or
written comments on the EA, the FMV, and MER of the Federal tract.
Written comments must be received within 30 days following the date of
the public hearing. The meeting is being advertised in the Athens News,
Athens Messenger and the Logan Daily area newspapers.
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 would therefore be bypassed.
Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted to the BLM
in response to the solicitation of public comments. Data so marked
shall be treated in accordance with the laws and the 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 Eastern States Office, 20 M Street SE., Suite 950,
Washington, DC 20003, 9th Floor, during regular business hours (9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday. Written comments on the FMV and MER
should address, but need not be limited to the following:
1. The quality and quantity of the coal resource;
2. The mining methods or methods which would achieve MER of the
coal, including specifications of seams to be mined and the most
desirable timing and rate of production;
3. Restrictions to mining that may affect coal recovery;
4. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold;
5. Costs, including mining and reclamation, of producing the coal
and the time of production;
6. 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;
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7. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
8. The value of any surface estate where held privately;
9. Documented information on the terms and conditions of recent and
similar coal land transactions in the lease sale area; and
10. Any comparable sales data of similar coal lands and coal
quantities.
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 3425.4.
Dean Gettinger,
Northeastern States Field Office.
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