81 FR 94412 - Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for Federal Coal Lease Application NDM-107039, McLean County, ND, Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comment on Environmental Assessment, Maximum Economic Recovery, and Fair Market Value
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-31039 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 94412-94413] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-31039] [[Page 94412]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLMTC03200 L51100000.GA0000 LVEME15CE53015X; NDM-107039 MO#4500079552] Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for Federal Coal Lease Application NDM-107039, McLean County, ND, Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comment on Environmental Assessment, Maximum Economic Recovery, and Fair Market Value AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with applicable regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), North Dakota Field Office (NDFO) is publishing this notice announcing the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Falkirk Mining Company (Falkirk) Federal Coal Lease-By- Application (LBA) EA serial NDM-107039, for public review and comment. The BLM is also announcing that it will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the EA, Fair Market Value (FMV) for the LBA tract, and Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) of the coal resources contained in the proposed Falkirk LBA lease tract. DATES: The public hearing will be held on January 10, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Written comments must be received no later than January 26, 2017. ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Underwood City Hall, 88 Lincoln Avenue, Underwood, ND 58576. Copies of the EA are available at the BLM North Dakota Field Office (NDFO) at the address below. The time, date, and location of the public hearing will also be announced in advance through local media outlets and through the North Dakota BLM Web site at: http://bit.ly/2hz2FS9. You may submit written comments related to the Falkirk EA, FMV, and MER by any of the following methods:Email: [email protected]; Fax: 701-227-7701; or Mail: Bureau of Land Management, North Dakota Field Office, Falkirk LBA NDM-107039, Attention: Dorothy Van Oss, Geologist, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601. Please note ``Coal Lease by Application NDM-107039'' in the subject line for correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Van Oss, Geologist; telephone (406) 233-3655 or at the address and email provided in the ADDRESSES section. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The Service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question for Dorothy Van Oss. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 13, 2013, Falkirk submitted an application to lease an approximately 320-acre tract of Federal coal located in McLean County, North Dakota. The BLM's EA analyzes and discloses the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of leasing, and subsequent mining, the proposed 320-acre coal tract. The tract contains approximately 3.4 million tons of mineable coal (1.7 million of which is Federal Coal). The tract is located approximately 1.2 miles from the town of Underwood. It underlies private surface and is described as follows: Fifth Principal Meridian North Dakota T. 146 N., R. 82 W., sec 10, E1/2. The area described contains approximately 320 acres. Through this notice the BLM is inviting the public to provide comments regarding the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action, and also to submit comments on the FMV and MER for the Falkirk tract. All public comments, whether written or oral, will receive consideration prior to the BLM offering the lease for sale. Public comments on the EA should address the environmental impacts of the proposed action. Public comments on the FMV and MER for the proposed lease tract may address, but do not necessarily have to be limited to, the following: 1. The quality and quantity of the coal resource; 2. The mining method or methods that would achieve MER of the coal, including specifications of seams to be mined, timing and rate of production, restriction of mining, and the inclusion of the tracts in an existing mining operation; 3. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold; 4. Costs, including mining and reclamation costs, of producing the coal and the anticipated timing of production; 5. 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; 6. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting factors; 7. The value of any surface estate where held privately; 8. Documentation of the terms and conditions of recent and similar coal land transactions in the lease sale area; and 9. Any comparable sales data for similar coal lands and coal quantities. Proprietary data marked as confidential may be submitted to the BLM as part of any public comments. Data so marked will be treated in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations governing the confidentiality of such information. A copy of the comments submitted by the public on the EA, FMV, and MER for the tract, except those portions identified as proprietary that meet one of the exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act, will be available for public inspection at the BLM, NDFO, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, North Dakota, during regular business hours (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday. The proposed action announced in the notice are consistent with Secretarial Order (S.O.) 3338, which allows preparatory work, including National Environmental Policy Act and other related analysis, on already-pending applications to continue, while the BLM's programmatic review of the Federal coal program is pending. Additionally, the BLM has also determined that the lease application is not subject to the S.O.'s leasing pause because it qualifies for an exclusion under Section 6(a) of the Order based on the emergency leasing provisions of 43 CFR 3425.1-4. Falkirk's application satisfies the emergency leasing criteria because the coal covered by the application: (1) Is needed within 3 years; (2) Constitutes less than 8 years of recoverable reserves; and (3) Is needed for coal supply contracts that were signed prior to 1979. It should also be noted that when the application was originally submitted in 2013, it was submitted as an emergency application. The determination that the application is eligible for an exclusion from the S.O. means that the coal covered by the application can be offered for sale prior to the conclusion of the BLM's programmatic review. 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 [[Page 94413]] 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 3425.3, and 3425.4 Allen Ollila, Acting Field Manager, North Dakota. [FR Doc. 2016-31039 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (406) 233–3655 or at the address and 6. Depreciation, depletion,
email provided in the ADDRESSES amortization and other tax accounting
Bureau of Land Management section. Persons who use a factors;
telecommunications device for the deaf 7. The value of any surface estate
[LLMTC03200 L51100000.GA0000
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay where held privately;
LVEME15CE53015X; NDM–107039
Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact 8. Documentation of the terms and
MO#4500079552]
the above individual during normal conditions of recent and similar coal
Notice of Availability of the business hours. The Service is available land transactions in the lease sale area;
Environmental Assessment for Federal 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to and
Coal Lease Application NDM–107039, leave a message or question for Dorothy 9. Any comparable sales data for
McLean County, ND, Notice of Public Van Oss. You will receive a reply during similar coal lands and coal quantities.
normal business hours. Proprietary data marked as
Hearing and Request for Comment on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
confidential may be submitted to the
Environmental Assessment, Maximum
November 13, 2013, Falkirk submitted BLM as part of any public comments.
