82 FR 42702 - Competitive Coal Lease Sale, North Dakota
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 174 (September 11, 2017)
| Page Range | 42702-42703 | |
| FR Document | 2017-19179 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 42702-42703] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-19179] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLMT921000-17X-L51100000.GA0000-LVEME17CE530; NDM 107039; MO #4500107901] Competitive Coal Lease Sale, North Dakota AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of coal lease sale. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the coal resources in the lands described below in McLean County, North Dakota, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended. DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11 a.m. on October 17, 2017. Sealed bids must be submitted on or before 10 a.m. on October 17, 2017. ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the 920 Conference Room of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana-Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669. The Detailed Statement of Lease Sale, the proposed coal lease, and Casefile NDM 107039 are available at this address. Sealed bids must be submitted to the Cashier, BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office, at this same address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Fesko by telephone at 406-896- 5080 or by email at [email protected]; or Connie Schaff by telephone at 406-896-5060 or by email at [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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: This sale is being held in response to a Lease by Application (LBA) filed by the Falkirk Mining Company. The Federal coal resource to be offered consists of the Federal 50 percent interest in the mineable lignite coal in the following described lands: T 146 N., R. 82 W., 5th P.M. Sec. 10: E\1/2\. The 320-acre tract, located in McLean County, North Dakota, contains an estimated 2.2 million tons of Federal in-place coal resources. The tract contains two mineable coal beds, the Hagel A and Hagel B beds. The Hagel A bed averages 7.6 feet in thickness with an average overburden depth of 89 feet, and the Hagel B bed averages 3.7 feet in thickness with an average interburden thickness of 36 feet. The coal quality for the Hagel A and Hagel B beds combined averages 6,320 BTU's per pound in heating value, 7.7 percent ash, and 0.59 percent sulfur content. The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest cash amount, provided that the high bid meets or exceeds the BLM's estimate of the fair-market value of the tract. The minimum bid for the tract is $100 per acre or fraction thereof. The minimum bid is not intended to represent fair market value. The fair-market value will be determined by the authorized officer after the sale. The sealed bids should be sent by certified mail, return-receipt requested, or be hand delivered to the Cashier, BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office, at the address given above and clearly marked ``Sealed Bid for NDM 107039 Coal Sale--Not to be opened before 11 a.m. October 17, 2017.'' The cashier will issue a receipt for each hand-delivered bid. Bids received after 10 a.m. will not be considered. If identical high bids are received, the tying high bidders will be requested to submit follow-up sealed bids until a high bid is received. All tie- breaking sealed bids must be submitted within 15 minutes following the sale official's announcement at the sale that identical high bids have been received. Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder, if other than the applicant, must pay to the BLM the cost-recovery fees in the amount of $121,806 in addition to all processing costs the BLM incurs after [[Page 42703]] the date of this sale notice (43 CFR 3473.2). A lease 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 payable to the United States of 12.5 percent of the value of coal mined by surface methods and 8 percent of the value of coal mined by underground methods. Bidding instructions for the tract offered and the terms and conditions of the proposed coal lease are included in the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the statement and the proposed coal lease are available at the Montana-Dakotas State Office. Casefile NDM 107039 is also available for public inspection at the Montana-Dakotas State Office. (Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3-2) Richard M. Hotaling, Acting Associate State Director. [FR Doc. 2017-19179 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P
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ACTION: Notice. Conference Number 1–888–417–0376, for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Passcode 1509140 Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian to contact the above individual during
Public Availability of Comments:
Education (BIE) is announcing a public normal business hours. The FRS is
Before including your address, phone
meeting of the Advisory Board for available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
number, email address, or other
Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). to leave a message or question with the
personal identifying information in your
The purpose of the meeting is to meet above individual. You will receive a
comment, you should be aware that
the mandates of the Individuals with reply during normal business hours.
your entire comment—including your
Disabilities Education Act of 2004
personal identifying information—may SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale
(IDEA) for Indian children with
be made publicly available at any time. is being held in response to a Lease by
disabilities.
While you can ask us in your comment Application (LBA) filed by the Falkirk
DATES: Orientation training will be to withhold your personal identifying Mining Company. The Federal coal
conducted for new Advisory Board information from public review, we resource to be offered consists of the
members on Wednesday, September 20, cannot guarantee that we will be able to Federal 50 percent interest in the
2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. do so. mineable lignite coal in the following
Mountain Time. Thereafter, on described lands:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 5; 20 U.S.C.
Thursday, September 21, 2017, and 1400 et seq. T 146 N., R. 82 W., 5th P.M.
Friday, September 22, 2017, all
Dated: August 29, 2017. Sec. 10: E1⁄2.
