Invitation To Participate; Exploration for Coal in Oklahoma

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2074]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-932-4120-05; OKNM 101735]


Invitation To Participate; Exploration for Coal in Oklahoma

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with 
Farrell Cooper Mining Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a 
program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States 
of America. The lands are located in Haskell and Sequoyah Counties, 
Oklahoma, and are described as follows:

T. 11 N., R. 21 E., Indian Meridian
    Sec. 25, SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 36, E\1/2\, SW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
T. 11 N., R. 22 E., Indian Meridian
    Sec. 19, Lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, Lots 1-4, E\1/2\, E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 31, Lots 1-4, E\1/2\W\1/2\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;

    Containing 2,342.16 acres more or less.

    Interested parties may obtain a complete description of the lands 
covered in the license application by contacting Farrell Cooper Mining 
Company, or the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office, 
Solid Minerals Adjudication, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 
87502-0115. Any parties electing to participate in this exploration 
program shall notify in writing, both the State Director, Bureau of 
Land Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-0115, and Farrell Cooper Mining Company, P.O. Box 11050, 
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72917. Such written notice must include a 
justification for wanting to participate and any recommended changes in 
the exploration plan with specific reasons for such changes. The notice 
must be received no later than 30-calendar days after the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.
    This proposed exploration program is for the purpose of determining 
the quality and quantity of the coal in the area and will be conducted 
pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the Bureau of Land 
Management. A copy of the exploration plan as submitted by Farrell 
Cooper Mining Company may be examined at the Bureau of Land Management, 
New Mexico State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, 
and the Tulsa Field Office, 7906 East 33rd Street, Suite 101, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma 74145.

    Dated: January 19, 1999.
Richard A. Whitley,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-2074 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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