Establishment of Category 5 Royalty Rate at 2.2 Percent in Fort Union Federal Coal Production Region

Resumen

This notice is issued for the purpose of announcing the reassessment of the Category 5 Royalty Rate to 2.2 percent within the Fort Union Federal Coal Producing Region in the Counties of McLean, Mercer, and Oliver, North Dakota, and Richland County, Montana. This reassessment was conducted pursuant to the Bureau of Land Management Royalty Reduction Guidelines for Coal and Solid Leasable Minerals which requires a periodic review of the prevailing non-Federal royalty rate in the producing region.