Notice2025-15140
Lease for Sale Falkirk Mining Company, Falkirk Mine Lease-by-Application NDM 111489, McLean County, ND
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Published
August 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Federal coal resources in lands in McLean County, North Dakota, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38499-38500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15140]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2412-014-004-047181.1]
Lease for Sale Falkirk Mining Company, Falkirk Mine Lease-by-
Application NDM 111489, McLean County, ND
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of coal lease sale.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Federal coal resources in lands in
McLean County, North Dakota, will be offered for competitive lease by
sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act
of 1920, as amended.
DATES: The lease sale will be held at 10 a.m. Mountain Time (MT) on
September 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the main conference room of
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana State Office, 5001
Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669. Sealed bids must be
submitted to the Cashier, BLM Montana State Office, at this same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tessa Wallace, by telephone at 406-
896-5086, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbafb7acbab7b7bab8be9bb9b7b6f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f5b43584e43434e4c4a6f4d434201484059">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United
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States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for contacting Ms. Wallace.
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale is being held in response to a
lease-by-application filed by Falkirk Mining Company. The Federal coal
resources to be offered are within five tracts located on the following
described lands:
Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota
T. 146 N., R. 82 W.,
Sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 146 N., R. 83 W.,
Sec. 24, SE\1/4\.
T. 144 N., R. 84 W.,
Sec. 12, NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 799.96 acres, according to the
official plats of the surveys on file with the BLM.
The coal in the tracts have two coal beds, which are designated as
the Hagel A and Hagel B coal beds. Both of these beds are considered
minable. The Hagel A bed in all five tracts ranges from 4.7 to 7.02
feet thick. The Hagel B bed in the four tracts where it occurs rages
from 3.2 to 4.8 feet thick. The Hagel B bed is not found in T. 144 N.,
R. 84 W., sec. 12, NW\1/4\. The tracts are located adjacent to or
within Falkirk's current mining operation and contain approximately
12.09 million tons of Coal Reserve Base. The composite coal quality of
the Hagel A and B coal beds are as follows: Heat Content (Btu/lb.)
6,112 Btu/lb.; Moisture 39.98 percent; Ash Content 9.64 percent, Sulfur
Content 0.66 percent, Sodium in Ash 1.88 percent.
The tracts will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest
cash amount, provided that the high bid meets or exceeds the BLM's
estimate of the fair market value (FMV) of the tracts. The minimum bid
for the tract is $100 per acre or fraction thereof. The minimum bid is
not intended to represent FMV. The authorized officer will determine if
the bids meet FMV.
The sealed bids should be sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, or be hand delivered to the Public Room, BLM Montana State
Office (see ADDRESSES), and clearly marked ``Sealed Bid for NDM 111489
Coal Sale--Not to be opened before 10 a.m. (Mountain Time) on September
10, 2025.'' The Public Room representative will issue a receipt for
each hand-delivered bid. Bids received after 9:30 a.m. MT on September
10 will not be considered. If identical high bids are received, the
tying high bidders will be requested to submit follow-up sealed bids
until a high bid is received. All tie-breaking sealed bids must be
submitted within 15 minutes following the sale official's announcement
at the sale that identical high bids have been received.
Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder, if other than the
applicant, must pay the BLM the cost recovery fee in the amount of
$206,727.00, in addition to all processing costs incurred by the BLM
after the date of this sale notice (43 CFR 3473.2(f)).
A lease issued as a result of this offering will require payment of
an annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction thereof, and a royalty
payable to the United States pursuant to section 7(a) of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 207(a)) as amended.
Bidding instructions for the tracts offered and the terms and
conditions of the proposed coal lease are included in the detailed
statement of lease sale, with copies available at the BLM Montana State
Office (see ADDRESSES). Documents in case file NDM 111186 are available
for public inspection at the BLM Montana State Office Public Room.
(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3-2)
Tessa L. Wallace,
Branch Chief, Solid Minerals. BLM Montana/Dakotas.
[FR Doc. 2025-15140 Filed 8-7-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-20-P
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