81 FR 86724 - Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Greens Hollow Tract, Utah (Coal Lease Application UTU-84102)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 231 (December 1, 2016)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 231 (December 1, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-28869 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 86724-86725] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-28869] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [17XL1109AF-LLUT922300-L13200000-EL0000, UTU-84102 24-1A] Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Greens Hollow Tract, Utah (Coal Lease Application UTU-84102) AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office, will offer the Federal coal resources described below as the Greens Hollow Tract (UTU-84102) for competitive sale by sealed bid, in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, and the applicable implementing regulations. The sale tract is located in Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah. The Greens Hollow coal lease sale was originally scheduled to be held on September 22, 2016. Due to a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay on the BLM's Record of Decision filed with the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) by four environmental groups, BLM was required to postpone the previous lease sale. Under the Department of the Interior's regulations, when a decision is appealed to the IBLA and a stay is requested, the BLM's decision is stayed while the Board considers the stay request. On October 26, 2016, the IBLA denied the request for a stay, holding that the environmental groups failed to show a likelihood of immediate and irreparable harm resulting from BLM's decision to hold a competitive coal lease sale for the Greens Hollow tract. This notice announces a new date for the previously postponed lease sale. DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1 p.m. Mountain Time, on January 4, 2017. Sealed bids must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Collections Officer, BLM, Utah State Office, or be hand-delivered to the BLM public room Contact Representatives, BLM Utah State Office, at the address indicated below, and must be received on or before 10 a.m. Mountain Time, on January 4, 2017. Any bid received after the time specified will not be considered and will be returned. The BLM Contact Representatives will issue a receipt for each hand- delivered, sealed bid. The outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid must clearly state the envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sale UTU-84102, and is not to be opened before the date and hour of the sale. ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be mailed to the Collection Officer or hand-delivered to the BLM public room Contact Representative at BLM, Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345. The opening of the sealed bids will take place at the Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah at 1 p.m. Mountain Time on January 4, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Jeff McKenzie, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345 or telephone 801-539- 4038. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above individual. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Replies are provided during scheduled business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Competitive Coal Lease Sale is being held in response to a lease by application submitted by Ark Land Company (Ark). That application was assigned by Ark to Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Bowie Resource Partners, LLC. The assignment was effective September 1, 2013, and was approved by the BLM on July 1, 2014. The coal resources to be offered consist of all recoverable reserves available in the lands identified below. These lands are located in Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah, approximately 10.5 miles west of Emery, Utah, under surface lands managed by the Manti-La Sal and Fishlake National Forests. Those lands are described as follows: Salt Lake Meridian, Sevier County, Utah T. 20 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 36, lot 4, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\. T. 21 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 1; Sec. 2, SE\1/4\; Sec. 11, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\; Sec. 12, NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 13, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\; Sec. 14, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\. T. 21 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 6. Salt Lake Meridian, Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah T. 20 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 8, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\; Sec. 20, S\1/2\; Sec. 21, W\1/2\SW\1/4\; Sec. 28, W\1/2\; Sec. 29, 30, and 31; Sec. 32, N\1/2\, N\1/2\S\1/2\; Sec. 33, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\. The area described contains 6,175.39 acres. The coal in the Greens Hollow Tract has one minable coal bed, which is designated as either the Upper Hiawatha or the Lower Hiawatha seam. These seams are approximately 11 feet in thickness. The coal beds contain approximately 73.4 million in-place tons of coal. However, based on BLM's assessment and mitigation proposed by the Forest Service to address subsidence impacts, the tract being offered for sale is projected to contain approximately 55.7 million tons of technically recoverable high-volatile C bituminous coal. The ``as received basis'' coal quality in the Upper Hiawatha coal bed is: 11,565 Btu/lb., 7.46 percent moisture, 9.81 percent ash, 36.55 percent volatile matter, 46.1 percent fixed carbon, and 0.55 percent sulfur. The ``as received basis'' coal quality in the Lower Hiawatha coal bed is: 11,538 Btu/lb., 7.21 percent moisture, 9.69 percent ash, 38.88 percent volatile matter, 43.85 percent fixed carbon, and 1.26 percent sulfur. Pursuant to the applicable regulations, the Greens Hollow Tract may be leased to the qualified bidder (as established at 43 CFR subpart 3472) that submits the highest cash bonus bid that is equal to or exceeds the Fair Market Value (FMV) for the tract as determined by the authorized officer after the sale. The BLM has prepared its fair market value estimate for the tract, which has been reviewed by the Department of the Interior's Office of Valuation Services. The Department of the Interior has established a general minimum bid of $100 per acre or fraction thereof for the tract. The minimum bid is not intended to represent the FMV, and a tract will not be sold unless the bid received [[Page 86725]] meets or exceeds BLM's FMV estimate. 