Notice of the Solicitation of Public Comments on Fair Market Value and Maximum Economic Recovery; Coal Lease by Application KYES-51002

Résumé

The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address coal lease application KYES-51002. The EIS has been prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Eastern States, Jackson Field Office, the Office of Surface Mining and the Kentucky Department of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. A public hearing, requesting input to the EIS, was held on November 24, 2003, at the Leslie County Extension Services office in Hyden, Kentucky. Public comments are requested on the fair market value (FMV) and maximum economic recovery (MER) of the tracts included in the lease application to be offered for competitive lease sale. The coal in the tracts would be mined by conventional underground methods. The tracts, designated 3094Az, 3094Bb, and 3094Be in the National Forest System, are located in southern Leslie County on the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky and encompass 1,210.4 acres. Estimated recoverable federal reserves of bituminous coal from the Hazard No. 4 and Hazard No. 4A seams are 2.832 million tons. The proximate analysis of the coal on a received basis a