[Federal Register: April 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 62)] [Notices] =20 [Page 16502] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr01ap10-93] =20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWYP00000-L13200000-EL0000; WYW163340, WYW177903] =20 Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the=20 Environmental Impact Statement for the West Antelope II Coal Lease-by- Application, Wyoming AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of=20 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of=20 the Record of Decision (ROD) for the West Antelope II Coal Lease by=20 Application (LBA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). ADDRESSES: The document is available electronically on the following=20 Web site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/l= eaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.bl= m.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/cfodocs/West_Antelope_II.html. Paper copies = of the ROD are also available at the=20 following BLM office locations:Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353=20 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming High Plains District=20 Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tyson Sackett, Acting Wyoming Coal=20 Coordinator, at 307-775-6487, or Ms. Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, at=20 307-775-6258. Both Mr. Sackett's and Ms. Love's offices are located at=20 the BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming=20 82009. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD covered by this Notice of=20 Availability is for the West Antelope II Coal Tract and addresses=20 leasing Federal coal in Campbell and Converse Counties, Wyoming,=20 administered by the BLM Wyoming High Plains District Office. The BLM=20 approves Alternative 2, which is the preferred alternative of the West=20 Antelope II Coal Lease by Application Final EIS. Under Alternative 2,=20 the West Antelope II Coal LBA area, as modified by the BLM, will be=20 divided into two separate LBA tracts referred to as the West Antelope=20 II North Tract and the West Antelope II South Tract. The West Antelope=20 II North Tract (WYW163340), as modified by the BLM, includes 2,837.63=20 acres, more or less, and contains an estimated 350.2 million tons of=20 mineable coal. The West Antelope II South Tract (WYW177903), as=20 modified by the BLM, includes 1,908.60 acres, more or less, and=20 contains an estimated 56.3 million tons of mineable coal. Two=20 competitive coal lease sales will be announced in the Federal Register=20 at a later date. This decision is subject to appeal to the Interior Board of Land=20 Appeals (IBLA), as provided in 43 CFR part 4, within thirty (30) days=20 from the date of publication of this NOA in the Federal Register. The=20 ROD contains instructions for filing an appeal with the IBLA. Larry Claypool, Acting State Director. [FR Doc. 2010-7173 Filed 3-31-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-22-P