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Therefore, Action Alternative Two local library, and on the NPS Planning, Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming remains as the National Park Service Environment, and Public Comment 82009; and the BLM Wyoming High Preferred Alternative. (PEPC) Web site (http:// Plains District Office, 2987 Prospector The public release of the Abbreviated parkplanning.nps.gov/rova). Public Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. The Final GMP/EIS will be followed by a 30- open houses were held on January 28 Final EIS is available electronically at day no-action period, after which a and 29, 2010. the following Web site: http:// Record of Decision will be prepared to www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/wy/en/ Dennis R. Reidenbach, document the selected alternative and info/NEPA/HighPlains/Wright- set forth any stipulations for Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Coal.html. implementation of the GMP. The Park Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS and the [FR Doc. 2010–18705 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] Sarah Bucklin or Mike Karbs, BLM Draft GMP/EIS constitute the complete BILLING CODE P Wyoming High Plains District Office, and final documentation upon which 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, the Record of Decision will be based. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Wyoming 82604. Ms. Bucklin or Mr. DATES: The NPS will execute a Record Karbs may also be reached at (307) 261– of Decision no sooner than 30 days Bureau of Land Management 7600 or by e-mail at following publication by the [email protected]. Environmental Protection Agency of the [LLWYP00000–L13200000–EL0000, Notice of Availability of the Abbreviated LLWYP00000–L51100000–GA0000– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final Final GMP/EIS in the Federal Register. LVEMK09CK320, LLWYP00000–L51100000– EIS analyzes the potential impacts of GA0000–LVEMK09CK340, LLWYP00000– issuing leases for six Federal coal ADDRESSES: The Abbreviated Final L51100000–GA0000–LVEMK09CK370; GMP/EIS is available online at the NPS maintenance tracts serialized as WYW164812, WYW174596, WYW172388, WYW164812 (North Hilight Field Planning, Environment and Public WYW172685, WYW173408, WYW176095] Comment (PEPC) Web site (http:// Tract), WYW174596 (South Hilight parkplanning.nps.gov/rova). Hard- Notice of Availability of the Wright Field Tract), WYW172388 (West Hilight copies of the document are available for Area Coal Final Environmental Impact Field Tract), WYW172685 (West Jacobs inspection at the Hyde Park Free Statement That Includes Four Federal Ranch Tract), WYW173408 (North Library, 2 Main Street, Hyde Park, NY. Coal Lease-by-Applications, Wyoming Porcupine Tract), and WYW176095 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (South Porcupine Tract) in the AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Superintendent, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt decertified Powder River Federal Coal Interior. National Historic Sites, 4097 Albany Production Region, Wyoming. The BLM Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538, ACTION: Notice of availability. is considering issuing these six coal leases as a result of four applications Phone: 845.229.9116, ext. 33, SUMMARY: In accordance with the [email protected]. filed in accordance with 43 CFR part National Environmental Policy Act of 3425 between October 2005 and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 1969 (NEPA) and the Federal Land September 2006. Supplementary GMP/EIS addresses the three units of Policy and Management Act of 1976 information by tract is as follows: the national park system that compose (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Management (BLM) has prepared a North and South Hilight Field Tracts Sites: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Final Environmental Impact Statement On October 7, 2005, Ark Land National Historic Site (NHS); Eleanor (EIS) for the Wright Area Coal project Company applied for Federal coal Roosevelt NHS; and Vanderbilt Mansion that contains four Federal coal Lease-by- reserves in two maintenance tracts NHS. The three national historic sites Applications (LBAs), and by this notice encompassing approximately 4,590.19 are combined into a single announces the availability of the Wright acres and 588.2 million tons of coal as administrative unit, but each was Area Coal Final EIS for review. estimated by the applicant. The tracts established by separate legislation. The DATES: To ensure comments will be are adjacent to the Black Thunder Mine Draft GMP/EIS evaluates alternatives to considered, the BLM must receive operated by Thunder Basin Coal guide the management of the national written comments on the Wright Area Company. The BLM determined that the historic sites over the next 20 years. The Coal Final EIS within 30 days following application would be processed as two No-Action Alternative continues the the date the Environmental Protection separate tracts. The tracts are referred to current management direction. Action Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of as the North Hilight Field Tract, case Alternative One emphasizes restoring Availability in the Federal Register. file number WYW164812, and the South historic