Economic Recovery, and Fair Market
an application to lease an approximately Data so marked will be treated in
Value
320-acre tract of Federal coal located in accordance with the applicable laws
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, McLean County, North Dakota. The and regulations governing the
Interior. BLM’s EA analyzes and discloses the confidentiality of such information. A
ACTION: Notice. potential direct, indirect, and copy of the comments submitted by the
cumulative impacts of leasing, and public on the EA, FMV, and MER for the
SUMMARY: In accordance with applicable subsequent mining, the proposed 320- tract, except those portions identified as
regulations, the Bureau of Land acre coal tract. The tract contains proprietary that meet one of the
Management (BLM), North Dakota Field approximately 3.4 million tons of exemptions in the Freedom of
Office (NDFO) is publishing this notice mineable coal (1.7 million of which is Information Act, will be available for
announcing the availability of an Federal Coal). The tract is located public inspection at the BLM, NDFO, 99
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the approximately 1.2 miles from the town 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson,
Falkirk Mining Company (Falkirk) of Underwood. It underlies private North Dakota, during regular business
Federal Coal Lease-By-Application surface and is described as follows: hours (8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.), Monday
(LBA) EA serial NDM–107039, for through Friday.
public review and comment. The BLM Fifth Principal Meridian North Dakota The proposed action announced in
is also announcing that it will hold a T. 146 N., R. 82 W., sec 10, E1/2. the notice are consistent with
public hearing to receive comments on The area described contains Secretarial Order (S.O.) 3338, which
the EA, Fair Market Value (FMV) for the approximately 320 acres. allows preparatory work, including
LBA tract, and Maximum Economic Through this notice the BLM is National Environmental Policy Act and
Recovery (MER) of the coal resources inviting the public to provide comments other related analysis, on already-
contained in the proposed Falkirk LBA regarding the potential environmental pending applications to continue, while
lease tract. impacts of the proposed action, and also the BLM’s programmatic review of the
to submit comments on the FMV and Federal coal program is pending.
DATES: The public hearing will be held
MER for the Falkirk tract. All public Additionally, the BLM has also
on January 10, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 7
comments, whether written or oral, will determined that the lease application is
p.m. Written comments must be
receive consideration prior to the BLM not subject to the S.O.’s leasing pause
received no later than January 26, 2017.
offering the lease for sale. Public because it qualifies for an exclusion
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be under Section 6(a) of the Order based on
held at the Underwood City Hall, 88 comments on the EA should address the
environmental impacts of the proposed the emergency leasing provisions of 43
Lincoln Avenue, Underwood, ND CFR 3425.1–4. Falkirk’s application
58576. Copies of the EA are available at action. Public comments on the FMV
and MER for the proposed lease tract satisfies the emergency leasing criteria
the BLM North Dakota Field Office because the coal covered by the
(NDFO) at the address below. The time, may address, but do not necessarily
have to be limited to, the following: application: (1) Is needed within 3
date, and location of the public hearing years; (2) Constitutes less than 8 years
1. The quality and quantity of the coal
will also be announced in advance of recoverable reserves; and (3) Is
resource;
through local media outlets and through 2. The mining method or methods needed for coal supply contracts that
the North Dakota BLM Web site at: that would achieve MER of the coal, were signed prior to 1979. It should also
http://bit.ly/2hz2FS9. including specifications of seams to be be noted that when the application was
You may submit written comments mined, timing and rate of production, originally submitted in 2013, it was
related to the Falkirk EA, FMV, and restriction of mining, and the inclusion submitted as an emergency application.
MER by any of the following methods: of the tracts in an existing mining The determination that the application
• Email: BLM_MT_North_Dakota_ operation; is eligible for an exclusion from the S.O.
Falkirk_LBA@blm.gov; 3. The price that the mined coal means that the coal covered by the
• Fax: 701–227–7701; or would bring when sold; application can be offered for sale prior
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 4. Costs, including mining and to the conclusion of the BLM’s
North Dakota Field Office, Falkirk LBA reclamation costs, of producing the coal programmatic review.
NDM–107039, Attention: Dorothy Van and the anticipated timing of Before including your address, phone
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Oss, Geologist, 99 23rd Avenue West, production; number, email address, or other
Suite A, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601. 5. The percentage rate at which personal identifying information in your
Please note ‘‘Coal Lease by anticipated income streams should be comment, you should be aware that
Application NDM–107039’’ in the discounted, either with inflation or in your entire comment—including your
subject line for correspondence. the absence of inflation, in which case personal identifying information—may
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the anticipated rate of inflation should be made publicly available at any time.