Advisory Board members will meet in-
session from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Michael S. Black, The 320-acre tract, located in McLean
Mountain Time. Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. County, North Dakota, contains an
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at [FR Doc. 2017–19110 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] estimated 2.2 million tons of Federal in-
the 1011 Indian School Rd. NW., Room BILLING CODE 4337–15–P place coal resources. The tract contains
240, Albuquerque, NM 87104; telephone two mineable coal beds, the Hagel A
number (952) 851–5423. and Hagel B beds. The Hagel A bed
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR averages 7.6 feet in thickness with an
Jennifer Davis, Designated Federal average overburden depth of 89 feet,
Bureau of Land Management and the Hagel B bed averages 3.7 feet in
Officer, Bureau of Indian Education,
2600 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, [LLMT921000–17X–L51100000.GA0000– thickness with an average interburden
Phoenix, Arizona 85004, telephone LVEME17CE530; NDM 107039; MO thickness of 36 feet. The coal quality for
number (505) 259–4731. #4500107901] the Hagel A and Hagel B beds combined
averages 6,320 BTU’s per pound in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
Competitive Coal Lease Sale, North heating value, 7.7 percent ash, and 0.59
accordance with the Federal Advisory Dakota percent sulfur content.
Committee Act, the BIE is announcing
that the Advisory Board will hold its AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, The tract will be leased to the
next meeting in Albuquerque, New Interior. qualified bidder of the highest cash
Mexico. The Advisory Board was amount, provided that the high bid
ACTION: Notice of coal lease sale.
established under the Individuals with meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of
Disabilities Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1400 SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the fair-market value of the tract. The
et seq.) to advise the Secretary of the the coal resources in the lands described minimum bid for the tract is $100 per
Interior, through the Assistant below in McLean County, North Dakota, acre or fraction thereof. The minimum
Secretary—Indian Affairs, on the needs will be offered for competitive lease by bid is not intended to represent fair
of Indian children with disabilities. The sealed bid in accordance with the market value. The fair-market value will
meetings are open to the public. provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of be determined by the authorized officer
The following items will be on the 1920, as amended. after the sale.
agenda: DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11
The sealed bids should be sent by
• Introduction of Advisory Board a.m. on October 17, 2017. Sealed bids certified mail, return-receipt requested,
members must be submitted on or before 10 a.m. or be hand delivered to the Cashier,
• Report from Tony Dearman, Director, on October 17, 2017. BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office, at
BIE Director’s Office the address given above and clearly
ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held
• Report from Dr. Jeffrey Hamley marked ‘‘Sealed Bid for NDM 107039
in the 920 Conference Room of the Coal Sale—Not to be opened before 11
Associate Deputy Director, BIE, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Division of Performance and a.m. October 17, 2017.’’ The cashier will
Montana-Dakotas State Office, 5001 issue a receipt for each hand-delivered
Accountability (DPA) Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana
• Report from Donald Griffin, 59101–4669. The Detailed Statement of
bid. Bids received after 10 a.m. will not
Supervisory Education Specialist, be considered. If identical high bids are
Lease Sale, the proposed coal lease, and received, the tying high bidders will be
BIE, DPA/Special Education Casefile NDM 107039 are available at
• Board work on Priorities for 2017 this address. Sealed bids must be
requested to submit follow-up sealed
• Public Comment (via conference call, bids until a high bid is received. All tie-
submitted to the Cashier, BLM Montana-
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
Friday, September 22nd meeting breaking sealed bids must be submitted
Dakotas State Office, at this same within 15 minutes following the sale
only*).
address.
• BIE Advisory Board—Advice and official’s announcement at the sale that
Recommendations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg identical high bids have been received.
Æ *During the September 22, 2017, Fesko by telephone at 406–896–5080 or Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder,
meeting, time has been set aside for by email at gfesko@blm.gov; or Connie if other than the applicant, must pay to
public comment via conference call Schaff by telephone at 406–896–5060 or the BLM the cost-recovery fees in the
from 11:30–12:00 p.m. Mountain by email at cschaff@blm.gov. Persons amount of $121,806 in addition to all
Time. The call-in information is: who use a telecommunications device processing costs the BLM incurs after
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the date of this sale notice (43 CFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: managed lands. Annual Canal sediment
3473.2). Please contact Steve Ortega at the removal activities would continue, as
A lease issued as a result of this Golden Gate National Recreation Area well as as-needed maintenance
offering will provide for payment of an (GGNRA) Planning Division at (415) activities. Because Canal and Tunnel
annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction 561–4930 or goga_planning@nps.gov. capacity would not be improved,
thereof, and a royalty payable to the ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the occasional flooding of the Canal and
United States of 12.5 percent of the Final EIS is available on the project Web associated flooding of John Muir Drive
value of coal mined by surface methods site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_ into Lake Merced and in local
and 8 percent of the value of coal mined Grande). A limited number of printed neighborhoods would continue. This
by underground methods. Bidding copies of the Final EIS are available for alternative serves as the environmental
instructions for the tract offered and the public inspection, and may be requested baseline from which potential effects of
terms and conditions of the proposed by contacting the GGNRA Planning the ‘‘action’’ alternatives were
coal lease are included in the Detailed Division as noted above. compared.
Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the Proposed Project, identified as the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
statement and the proposed coal lease NPS preferred alternative, would consist
purpose and need for the Project is to
are available at the Montana-Dakotas of the following: (1) Improvements
alleviate flooding in the Vista Grande
State Office. Casefile NDM 107039 is within the Vista Grande Basin storm
Drainage Basin and Canal and provide
also available for public inspection at drain system upstream of the Vista
a sustainable source of water for Grande Canal; (2) Partial replacement of
the Montana-Dakotas State Office. management of Lake Merced water the existing Vista Grande Canal to
(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3–2) levels and quality, and to ensure that incorporate a gross solid screening
the portion of the Project within device, an approximately 2.6-acre
Richard M. Hotaling,
federally managed lands, if authorized, constructed treatment wetland, and
Acting Associate State Director. is constructed, operated, and
[FR Doc. 2017–19179 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] diversion and discharge structures to
maintained in a manner that is route some stormwater (and authorized
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P consistent with the protection and non-stormwater) flows from the Vista
enhancement of resources, values, and Grande Canal to Lake Merced and to
uses of lands and waters under federal allow lake water to be used for summer
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR jurisdiction. NPS’s objectives for the treatment wetland maintenance; (3)
National Park Service Project include the following: (1) Avoid, Modification of the existing effluent
minimize, or mitigate environmental gravity pipeline so that it may be used
impacts to Park natural and cultural year round to convey treated effluent
[NPS–PWR–PWRO–23152; PPPWGOGAP0
PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000] resources; (2) during construction, from the nearby North San Mateo
ensure the health and safety of park County Sanitation District Wastewater
Final Environmental Impact Statement visitors and staff, maintain access to and Treatment Plant to the existing outlet
for Vista Grande Drainage Basin through Fort Funston, and minimize and diffuser by gravity, and abandoning
Improvement Project, Golden Gate impacts to the visitor experience; (3) the force main pipeline; (4)
National Recreation Area, San permanently improve public access Modification of the existing lake
Francisco and San Mateo Counties, along the beach; and (4) minimize overflow structure to include an
California impacts on park assets and sustain or adjustable weir and siphon that allows
restore all park assets (e.g., facilities, water from the lake to flow into the
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. features, grounds) to pre-construction or Canal and Tunnel; (5) Replacement of
ACTION: Notice of availability. better conditions. the existing Vista Grande Tunnel to
Range of Alternatives: The Project expand its hydraulic capacity and
SUMMARY: The National Park Service would address storm-related flooding in extend its operating lifetime and
(NPS) announces the availability of the the Vista Grande Drainage Basin, while replacement of the Lake Merced Portal
Final Environmental Impact Statement providing the additional benefit of to the Tunnel; and (6) Replacement of
(Final EIS) for the proposed Vista augmenting the level of Lake Merced. the existing Ocean Outlet structure and
Grande Drainage Basin Project (Project), The project would also improve a portion of the existing 33-inch
prepared in cooperation with the City of recreational access and reduce litter submarine outfall pipeline that crosses
Daly City (Daly City). The Final EIS transfer and deposition along the beach the beach at Fort Funston.
incorporates the Final Environmental below Fort Funston and maximize the Tunnel Alignment Alternative would
Impact Report (EIR) prepared by Daly use of existing rights-of-way, easements, include the construction of a
City. Daly City is seeking a Special Use and infrastructure to minimize replacement tunnel south of the existing
Permit from the NPS for construction construction-related costs, habitat Tunnel. The new tunnel would run
activities proposed at Fort Funston, a disturbance, and disruption to from a new east portal at the Canal to
possible Right of Way approval for recreational users. The Final EIS a new or rehabilitated Ocean Outlet
outfall-related infrastructure on the describes and analyzes the following structure at Fort Funston. The Tunnel
beach below Fort Funston, and four alternatives: would run beneath the Olympic Club,
modernization of an existing easement No Project/No Action Alternative Highway 35, and the GGNRA lands.
to clarify the rights and obligations of
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
would result in no construction of the This alternative could be paired with
the parties with regard to proposed physical components of the proposed either the proposed Canal
structures within Fort Funston. Project, and none of the proposed improvements or the Canal
DATES: The NPS will execute a Record operational changes to stormwater Configuration Alternative.
of Decision no sooner than 30 days after routing or Lake Merced water Canal Configuration Alternative
the date of publication by the management would be made. The NPS would not construct the box culvert
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would not grant the Special Use Permit replacing the first 1,500 feet of the
of the notice of filing and availability of or amend the existing easement, and no Canal; rather, the diversion structure
the Final EIS in the Federal Register. construction could occur within NPS- described for the proposed Project
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of coal lease sale. | |
| Dates | The lease sale will be held at 11 a.m. on October 17, 2017. Sealed bids must be submitted on or before 10 a.m. on October 17, 2017. | |
| Contact | Greg Fesko by telephone at 406-896- 5080 or by email at [email protected]; or Connie Schaff by telephone at 406-896-5060 or by email at [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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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