[Federal Register: March 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 55)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT-920-07-1320-EL, UTU-84713]

 
Notice of Invitation To Participate in Coal Exploration License 
Application, Parallel Petroleum Corporation, UTU-84713, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploration 
License.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 
1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted 
as 43 CFR part 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Parallel Petroleum Corporation on a pro rata cost 
sharing basis in a program for the exploration of coal deposits in the 
Vernal Coal Field owned by the United States of America in the 
following-described lands in Uintah County, Utah:

T. 3 S., R. 23 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 7, lot 2;
    Sec. 29, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ .
T. 4 S., R. 22 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 10, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    Containing 159.57 acres.

DATES: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program 
must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
and Parallel Petroleum Corporation, as provided in the ADDRESSES 
section below, no later than thirty days after publication of this 
invitation in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration plan and license (serialized under 
the number of UTU 84713) are available for review during normal 
business hours in the public room of the BLM State Office, 440 West 200 
South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah. The written notice to 
participate in the exploration program should be sent to both the BLM, 
Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145, and to 
William A. Ryan, Agent Rocky Mountain Consulting, Inc., 290 South 800 
East, Vernal, Utah 94078.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the coal in the above-described land 
consists of unleased Federal coal. This coal is not within a known coal 
production area. This coal exploration license will be issued by the 
BLM. The exploration program is fully described and is being conducted 
pursuant to an exploration plan approved by the BLM. The plan may be 
modified to accommodate the legitimate exploration needs of persons 
seeking to participate. This notice of invitation to participate was 
published in The Vernal Express, once each week for two consecutive 
weeks beginning the fourth week of August 2006 and in the Federal 
Register.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).

    Dated: February 13, 2007.
Kent Hoffman,
Deputy State Director, Lands and Minerals.
 [FR Doc. E7-5207 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]