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r 5i <br />Federal Register/Vol. 66, No. 80/Wednesday, April 25, 2001/Notices 20829 <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />Bureau of Lend Management <br />[CO-933-01-1320-EL; COC 62920] <br />Notice of Public Hearing end Request <br />for Comments on Environmental <br />Assessment, Maximum Economic <br />Recovery Report, and Fair Market <br />Value; Application for Competitive <br />Coal Lease COC 62920; Colorado <br />AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, <br />Interior. <br />ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing. <br />SUMMARY: Bureau of Land Management, <br />Colorado State Office, Lakewood, <br />Colorado, hereby gives notice that a <br />public hearing will be held to receive <br />comments on the environmental <br />assessment, maximum economic <br />recovery, and fair mazket value of <br />federal coal to be offered. An <br />application for coal lease was filed by <br />National King Coal, LLC, requesting the <br />Bureau of Land Management offer for <br />competitive lease 1,304.51 acres of <br />federal coal in La Plata County, <br />Colorado. <br />DATES: The public hearing will be held <br />at 7 p.m., May 15, 2001. Written <br />comments should be received no later <br />than May 22, 2001. <br />ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be <br />held in the San Juan Field Office, Public <br />Lands Center, 15 Burnett Colul, <br />Durango, Colorado 81301. Written <br />comments should be addressed to the <br />Bureau of Land Management, Calvin <br />Joyner, San Juan Field Office Manager, <br />San Juan Field Office, 15 Burnett Court, <br />Durango, Colorado 81301. <br />FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cal <br />Joyner, Field Office Manager, San Juan <br />Field Office at the address above, or by <br />telephone at 970-2471[874. <br />SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bureau of <br />Land Management, Colorado State <br />Office, Lakewood, Colorado, hereby <br />gives notice that a public hearing will be <br />held on May 15, 1201, at 7 p.m., in the <br />Public Lands Center at the address given <br />above. <br />An application for coal lease was filed <br />by National King Coal, LLC, requesting <br />the Bureau of Land Management offer <br />for competitive lease federal coal in the <br />lands outside established coal <br />production regions described as: <br />T. 35 N., R. 11 W., N.M.P.M. <br />Sec. 19, lots 9, 5, E'/sS W'/,, and SE'/e. <br />T. 35 N., R. ]2 W., N.M.P.M. <br />Sec. 24, lots 1, 2, and SW'/.SE'/.; <br />Sec. 25, lots 1, 2, W'hNE'/., and W'/z; <br />Sec. 26, SE'/a NE'/., E'/ASE'/., and <br />SW'/a5E'/a; <br />Sec. 35, NE'/a, a¢d N'/zSE'/.. <br />Containing 1,309.51 ages. <br />The coal resource to be offered is <br />limited to coal recoverable by <br />underground mining methods. <br />The purpose of the heazing is to <br />obtain public comments on the <br />environmental assessment and on the <br />following items: <br />(1) The method of mining to be <br />employed to obtain maximum economic <br />recovery of the coal, <br />(2) The impact that mining the coal in <br />the proposed leasehold may have on the <br />azea, and <br />(3) The methods of determining the <br />fair market value of the coal to be <br />offered. <br />Written requests to testify orally at the <br />May 15, 2001, public hearing should be <br />received at the San Juan Field Office <br />prior to the close of business May 15, <br />2001. Those who indicate they wish to <br />testify when they register at the hearing <br />may have an opportunity if time is <br />available. <br />Tn addition, the public is invited to <br />submit written comments concerning <br />the fair market value and maximum <br />economic recovery of tho coal resource. <br />Public comments will be utilized in <br />establishing fair mazket value for the <br />coal resource in the described lands. <br />Comments should address specific <br />factors related to fair market value <br />including, but not limited to: <br />1. The quality and quantity of the coal <br />resource. <br />2. The price that the mined coal <br />would bring in the mazket place. <br />3. The cos[ of producing We coal. <br />4. The interest rate at which <br />anticipated income streams would be <br />discounted. <br />5. Depreciation and other accounting <br />factors. <br />6. The mining method or methods <br />which would achieve maximum <br />economic recovery of the coal. <br />7. Documented information on the <br />terms and conditions of recent and <br />similar coal land transactions in the <br />lease area, and <br />8. Any comparable sales data of <br />similaz coal lands. <br />Should any information submitted as <br />comments be considered to be <br />proprietary by the commenter, the <br />information should be labeled as such <br />and stated in the first page of the <br />submission. Written comments on the <br />environmental assessment, maximum <br />economic recovery, and fair market <br />value should be sent io the San Juan <br />Field Office al the above address prior <br />to close of business on May 15, 2001. <br />Substantive comments, whether <br />written or oral, will receive equal <br />consideration prior to any lease offering. <br />The Draft Environmental Assessment <br />and Maximum Economic Recovery <br />Report aze available from [he San Juan <br />Field Office upon request. <br />A copy of the Draft Environmental <br />Assessment, the Maximum Economic <br />Recovery Report, the case file, and the <br />comments submitted by the public, <br />except those portions identified as <br />proprietary by the commenter and <br />meeting exemptions stated in the <br />Freedom of Information Act, will be <br />available for public inspection at the <br />Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield, <br />Lakewood, Colorado, 80215. <br />Dated: April 9, 2001. <br />Kere¢ A. Purvis, <br />Solid Minerals Staff, Resource Services. <br />IFR Doc. Ol-]0209 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 amt <br />BILLING CODE 4370-Ja-0 <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />[NV-030-f 430~S; N-66366] <br />Realty Action: Recreation end Public <br />Purposes Act Classiflcatlon; Washoe <br />County, Nevada <br />AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, <br />Interior. <br />ACTION: Notice of realty action. <br />SUMMARY: The following public land is <br />Washoe County, Nevada has been <br />examined and found suitable for <br />classification for lease/conveyance to <br />Washoe County under the provisions of <br />the Recreation and Public Purposes <br />(R&PP) Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 <br />et seq.): <br />Mt. Diablo Meridian <br />T. 20 N., R. 20 E. <br />Sec. 9, S'/i.SW'/<SW'4SW'/., <br />S W'/. S E'/. S W '/. S W'/+. <br />Sec. 16. W'/aNE'/.NW'/.NW'/., <br />NW'/aNW'/ NW'h, <br />N W'/.SE'/.NW'/.N W'/.. <br />(containing 30 acres, more or less) <br />Washoe County proposes to use [he <br />land for a community park. The land is <br />located in the eastern portion of Sun <br />Valley, Nevada in the vicinity of <br />Highland Ranch Parkway. <br />The land is not needed for federal <br />purposes. Lease/conveyance is <br />consistent with current BLM land use <br />planning and would be in the public <br />interest. Issuance of a 5-year lease with <br />a purchase option is proposed. The <br />lease/patent when issued, will be <br />subject to the provisions of the R&PP <br />Act and to all applicable regulations of <br />the Secretary of the Interior, and will <br />