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 of 8 percent of the value of the coal produced by underground mining methods. The value of the coal for royalty purposes will be determined in accordance with 30 CFR part 1206, subpart F. This coal lease application (UTU-84102) is not subject to case-by- case processing fees pursuant to 43 CFR 3473.2(f). However, the successful bidder must pay to the BLM the cost BLM incurs for publishing this sale notice. If there is no successful bidder, the applicant will be responsible for all publishing costs. The required detailed statement under 43 CFR 3422.2 for the offered tract, including bidding instructions and sale procedures under 43 CFR 3422.3-2, and the terms and conditions of the proposed coal lease, is available in the BLM Public Room (Suite 500), Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, 5th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345. All case file documents and written comments submitted by the public on FMV, except those portions identified as proprietary by the author and meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information Act, are available for public inspection during normal business hours in the BLM Public Room (Suite 500). The actions announced by this notice are consistent with the Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3338, which allows for the sale and issuance of a coal lease for a pending application where the environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act had been completed and a Record of Decision or Decision Record had been issued by the BLM or the applicable surface management agency prior to the issuance of the Order. Here the BLM held a public hearing and requested comments on the Environmental Impact Statement, Maximum Economic Recovery, and the FMV of the Greens Hollow Tract on May 6, 2009. The Governor of the State of Utah recommended proceeding with this lease sale on May 26, 2011. The United States Forest Service prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, and signed a Record of Decision consenting to the sale on October 5, 2015, prior to the issuance of Secretarial Order 3338. Authority: 43 CFR 3420.1 Edwin L. Roberson, State Director. [FR Doc. 2016-28869 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-DQ-P
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17.21(g) for the following species to decision to hold a competitive coal lease Sal and Fishlake National Forests.
enhance species propagation or sale for the Greens Hollow tract. This Those lands are described as follows:
survival: Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys notice announces a new date for the Salt Lake Meridian, Sevier County, Utah
radiata). This notification covers previously postponed lease sale.
T. 20 S., R. 4 E.,
activities to be conducted by the DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1 Sec. 36, lot 4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
applicant over a 5-year period. p.m. Mountain Time, on January 4, T. 21 S., R. 4 E.,
Applicant: Douglas Olsen, Eden Prairie, 2017. Sealed bids must be sent by Sec. 1;
MN; PRT–11164C certified mail, return receipt requested, Sec. 2, SE1⁄4;
to the Collections Officer, BLM, Utah Sec. 11, E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2;
The applicant requests a permit to Sec. 12, NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
import a sport-hunted trophy of one State Office, or be hand-delivered to the Sec. 13, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4;
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus BLM public room Contact Sec. 14, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4.
pygargus) culled from a captive herd Representatives, BLM Utah State Office, T. 21 S., R. 5 E.,
maintained under the management at the address indicated below, and Sec. 6.
program of the Republic of South Africa, must be received on or before 10 a.m. Salt Lake Meridian, Sanpete and Sevier
for the purpose of enhancement of the Mountain Time, on January 4, 2017. Counties, Utah
survival of the species. Any bid received after the time
T. 20 S., R. 5 E.,
specified will not be considered and Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 8, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4;
Brenda Tapia, will be returned. The BLM Contact Sec. 20, S1⁄2;
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch Representatives will issue a receipt for Sec. 21, W1⁄2SW1⁄4;
of Permits, Division of Management each hand-delivered, sealed bid. The Sec. 28, W1⁄2;
Authority. outside of the sealed envelope Sec. 29, 30, and 31;
[FR Doc. 2016–28833 Filed 11–30–16; 8:45 am] containing the bid must clearly state the Sec. 32, N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2;
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sec. 33, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.
Sale UTU–84102, and is not to be The area described contains 6,175.39 acres.
opened before the date and hour of the The coal in the Greens Hollow Tract
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR sale. has one minable coal bed, which is
ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be mailed designated as either the Upper Hiawatha
Bureau of Land Management
to the Collection Officer or hand- or the Lower Hiawatha seam. These
[17XL1109AF–LLUT922300–L13200000– delivered to the BLM public room seams are approximately 11 feet in
EL0000, UTU–84102 24–1A] thickness. The coal beds contain
Contact Representative at BLM, Utah
State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite approximately 73.4 million in-place
Notice of Federal Competitive Coal tons of coal. However, based on BLM’s
Lease Sale, Greens Hollow Tract, Utah 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101–1345.
