Notice of 5-year Extension of Current Qualification of the Designated Nine (9) County ``Area'' of Oklahoma Federal Coal for ``Category 5'' Royalty Rate Reductions

Resumen

This announcement gives notice that since the lands within the nine (9) Oklahoma Counties of Atoka, Coal, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Sequoyah were designated in 1990 by the New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management as a Federal Coal ``Area'', and that said Area was determined to be ``Qualified'' as eligible for ``Category 5'' royalty rate reductions in order to establish fair and competitive royalties, and since no basic changes in the Area coal market have occurred, the State Director of the New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management has extended the Qualification of the Designated Area for ``Category 5'' Royalty Rate Reductions from December 17, 1995 to, and inclusive of, December 17, 2000.