80 FR 78248 - Notice of Public Meeting; Powder River Regional Coal Team Activities

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 241 (December 16, 2015)

The Powder River Basin Regional Coal Team will meet as indicated below to review coal management activities in the Powder River Coal Production Region (PRCPR).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78248-78249]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31596]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY922000-L13200000-EL0000]


Notice of Public Meeting; Powder River Regional Coal Team 
Activities

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Powder River Basin Regional Coal Team will meet as 
indicated below to review coal management activities in the Powder 
River Coal Production Region (PRCPR).

DATES: The meeting begins at 9 a.m., Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyoming Oil and Gas 
Conservation Commission Hearing Room, 2211 King Boulevard, Casper, 
Wyoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendi Stephens, Coal Coordinator, BLM 
Wyoming State Office, Division of Minerals and Lands, 5353 Yellowstone 
Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009, telephone 307-775-6206; or Greg Fesko, 
Coal Coordinator, BLM Montana State Office, Division of Resources, 5001 
Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101, telephone 406-896-5080. 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 
progress in processing pending coal lease by applications (LBAs), to 
vote on processing the West Antelope III Tract LBA in the PRCPR and the 
Decker South Extension Tract LBA in the PRCPR, and to discuss other 
Federal coal-related

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actions in the region. The West Antelope III LBA Tract is adjacent to 
the Antelope Mine located in Campbell and Converse counties, Wyoming, 
and lies within T 41 N, R 71 W, sections 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 29, and 
30. This LBA covers approximately 3,508.31 acres and contains an 
estimated 441 million tons of federal coal. The Decker South Extension 
LBA Tract is adjacent to the West Decker Mine located in Big Horn 
County, Montana, and lies within T 9 S, R 39 E, sections 13, 14, 23, 
24, and 25 and within T 9 S, R 40 E, sections 19, 20, and 30. This LBA 
covers approximately 2,389.95 acres and contains an estimated 203 
million tons of federal coal. Other agenda topics include, but are not 
limited to: coal activity; a coal inventory presentation; an update on 
BLM land use planning efforts; and a discussion updating the data 
adequacy standards for the PRCPR. The RCT may also consider other coal-
related issues that may arise prior to the meeting and generate 
recommendations on any of those topics.
    A public comment period will take place after all other agenda 
items are concluded, serving as a forum for public discussion on 
Federal coal management issues of concern in the PRCPR. Depending on 
the number of persons wishing to comment and time available, the time 
for individual oral comments may be limited. If there are no members of 
the public interested in speaking, the meeting will be adjourned. The 
public may submit written comments to the RCT by mailing the State 
Director (922), BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 
Cheyenne, WY 82009. Written comments must be received by January 13, 
2016.

    Dated: December 10, 2015.
Mary Jo Rugwell,
State Director (acting).
[FR Doc. 2015-31596 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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