Notice2025-17362
Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Little Eccles Tract, Utah (Coal Lease Application UTU-92226)
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Published
September 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Office will offer the Federal coal resources described below as the Little Eccles Tract (UTU-92226) for competitive sale by sealed bid package, in accordance with applicable laws, including the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), as amended, and the applicable implementing regulations. The sale tract is located in Emery County, Utah.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 43621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17362]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2412-014-004-047181.1]
Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Little Eccles
Tract, Utah (Coal Lease Application UTU-92226)
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of lease sale.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Office will
offer the Federal coal resources described below as the Little Eccles
Tract (UTU-92226) for competitive sale by sealed bid package, in
accordance with applicable laws, including the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920 (MLA), as amended, and the applicable implementing regulations.
The sale tract is located in Emery County, Utah.
DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time, on
October 1, 2025. Sealed bids must be sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the Collections Officer, BLM, Utah State Office,
or hand-delivered to the BLM public room Contact Representative, BLM
Utah State Office, at the address indicated below. All sealed bid
packages must be received no later than 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time, on
October 1, 2025. Any bid package received after the time specified will
not be considered and will be returned. The BLM Contact Representative
will issue a receipt for each hand-delivered, sealed bid package. The
outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid package must clearly
state the envelope contains a bid for Coal Lease Sale UTU-92226 and is
not to be opened before the date and hour of the sale.
ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be mailed to the Collection Officer or
hand-delivered to the BLM public room Contact Representative at BLM,
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Tobin, telephone (435) 636-3605;
address BLM Price Field Office, 126 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501;
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7928398959e99b7959b9ad9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f99c8d969b9097b99b9594d79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United 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. Tobin. 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 competitive coal lease sale is being
held in response to a lease by application submitted by Canyon Fuel
Company, LLC (CFC). The coal resources to be offered consist of all
recoverable reserves available in the lands identified below. These
lands are located in:
Salt Lake Merdian, Utah
T. 14 S., R. 6 E.,
Sec. 10, W\1/2\SE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
The area described contains 120 acres, according to the official
plat of the survey of the said land on file with the BLM. The
surface of these lands is managed by the United States Forest
Service, Manti-La Sal National Forest, and the coal is managed by
the BLM.
The Little Eccles tract has one minable coal bed called the Lower
O'Connor A (LOA) seam with minable portions ranging from 10.5-15.7 feet
in thickness. The tract contains recoverable coal reserves of
approximately 1.29 million tons of high volatile C bituminous coal. The
final recoverable reserve tonnage for bidding purposes will be in the
notice of proposed sale, which is posted in the BLM Utah State Office
Public Room.
The quality in the coal bed in the lease by application on an ``as
received'' basis is as follows: 12,519 Btu/Lb, 5.98 percent Moisture,
7.01 percent Ash, 42.70 percent Volatile matter, 44.31 percent Fixed
carbon, and 0.52 percent Sulfur. BLM may revise this information based
on additional information and public comments received.
Pursuant to the applicable regulations, the Little Eccles Tract may
be leased to the qualified bidder (as established at 43 CFR part 3470,
subpart 3472) that submits the highest cash bonus bid that is equal to
or exceeds the fair market value (FMV) for the tract as determined by
the authorized officer after the sale.
The Department of the Interior has established a general minimum
bid of $100 per acre or fraction thereof for the tract. The minimum bid
is not intended to represent the FMV, and a tract will not be sold
unless the bid received meets or exceeds BLM's FMV estimate. The lease
that may be issued as a result of this offering will provide for
payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre or fraction thereof and a
royalty of 7 percent until September 30, 2034, at which time the
royalty rate will revert to the MLA, as amended, prescribed royalty
rate of the value of the coal produced by underground mining methods.
The value of the coal for royalty purposes will be determined in
accordance with 30 CFR part 1206.
This coal lease application (UTU-92226) is subject to case-by-case
processing fees pursuant to 43 CFR 3473.2(f). The successful bidder
must pay the BLM the cost of the case-by-case processing fees as
described in the detailed statement.
The required detailed statement under 43 CFR 3422.2 for the offered
tract, including bidding instructions and sale procedures under 43 CFR
3422.3-2, and the terms and conditions of the proposed coal lease, are
available in the BLM Utah State Office Public Room. All case file
documents, and written comments submitted by the public on FMV or
royalty rates, except those portions identified as proprietary by the
commentator and meeting exemptions stated in the Freedom of Information
Act, are available for public inspection by contacting Erika Tobin
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5035243f32393e10323c3d7e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d2839222f24230d2f2120632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.2)
Gerald Davis,
State Director, Acting.
[FR Doc. 2025-17362 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-25-P
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