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other half of the surface estate is owned percent (3%) of the gross realization of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR by various private entities with a small all coal mined and sold from the Subject amount owned by a Peabody Energy Property.’’ Bureau of Land Management Corporation subsidiary. The tract will be leased to the [LLID9570000.LL14200000.BJ0000] The tract contains surface mineable qualified bidder of the highest cash coal reserves in the Wyodak-Anderson amount provided that the high bid Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey coal zone currently being recovered in the adjacent, existing mines. On the meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, LBA tract, there are two mineable the fair market value (FMV) of the tract. Interior. seams, the Wyodak-Anderson 1 The minimum bid for the tract is $100 ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of (Anderson) and the Wyodak-Anderson 2 per acre or fraction thereof. No bid that surveys. (Canyon), located in the southern is less than $100 per acre, or fraction thereof, will be considered. The bids SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land portion of the LBA that merge into a Management (BLM) has officially filed single seam in the northern portion. The should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or be hand delivered. the plats of survey of the lands total coal thickness averages about 77 described below in the BLM Idaho State The BLM Wyoming State Office Cashier feet with the shallower Anderson seam Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on will issue a receipt for each hand- slightly thicker than the deeper Canyon the dates specified. seam where two seams occur. The two delivered bid. Bids received after 4 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: seams can be separated by as much as local time on Tuesday, February 28, Bureau of Land Management, 1387 80 feet of interburden. Overburden 2012, will not be considered. The South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho, depths to the Anderson range from minimum bid is not intended to 83709–1657. about 160 to 460 feet thick. represent FMV. The FMV of the tract SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These The tract contains an estimated will be determined by the Authorized surveys were executed at the request of 401,830,508 tons of mineable coal. This Officer after the sale. The lease that may estimate of mineable reserves includes the Bureau of Land Management to meet be issued as a result of this offering will their administrative needs. The lands the two seams mentioned above but provide for payment of an annual rental does not include any tonnage from surveyed are: of $3 per acre, or fraction thereof, and The plat representing the dependent localized seams or splits containing less a royalty payment to the United States than 5 feet of coal. It does not include resurvey of portions of the Fourth of 12.5 percent of the value of coal the adjacent State of Wyoming coal Standard Parallel North (south produced by surface mining methods. although these reserves are expected to boundary), east boundary, subdivisional The value of the coal will be determined be recovered in conjunction with the lines, and 1894 left bank meanders of LBA tract. It also excludes coal within in accordance with 30 CFR 1206.250. the North Fork of the Payette River in and along the railroad right of way as Pursuant to the regulation at 43 CFR section 36, and the subdivision of required by typical mining practices. 3473.2(f), the applicant for the South section 36, the survey of the 2006–2009 The total mineable stripping ratio of the Porcupine Tract, BTU Western left bank meanders of the North Fork of coal in bank cubic yards per ton is Resources, Inc., has paid a total case-by- the Payette River in section 36, and the survey of a 2006–2009 partition line in approximately 4.8:1. Potential bidders case cost recovery processing fee in the section 36, Township 18 North, Range 2 for the LBA tract should consider the amount of $83,694. The successful East, Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group recovery rate expected from thick and bidder for the South Porcupine Tract, if multiple seam mining. Number 1238, was accepted December someone other than the applicant, must 7, 2011. The South Porcupine LBA coal is pay to the BLM the $83,694 previously ranked as subbituminous C. The overall The plat representing the dependent paid by BTU Western Resources, Inc. resurvey of a portion of the west average quality on an as-received basis Additionally, the successful bidder is 8,905 British Thermal Units per boundary, a portion of the subdivisional must pay all processing costs the BLM lines, a portion of the subdivision of pound containing about 0.20 percent will incur after the date this sale notice sulfur. These quality averages place the section 18, the original 1891 left bank is published in the Federal Register, coal reserves near the high end of the meanders of the Salmon River in which are estimated to be $10,000. range of coal quality currently being sections 7 and 18 and the original 1891 mined in the Wyoming portion of the Bidding instructions for the LBA tract right bank meanders of the Salmon Powder River Basin. offered and the terms and conditions of River in section 7, Township 23 North, The tract in this lease offering the proposed coal lease are available Range 22 East, of the Boise Meridian, contains split estate lands. There are from the BLM Wyoming State Office at Idaho, Group Number 1325, was qualified surface owners as defined in the address above. Case file documents, accepted December 14, 2011. This survey was executed at the the regulations at 43 CFR 3400.0–5(gg). WYW176095, are available for request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Consent granted by the qualified surface inspection at the BLM Wyoming State to meet their administrative needs. The owners has been filed with and verified Office. lands surveyed are: by the BLM. The LBA tract lands Donald A. Simpson, The plat representing the dependent included in the consent are: resurvey of a portion of the east State Director. T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th Principal Meridian boundary, and the subdivisional lines, Sec. 13, lots 12 through 14 inclusive; [FR Doc. 2012–1296 Filed 1–24–12; 8:45 am] and the subdivision of section 36, Sec. 14, lots 1, 2, 8, and 18; and BILLING CODE 4310–22–P Township 36 North, Range 1 East, of the Sec. 24, lots 3, 4, 17, 19, and 21. Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group Number Containing 396.79 acres, more or less, in 1319, was accepted November 3, 2011. Campbell County, Wyoming. This survey was executed at the The purchase price of the consent as request of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife stated in the consent documents is Service to meet certain administrative ‘‘* * * an overriding royalty of three and management purposes.