Dorothy Van Oss, Geologist; telephone be given; While you can ask us in your comment
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information from public review, we the opportunity to make comments to the instructions to review Department of
cannot guarantee that we will be able to the EWRAC during a one hour public the Interior collections under review by
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 3425.3, make comments during the public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
and 3425.4 comment period should register in National Recreation Trails, contact
person with the BLM by 11 a.m. on the Helen Scully, National Trails System
Allen Ollila, meeting day, at the meeting location.
Acting Field Manager, North Dakota. Program Specialist/National Recreation
Depending on the number of persons Trails Coordinator for the Department of
[FR Doc. 2016–31039 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am] wishing to comment, the length of the Interior; 1849 C Street NW., Org
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P comments may be limited. The public Code 2220, Washington, DC 20240;
may send written comments to the helen_scully@nps.gov (email); (202)
EWRAC at BLM Spokane District, Attn. 354–6910 (phone); or (202) 371–5179
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EWRAC, 1103 N. Fancher, Spokane (fax). For National Water Trails, contact
Valley, WA 99212. The BLM appreciates Corita Waters, NPS Rivers, Trails, and
Bureau Of Land Management
all comments. Conservation Assistance Program; 1849
[LLORW00000.L16100000.DF0000.17XL110
9AF.HAG17–0048] Linda Clark, C Street NW., Org Code 2220,
Spokane District Manager. Washington, DC 20240; corita_waters@
Notice of Public Meeting for the [FR Doc. 2016–31027 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am] nps.gov (email); (202) 354–6908
Eastern Washington Resource BILLING CODE 4310–33–P
(phone); or (202) 371–5179 (fax).
Advisory Council SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
The purpose of this information
National Park Service collection is to assist the National Park
SUMMARY: In accordance with the [NPS–WASO–PCE–COR–22612; Service (NPS) in submitting suitable
Federal Land Policy and Management PPWOPCADT0, PPMPSPD1T.Y00000 (177)] trails or trail systems to the Secretary of
Act and the Federal Advisory the Interior for designation as National
Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S. Information Collection Request Sent to Recreation Trails (NRTs), and in
Department of the Interior, Bureau of the Office of Management and Budget recommending exemplary water trails to
Land Management (BLM), the Eastern (OMB) for Approval; Application for the Secretary of the Interior for
Washington Resource Advisory Council Designation as National Recreation designation as National Water Trails
(EWRAC) will meet as indicated below: Trail or National Water Trail (NWTs) to be included in the National
DATES: The EWRAC will hold a public AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Water Trails System (NWTS). The NPS
meeting Wednesday, February 8th, ACTION: Notice; request for comments. administers the NRT program by
2017. The meeting will run from 9:30 authority of section 4 of the National
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1243).
held at the BLM Spokane District Office, NPS) will ask the Office of Management Secretarial Order No. 3319 established
1103 N. Fancher, Spokane Valley, WA and Budget (OMB) to approve the National Water Trails as a class of
99212. A public comment period will be information collection (IC) described National Recreation Trails and directed
available in the afternoon from noon below. To comply with the Paperwork that such trails collectively be
until 1 p.m. Reduction Act of 1995 and as a part of considered in a National Water Trails
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff our continuing efforts to reduce System.
Clark, Spokane District Public Affairs paperwork and respondent burden, we National Recreation Trail designation
Officer, 1103 N. Fancher, Spokane invite the general public and other provides national recognition to local
Valley, WA 99212, (509) 536–1297, or Federal agencies to comment on this IC. and regional trails or trail systems,
jeffclark@blm.gov. Persons who use a We may not conduct or sponsor and a acknowledging local and state efforts to
telecommunications device for the deaf person is not required to respond to a build and maintain viable trails and trail
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay collection unless it displays a currently systems. This recognition function is
Service at 1(800) 877–8339 to contact valid OMB control number. shared by the Secretary of Agriculture
the above individual during normal DATES: You must submit comments on (for trails on National Forest lands and
business hours. This service is available or before January 23, 2017. waters) and the Secretary of the Interior
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave ADDRESSES: Send your comments and (for all other trails).
a message or question with the above suggestions on this information The National Water Trails System is
individual. You will receive a reply collection to the Desk Officer for the focused on building a national network
during normal business hours. Department of the Interior at OMB– of exceptional water trails that can be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_ sustained by an ever growing and
fifteen member EWRAC was chartered Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). vibrant water trail community. The
to provide information and advice Please provide a copy of your comments NWTS connects Americans to the
regarding the use and development of to Madonna L. Baucum, Information nation’s waterways and strengthens the
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the lands administered by the Spokane Collection Clearance Officer, National conservation and restoration of those
District in central and eastern Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley waterways. Best management practices
Washington. Members represent an Drive, Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 provide high quality water-based
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and resources from within the local area (email). Please include ‘‘1024-New NRT II. Data
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| Dates | The public hearing will be held on January 10, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Written comments must be received no later than January 26, 2017. | |
| Contact | Dorothy Van Oss, Geologist; telephone | |
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