appearance of the properties ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Hilight Field Tract, case file number and encouraging visitors to explore by any of the following methods: WYW174596. As applied for, the coal in more of the estate buildings and • E-mail: [email protected]. Please the tracts would potentially extend the landscape. Action Alternative Two include ‘‘Wright Area Coal FEIS—Sarah life of the mine by as many as four seeks to make the parks relevant to more Bucklin’’ in the subject line. years. audiences by encouraging greater civic • FAX: 307–261–7587, Attn: Sarah As applied for, the North Hilight Field participation in park activities, while Bucklin. Tract includes approximately 263.4 significantly enhancing the historic • Mail: Wyoming High Plains District million tons of recoverable coal character of park resources. Action Office, Bureau of Land Management, underlying the following lands in Alternative Two is the agency Preferred Attn: Sarah Bucklin, 2987 Prospector Campbell County, Wyoming: Alternative. The Draft GMP/EIS was Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. • T. 44 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming available for public and agency review Written comments may also be Section 19: Lots 5 through 20. from December 24, 2009 through hand-delivered to the BLM Wyoming T. 44 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming February 28, 2010. Copies of the High Plains District Office in Casper. Section 23: Lots 1 through 16; document were sent to individuals, Copies of the Final EIS are available Section 24: Lots 1 through 16; agencies, and organizations, and were at the following BLM office locations: Section 26: Lots 1 through 16. made available at park visitor centers, The BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Containing 2,613.50 acres, more or less.

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As applied for, the South Hilight Section 33: Lots 1 through 15, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Section 1: Lots 5 through 20; Field Tract includes approximately Section 34: Lots 1 through 16. Section 12: Lots 1 through 16; 213.6 million tons of recoverable coal Containing 5,944.37 acres, more or less. Section 13: Lots 1 through 16; underlying the following lands in Section 14: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16; North and South Porcupine Tracts Section 23: Lots 1, 8 (N1⁄2); Campbell County, Wyoming: Section 24: Lots 2 through 4, 5 (N1⁄2), 6 On September 29, 2006, BTU Western T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming (N1⁄2), 7 (N1⁄2). Resources, Inc. applied for Federal coal Section 23: Lots 1 through 16; Containing 3,185.96 acres, more or less. Section 26: Lots 1 through 16; reserves in three maintenance tracts Section 35: Lots 1 through 16. encompassing approximately 5,116.65 Consistent with Federal regulations under NEPA and the Mineral Leasing Containing 1,976.69 acres, more or less. acres and approximately 598 million tons of coal as estimated by the Act of 1920, as amended, the BLM must West Hilight Field Tract applicant. The tracts are adjacent to the prepare an environmental analysis prior On January 17, 2006, Ark Land North Antelope Rochelle Mine. On to holding competitive Federal coal Company applied for Federal coal October 12, 2007, BTU Western lease sales. The Powder River Regional reserves in a maintenance tract Resources, Inc. filed a request with the Coal Team recommended that the BLM containing approximately 2,370.52 acres BLM to modify its application and process these four coal lease and approximately 428 million tons of increase the lease area and coal volume applications after it reviewed the tracts coal as estimated by the applicant. The to approximately 8,981.74 acres and that were applied for by Ark Land tract is adjacent to the Black Thunder approximately 1,179.1 million tons of Company and Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine operated by Thunder Basin Coal coal as estimated by the applicant. The Company at a public meeting held on Company. The tract, which is referred to BLM determined that the modified April 19, 2006, in Casper, Wyoming, as the West Hilight Field Tract, has been application would be processed as two and the tracts that were applied for by assigned case file number WYW172388. separate maintenance tracts. The tracts BTU Western Resources, Inc., at a As applied for, the coal in the tract are referred to as the North Porcupine public meeting held on January 18, would potentially extend the life of the Tract, case file number WYW173408, 2007, in Casper, Wyoming. mine by as many as three years. and the South Porcupine Tract, case file Lands in the North Hilight Field, As applied for, the West Hilight Field number WYW176095. As applied for, South Hilight Field, West Hilight Field, Tract includes approximately 377.9 the coal in the tracts would potentially North Porcupine, and South Porcupine million tons of recoverable coal extend the life of the mine by as many Tracts contain Federal surface estate underlying the following lands in as 10 years. administered by the U.S. Forest Service Campbell County, Wyoming: As applied for, the North Porcupine (USFS) and private surface estate which Tract includes approximately 601.2 overlies the Federal coal. Lands in the T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming West Jacobs Ranch Tract contain all Section 8: Lots 1, 2, 7 through 16; million tons of recoverable coal private surface estate which overlies the Section 9: Lots 1 through 16; underlying the following lands in Section 10: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through Campbell County, Wyoming: Federal coal. 14; Cooperating agencies in the Section 17: Lots 1 through 16; T. 42 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming preparation of this EIS include: the Section 20: Lots 1 through 4; Section 19: Lots 13 through 20; Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Section 21: Lots 3, 4. Section 20: Lots 9 through 16; and Enforcement (OSM), U.S. Section 21: Lots 9 through 16; Containing 2,370.52 acres, more or less. Section 22: Lots 9 through 16; Department of Agriculture, Forest West Jacobs Ranch Tract Section 26: Lots 3 through 6, 9 through 16; Service (USFS), Wyoming Department Section 27: Lots 1 through 16; of Transportation, Wyoming Department On March 24, 2006, Jacobs Ranch Section 28: Lots 1 through 4; of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) Land Coal Company applied for Federal coal Section 29: Lots 1 through 4; Quality and Air Quality Divisions, and reserves in a maintenance tract Section 30: Lots 5 through 8. the Converse County Board of containing approximately 5,944.37 acres T. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Commissioners. Before the tracts can be and approximately 956 million tons of Section 22: Lots 10 through 15, 21 through leased, the USFS must consent to coal as estimated by the applicant. The 24; leasing the Federal coal that is located tract is adjacent to the Jacobs Ranch Section 23: Lots 9 through 16; Section 24: Lots 9 through 16; on USFS-administered lands. Mine. The tract, which is referred to as On July 3, 2007, the BLM published the West Jacobs Ranch Tract, has been Section 25: Lots 1 through 4; Section 26: Lots 1 through 6, 11 through a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for assigned case file number WYW172685. 14; the Wright Area coal lease applications As applied for, the coal in the tract Section 27: Lots 2 through 6, 9, 12, 15 in the Federal Register. A notice would potentially extend the life of the through 30; announcing the availability of the Draft mine by as many as 17 years. Section 34: Lots 1 through 3, 6 through 11; EIS was published in the Federal As applied for, the West Jacobs Ranch Section 35: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through Register by the EPA on June 26, 2009. Tract includes approximately 669.6 14. A 60-day comment period on the Draft million tons of recoverable coal Containing 5,795.78 acres, more or less. EIS commenced with publication of the underlying the following lands in As applied for, the South Porcupine EPA’s Notice of Availability and ended Campbell County, Wyoming: Tract includes approximately 309.7 on August 24, 2009. The BLM published T. 43 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming million tons of recoverable coal a Notice of Availability and Notice of Section 3: Lots 2, 5 through 19; underlying the following lands in Public Hearing in the Federal Register Section 4: Lots 5 through 20; Campbell County, Wyoming: on July 8, 2009. The BLM’s Federal Section 5: Lots 5 through 20. Register notice announced the date and T. 41 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming T. 44 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming time of a public hearing, which was Section 22: Lots 9 through 16; Section 7: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through Section 27: Lots 1 through 16; 18; held on July 29, 2009, in Gillette, Section 28: Lots 1 through 3, 5 through 16; Section 18: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through Wyoming. The purpose of the hearing Section 29: Lots 5 through 15, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 19. was to solicit comments on the Draft EIS Section 32: Lots 1 through 15, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming and on the fair market value and the

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maximum economic recovery of the conformance with the approved DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Federal coal. Comments received at this Resource Management Plan for Public hearing and during the Draft EIS Lands Administered by the Bureau of Bureau of Land Management comment period will be available to the Land Management Buffalo Field Office [LLWYP00000–L13200000–EL0000; public for review in an appendix to the (2001) and the USDA-Forest Service WYW161248] Final EIS. The BLM responses to Land and Resource Management Plan substantive comments will also be for the Thunder Basin National Notice of Availability of the Record of available in the Final EIS. Grassland (2002). A separate Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact The Black Thunder Mine, Jacobs Decision (ROD) will be prepared for Statement for the South Gillette Area Ranch Mine, and North Antelope each of the tracts after the close of the Belle Ayr North Coal Lease-by- Rochelle Mine are operating under Application, Wyoming approved mining permits from the 30-day review period for the Final EIS. WDEQ Land Quality and Air Quality Comments received on the Final EIS AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Divisions. will be