The opening of the sealed bids will take assessment and mitigation proposed by
(Coal Lease Application UTU–84102) the Forest Service to address subsidence
place at the Salt Lake City Public
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake impacts, the tract being offered for sale
Interior. City, Utah at 1 p.m. Mountain Time on is projected to contain approximately
ACTION: Notice. January 4, 2017. 55.7 million tons of technically
recoverable high-volatile C bituminous
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
coal. The ‘‘as received basis’’ coal
the United States Department of the Contact Jeff McKenzie, 440 West 200
quality in the Upper Hiawatha coal bed
Interior, Bureau of Land Management South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah
is: 11,565 Btu/lb., 7.46 percent moisture,
(BLM) Utah State Office, will offer the 84101–1345 or telephone 801–539–
9.81 percent ash, 36.55 percent volatile
Federal coal resources described below 4038. Persons who use a
matter, 46.1 percent fixed carbon, and
as the Greens Hollow Tract (UTU– telecommunications device for the deaf
0.55 percent sulfur. The ‘‘as received
84102) for competitive sale by sealed (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
basis’’ coal quality in the Lower
bid, in accordance with the Mineral Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
Hiawatha coal bed is: 11,538 Btu/lb.,
Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, and leave a message or question for the
7.21 percent moisture, 9.69 percent ash,
the applicable implementing above individual. The FRS is available
38.88 percent volatile matter, 43.85
regulations. The sale tract is located in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Replies
percent fixed carbon, and 1.26 percent
Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah. The are provided during scheduled business
sulfur.
Greens Hollow coal lease sale was hours. Pursuant to the applicable
originally scheduled to be held on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This regulations, the Greens Hollow Tract
September 22, 2016. Due to a Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale is being may be leased to the qualified bidder (as
Appeal and Petition for Stay on the held in response to a lease by established at 43 CFR subpart 3472) that
BLM’s Record of Decision filed with the application submitted by Ark Land submits the highest cash bonus bid that
Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) Company (Ark). That application was is equal to or exceeds the Fair Market
by four environmental groups, BLM was assigned by Ark to Canyon Fuel Value (FMV) for the tract as determined
required to postpone the previous lease Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Bowie by the authorized officer after the sale.
sale. Under the Department of the Resource Partners, LLC. The assignment The BLM has prepared its fair market
Interior’s regulations, when a decision is was effective September 1, 2013, and value estimate for the tract, which has
appealed to the IBLA and a stay is was approved by the BLM on July 1,
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been reviewed by the Department of the
requested, the BLM’s decision is stayed 2014. The coal resources to be offered Interior’s Office of Valuation Services.
while the Board considers the stay consist of all recoverable reserves The Department of the Interior has
request. On October 26, 2016, the IBLA available in the lands identified below. established a general minimum bid of
denied the request for a stay, holding These lands are located in Sanpete and $100 per acre or fraction thereof for the
that the environmental groups failed to Sevier Counties, Utah, approximately tract. The minimum bid is not intended
show a likelihood of immediate and 10.5 miles west of Emery, Utah, under to represent the FMV, and a tract will
irreparable harm resulting from BLM’s surface lands managed by the Manti-La not be sold unless the bid received
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meets or exceeds BLM’s FMV estimate. Authority: 43 CFR 3420.1 Korea (65 FR 6585 and 6587). Following
The lease that may be issued as a result Edwin L. Roberson,
first five-year reviews by Commerce and
of this offering will provide for payment the Commission, effective December 6,
State Director.
of an annual rental of $3 per acre or 2005, Commerce issued a continuation
[FR Doc. 2016–28869 Filed 11–30–16; 8:45 am]
fraction thereof, and a royalty of 8 of the antidumping and countervailing
BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P duty orders on CTL plate from India,
percent of the value of the coal
produced by underground mining Indonesia, and Korea (70 FR 72607).
methods. The value of the coal for Following the second five-year reviews
royalty purposes will be determined in INTERNATIONAL TRADE by Commerce and the Commission,
COMMISSION effective January 4, 2012, Commerce
accordance with 30 CFR part 1206,
issued a continuation of the
subpart F. [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–388, 389, and
antidumping and countervailing duty
This coal lease application (UTU– 391 and 731–TA–817, 818, and 821 (Third
Review)] orders on imports of CTL plate from
84102) is not subject to case-by-case India, Indonesia, and Korea (77 FR 264).
processing fees pursuant to 43 CFR Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel The Commission is now conducting
3473.2(f). However, the successful Plate From India, Indonesia, and third reviews pursuant to section 751(c)
bidder must pay to the BLM the cost Korea; Institution of Five-Year Reviews of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.