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The plat representing the dependent Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 842, The field notes representing the resurvey of portions of the west was accepted September 29, 2011. remonumentation of the 1⁄4 sec. cor. of boundary, subdivisional lines, and the The plat and field notes representing secs. 31 and 32, Township 44 North, original meanders of North Lake, and the dependent resurvey of a portion of Range 76 West, Sixth Principal the partial subdivision of section 7, and the north boundary, a portion of the Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 850, the metes-and-bounds survey of Lot 19, subdivisional lines and the subdivision was accepted November 3, 2011. section 7, Township 14 South, Range 44 of sections 4 and 10, Township 57 The plat and field notes representing East, of the Boise Meridian, Idaho, North, Range 101 West, Sixth Principal Group Number 1357, was accepted Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 816, the dependent resurvey of a portion of November 4, 2011. was accepted October 4, 2011. the subdivisional lines and the survey of The supplemental plat showing the subdivision of section 33, Township SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land amended lottings, Township 41 North, 26 North, Range 105 West, Sixth Management (BLM) will file the plat of Range 71 West, Sixth Principal Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group survey of the lands described below in Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 852, the BLM Idaho State Office, Boise, No. 823, was accepted November 3, was accepted October 12, 2011 and Idaho, 30 days from the date of 2011. based upon the dependent resurvey plat publication in the Federal Register. The plat and field notes representing of Township 41 North, Range 71 West, This survey was executed at the request the dependent resurvey of a portion of accepted April 8, 1981 and of the U.S. Forest Service to meet the west boundary, a portion of the supplemental plat of Township 41 certain administrative and management North, Range 71 West, accepted subdivisional lines, the subdivision of purposes. The plat constituting the December 4, 1985. section 18, and the metes and bounds dependent resurvey of a portion of the The plat representing the entire survey of Lots 5 and 6, section 18, south boundary and the survey of a record of the corrective dependent Township 34 North, Range 54 West, portion of the subdivisional lines, resurvey of a portion of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska, Township 8 North, Range 13 East, of the subdivisional lines designed to restore Group No. 174, was accepted November Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group Number the corners in their true original 30, 2011. 1326, was accepted August 31, 2011. locations according to the best available The plat and field notes representing Dated: January 13, 2012. evidence, Township 17 North, Range 93 the dependent resurvey of a portion of Stanley G. French, West, Sixth Principal Meridian, the subdivisional lines, the subdivision Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho. Wyoming, Group No. 822, was accepted of section 13, and the metes and bounds [FR Doc. 2012–1452 Filed 1–24–12; 8:45 am] October 13, 2011. survey of Lot 1, section 13, Township 34 The plat and field notes representing BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P North, Range 55 West, Sixth Principal the dependent resurvey of a portion of Meridian, Nebraska, Group No. 174, was the west boundary and a portion of the accepted November 30, 2011. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR subdivisional lines, and the subdivision of section 32, Township 20 North, The field notes representing the Bureau of Land Management Range 75 West, Sixth Principal remonumentation of the 1⁄4 sec. cor. of Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 828, secs. 15 and 16, and the 1⁄4 sec. cor. of [LLWY–957400–12–L14200000–BJ0000] was accepted October 13, 2011. secs. 16 and 21, Township 13 North, The supplemental plat representing Range 83 West, Sixth Principal Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming and the segregation of Tract 46A from Tracts Nebraska Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 624, 46 and 47, Township 41 North, Range was accepted November 30, 2011. 117 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, The plat and field notes representing Interior. Wyoming, Group No. 814, was accepted November 3, 2011. the retracement and dependent resurvey ACTION: Notice. The supplemental plat representing of a portion of the subdivisional lines and the survey of the subdivision of SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land the segregation of Tract 46B from Tract section 34, Township 34 North, Range Management (BLM) has filed the plats of 46, Township 41 North, Range 117 survey of the lands described below in West, Sixth Principal Meridian, 110 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, the BLM Wyoming State Office, Wyoming, Group No. 814, was accepted Wyoming, Group No. 827, was accepted Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the dates November 3, 2011. November 30, 2011. indicated. The plat and field notes representing The plat and field notes representing the dependent resurvey of portions of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the dependent resurvey of a portion of the east boundary, a portion of the west the subdivisional lines, and the Bureau of Land Management, 5353 boundary, and portions of the north Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, subdivision of section 32, Township 23 boundary and subdivisional lines, North, Range 71 West, Sixth Principal Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. Township 31 North, Range 107 West, Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 831, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, was accepted November 30, 2011. surveys were executed at the request of Group No. 821, was accepted November the Bureau of Land Management and the 3, 2011. Copies of the preceding described U.S. Forest Service, and are necessary The plat and field notes representing plats and field notes are available to the for the management of resources. The the dependent resurvey of a portion of public at a cost of $1.10 per page. lands surveyed are: the north and west boundaries, a Dated: January 19, 2012. The plat and field notes representing portion of the subdivisional lines, and a the dependent resurvey of portions of portion of the adjusted meanders of the John P. Lee, the west boundary and subdivisional shoreline of Cooper Lake, Township 19 Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support lines, and the survey of the subdivision North, Range 75 West, Sixth Principal Services. of section 18, Township 22 North, Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 828, [FR Doc. 2012–1453 Filed 1–24–12; 8:45 am] Range 81 West, Sixth Principal was accepted November 3, 2011. BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

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