considered during preparation of Interior. If the tracts are leased to existing the ROD. ACTION: Notice of Availability. mines, the new leases must be Requests to be included on the incorporated into the existing mining mailing list for this project and requests SUMMARY: In accordance with the and reclamation plans for those mines. for copies of the Final EIS may be sent National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Before the Federal coal in each tract can in writing, by facsimile, or Management (BLM) announces the be mined, the Secretary of the Interior electronically to the addresses availability of the Record of Decision must approve the revised Mineral previously stated at the beginning of (ROD) for the Belle Ayr North Coal Leasing Act (MLA) mining plan for the this notice. The BLM asks that those mine in which each tract will be Lease-by-Application (LBA) included in submitting comments on the Final EIS included. The OSM is the Federal the South Gillette Area Coal Lease make them as specific as possible with agency that is responsible for Applications Environmental Impact recommending approval, approval with reference to page numbers and sections Statement (EIS). of the document. Comments that conditions, or disapproval of the revised ADDRESSES: The document is available MLA mining plan to the Office of the contain only opinions or preferences electronically on the following Web site: Secretary of the Interior. will not receive a formal response; http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/ The Final EIS analyzes and discloses however, they will be considered as part NEPA/HighPlains/SouthGillette.html. to the public the direct, indirect, and of the BLM decision-making process. Paper copies of the ROD are also cumulative environmental impacts Please note that comments and available at the following BLM office associated with leasing six Federal coal information submitted including names, locations: tracts in the Wyoming portion of the street addresses, and e-mail addresses of • Bureau of Land Management, Powder River Basin. A copy of the Final respondents will be available for public Wyoming State Office, 5353 EIS has been sent to affected Federal, review and disclosure at the above Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, State, and local government agencies; address during regular business hours Wyoming; and persons and entities identified as • Bureau of Land Management, potentially being affected by a decision (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. Wyoming High Plains District Office, to lease the Federal coal in each of the 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, tracts; and persons who indicated to the Before including your address, phone Wyoming. BLM that they wished to receive a copy number, e-mail address, or other of the Final EIS. personal identifying information in your FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. The Final EIS analyzes leasing the six comment, you should be aware that Tyson Sackett, Acting Wyoming Coal Coordinator, at 307–775–6487, or Ms. Wright Area coal tracts as the Proposed your entire comment—including your Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, at Action. Under the Proposed Action, personal identifying information—may 307–775–6258. Both Mr. Sackett and competitive sales would be held and be made publicly available at any time. leases issued for Federal coal contained Ms. Love are located at the BLM While you can ask us in your comment Wyoming State Office, 5353 in each of the tracts as applied for by to withhold your personal identifying each of the applicants. As part of the Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming information from public review, we coal leasing process, the BLM is 82009. cannot guarantee that we will be able to evaluating adding additional Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD coal to the tracts to avoid bypassing coal do so. covered by this Notice of Availability or to prompt competitive interest in Larry Claypool, (NOA) is for the Belle Ayr North Coal unleased Federal coal in the area. The Acting State Director. Tract and addresses leasing Federal coal alternate tract configurations for each of in Campbell County, Wyoming, [FR Doc. 2010–18641 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] the LBAs that the BLM is evaluating are administered by the BLM Wyoming described and analyzed as separate BILLING CODE 4310–22–P High Plains District Office. The BLM alternatives in the Final EIS. Under approves Alternative 2, which is the these alternatives, competitive sales preferred alternative of the South would be held and leases would be Gillette Area Coal Lease Applications issued for Federal coal lands included EIS. Under Alternative 2, the Belle Ayr in tracts modified by the BLM. The North Coal LBA area, as modified by the Final EIS also analyzes the alternative of BLM, includes 1,671.03 acres, more or rejecting the application(s) to lease less, and contains an estimated 221.7 Federal coal as the No Action million tons of mineable coal. The BLM Alternative. The Proposed Action and will announce a competitive coal lease alternatives for each of the LBAs being sale in the Federal Register at a later considered in the Final EIS are in date. The Environmental Protection

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