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Call for Coal Resource and Other Resource Information for Public Lands in Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, UT

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 [Federal Register: March 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 44)]
[Notices]
[Page 11270-11271]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr08mr05-124]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT080-1610-DQ-010J]

Call for Coal Resource and Other Resource Information for Public
Lands in Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, UT

AGENCY: Vernal Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Vernal, Utah.
ACTION: Call for coal resource and other resource information.

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SUMMARY: A Notice of Intent to prepare a Resource Management Plan for
public lands and resources in Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties,
Utah was published in the Federal Register, volume 66, No. 48, Monday,
March 12, 2001. This supplements that notice with a call for coal
resource and other resource information, as required in 43 CFR 3420.1.

DATES: The comment period will commence with the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register and end 30 days after publication.

ADDRESSES: Non-proprietary written comments should be sent to Coal
Comments, Bureau of Land Management, Vernal Field Office 170 South 500
East, Vernal, Utah 84078; Fax 435-781-4410. Comments, including names
and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public
review at the Vernal Field Office during regular business hours, 7:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except holidays and may be
published as part of the Environmental Impact Statement. Proprietary
data marked as confidential may be submitted only to James Kohler,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land
Management, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155. Data
marked as confidential shall be treated in accordance with the laws and
regulations governing confidentiality of such information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete Sokolosky, geologist, BLM Vernal
Field Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah 84078, phone: 435-891-
4400, e-mail Pete_Sokolosky@ut.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this call for coal
information is to obtain any available coal resource data and any other
resource information pertinent to applying the coal unsuitability
criteria, and to identify any areas of interest for possible Federal
coal leasing. The Resource Management Plan will identify areas
acceptable for further consideration for leasing and estimate the
amount of recoverable coal. Only those areas that have development
potential may be identified as acceptable for further consideration for
leasing. Coal companies, State and local governments and the general
public are encouraged to submit information on coal geology, economic
data and other development potential considerations. Where such
information is determined to indicate developmental potential for an
area, the area may be included in the land use planning evaluation for
coal leasing. The BLM will use the unsuitability criteria and
procedures outlined in 43 CFR part 3461 to assess where areas are
unsuitable for all or certain stipulated methods of mining.
Additionally, multiple use decisions that are not included in the
unsuitability criteria may eliminate certain coal deposits from further
consideration for leasing to protect other resource values and land
uses that are locally, regionally or nationally important or unique. In
making these multiple use decisions BLM will place particular emphasis
on protecting the

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following: Air and water quality, wetlands riparian areas and sole
source aquifers; the Federal lands which, if leased, would adversely
impact units of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge
System, the National Trail System, and the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System. Before adopting the resource management plan that makes
an assessment of lands acceptable for further consideration for
leasing, the BLM will consult with the state Governor and the state
agency charged with the responsibility for maintaining the state's coal
unsuitability program. Where tribal governments administer areas within
or near the boundaries of the land use plan, the bureau shall consult
with the appropriate tribal government.

    Dated: November 16, 2004.
Sally Wisely,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-4426 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]

 
 

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