BLM incurs for publishing this sale 1675(c)), to determine whether
notice. If there is no successful bidder, AGENCY: United States International revocation of the orders would be likely
the applicant will be responsible for all Trade Commission. to lead to continuation or recurrence of
publishing costs. ACTION: Notice. material injury to the domestic industry
within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The required detailed statement under SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives Provisions concerning the conduct of
43 CFR 3422.2 for the offered tract, notice that it has instituted reviews this proceeding may be found in the
including bidding instructions and sale pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
procedures under 43 CFR 3422.3–2, and Act’’), as amended, to determine Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, subparts
the terms and conditions of the whether revocation of the antidumping A and B and 19 CFR part 207, subparts
proposed coal lease, is available in the and countervailing duty orders on cut- A and F. The Commission will assess
BLM Public Room (Suite 500), Utah to-length carbon-quality steel plate the adequacy of interested party
State Office, 440 West 200 South, 5th (‘‘CTL plate’’) from India, Indonesia, responses to this notice of institution to
Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101–1345. and Korea would be likely to lead to determine whether to conduct full or
All case file documents and written continuation or recurrence of material expedited reviews. The Commission’s
comments submitted by the public on injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested determinations in any expedited
FMV, except those portions identified as parties are requested to respond to this reviews will be based on the facts
proprietary by the author and meeting notice by submitting the information available, which may include
exemptions stated in the Freedom of specified below to the Commission. information provided in response to this
Information Act, are available for public DATES: Effective December 1, 2016. To notice.
inspection during normal business be assured of consideration, the Definitions.—The following
deadline for responses is January 3, definitions apply to these reviews:
hours in the BLM Public Room (Suite
2017. Comments on the adequacy of (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or
500). The actions announced by this kind of merchandise that is within the
notice are consistent with the responses may be filed with the
Commission by February 13, 2017. scope of the five-year reviews, as
Department of the Interior Secretarial defined by the Department of
Order 3338, which allows for the sale FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commerce.
and issuance of a coal lease for a Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of (2) The Subject Countries in these
pending application where the Investigations, U.S. International Trade reviews are India, Indonesia, and Korea.
environmental analysis under the Commission, 500 E Street SW., (3) The Domestic Like Product is the
National Environmental Policy Act had Washington, DC 20436. Hearing- domestically produced product or
been completed and a Record of impaired persons can obtain products which are like, or in the
Decision or Decision Record had been information on this matter by contacting absence of like, most similar in
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– characteristics and uses with, the
issued by the BLM or the applicable
205–1810. Persons with mobility Subject Merchandise. In its original
surface management agency prior to the
impairments who will need special determinations and its full first and
issuance of the Order. Here the BLM
assistance in gaining access to the second five-year review determinations,
held a public hearing and requested Commission should contact the Office
comments on the Environmental Impact the Commission defined the Domestic
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. Like Product as all domestically
Statement, Maximum Economic General information concerning the
Recovery, and the FMV of the Greens produced CTL steel plate that
Commission may also be obtained by corresponds to Commerce’s scope
Hollow Tract on May 6, 2009. The accessing its internet server (https:// description, including grade X–70 plate,
Governor of the State of Utah www.usitc.gov). The public record for micro-alloy steel plate, and plate cut
recommended proceeding with this this proceeding may be viewed on the from coils.
lease sale on May 26, 2011. Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) (4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.
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The United States Forest Service at https://edis.usitc.gov. producers as a whole of the Domestic
prepared a Final Supplemental SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Like Product, or those producers whose
Environmental Impact Statement, and Background.—On February 10, 2000, collective output of the Domestic Like
signed a Record of Decision consenting the Department of Commerce Product constitutes a major proportion
to the sale on October 5, 2015, prior to (‘‘Commerce’’) issued antidumping and of the total domestic production of the
the issuance of Secretarial Order 3338. countervailing duty orders on imports of product. In its original determinations
CTL plate from India, Indonesia, and and its full first and second five-year
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| Dates | The lease sale will be held at 1 p.m. Mountain Time, on January 4, 2017. Sealed bids must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Collections Officer, BLM, Utah State Office, or be hand-delivered to the BLM public room Contact Representatives, BLM Utah | |
| Contact | Contact Jeff McKenzie, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1345 or telephone 801-539- 4038. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above individual. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Replies are provided during scheduled business hours. | |
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