Status of Currently Pending Leases
Based on the currently available information, the BLM believes that Tables 1 and 2 represent the
potential effect of the leasing pause associated with the comprehensive review of the federal coal
program on currently pending leasing requests.
Table 1. Projects Potentially Covered by One of the Pause Exceptions
Stat
e
AL

Mine

Application
Type (Acreage)
LBA (160)

CO

Narley Mine
No. 3
Foidel Creek

CO
CO

Colowyo
Bowie No. 2

LMA (27.8)
LBA (1,183)

CO
CO

Deserado
West Elk

OH

WY

Buckingham
Coal
Falkirk
Mine*
Center Mine*
Rosebud
Western
Energy
Greens
Hollow Mine
Bridger

LBA (3,155)
LMA (800)
LMA (921)
LBA (432)

LMA (120.2)

WY
WY

Antelope
North Hilight

LMA (856.1)
LBA (2,613.5)

ND
ND
MT

UT

LMA (310)

Status
Decision Record (DR) signed Feb. 2015, Lease Sale Notice
Pending
DR Signed Dec. 2015, Lease Modification Application (LMA)
issuance pending.
LMA less than 160 acres.
DR signed Feb. 2014. Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA)
Appeal Pending.
Lease issued 2013. District Court challenge pending.
DR issued 2014.

LBA (320)

Environmental Assessment Finalized Sept. 2013. U.S. Forest
Service Record of Decision (ROD) signed in Sept. 2013.
Potential bypass situation.

LBA (160)
LMA (160)

Potential bypass situation.
LMA less than 160 acres.

LBA (6,334)

Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
issued Feb. 2015. U.S. Forest Service ROD signed Oct. 2015.
DR signed December 2015, LMA issuance pending.

DR signed August 2014, LMA issuance pending.
Final EIS (FEIS) issued 2010, U.S. Forest Service ROD signed
in 2011, BLM ROD signed in 2012. Release of lease sale notice
on hold per applicant.
WY Hay Creek II
LBA (419)
FEIS issued July 2011, BLM ROD signed May 2013. Release
of lease sale notice on hold per applicant.
WY Maysdorf II
LBA (2,305.9)
FEIS Issued Aug. 2009, BLM ROD signed April 2012. Release
South1
of lease sale notice on hold per applicant
WY West Hilight
LBA (2,370.5)
FEIS in 2010, USFS ROD signed in 2011.
*Application may qualify under emergency application provisions.

1 The ROD authorizing the sale of the Maysdorf II South Tract also authorized the sale of the Maysdorf
II North Tract. The application for this tract has been closed due to a lack of interest. The size of the
North Tract was reduced significantly because of a failure to obtain surface owner consent. The North
Tract contained 1,338.37 acres and 167 million tons of coal.

January 15, 2016

 Table 2. Projects Potentially Subject to the Temporary Pause
Note: Projects in Table 2 may proceed with NEPA and other related analyses at the applicant’s request during the
programmatic review; however, the BLM will not make final decisions on new leases until the comprehensive review
is completed.
State
Mine Name
Mine Type
App Type
(Operator/Owner)
(Underground or Surface)
(Acreage)
AL
Cassidy (Jim Walters Resources)
U
LBA (5,988)
AL
Yellow Creek (Jim Walters Resources)
U
LBA (5,658)
AR
Bates (Ouro Mining)
U
LBA (2,430)
CO
King II Mine (GCC Energy)
U
LMA (955)
CO
Bookcliffs
U
LBA (14,098)
CO
New Elk Coal Co
U
LBA (1,440)
CO
Elk Creek (Oxbow Mining)
U
LBA (5,826.92)
CO
Elk Creek (Oxbow Mining)
U
LMA (363.41)
KY
Alma Deep (Czar Coal)
U
LBA (1,542)
MT
Decker (Lighthouse Resources/Ambre
S
LMA (300)
Energy) (MTM 101099)
MT
Decker
S
LBA (2389.95)
MT
Spring Creek Coal Mine (Cloud Peak)
S
LBA (1,600)
LBA (170)
MT
TBD (Cloud Peak Energy)
S
LBA (3,508.31)
ND
Center Mine (BNI)
S
LBA (1,000)
OK
Heavener (Ouro Mining)
U
LBA (5,915.24)
OK
Liberty No. 8 (Farrell Cooper Mining
S
LBA (1,620)
Company) (OKNM124610)
OK
McCurtin (Evans Coal Co) (OKNM127509)
U
LBA (1,300)
OK
Decker Mine (Decker)
S
LBA (67)
OK
Pollyanna (Georges Colliers Inc.) (OKNMU
LBA (790)
134392)
OK
Pollyanna #8 (Georges Colliers Inc.) (OKNMU
LMA (520)
91190)
OK
Milton (Mining System Corp) (OKBLMS
LMA (290)
17902)
OK
Rock Island (Farrell Cooper Mining)
S
LMA (960)
OK
Shady Point/Cavanal (Farrell Cooper Mining
S
LMA (380)
Co)
OK
Heavener (Ouro Mining)
S
LMA (900)
UT
Alton Coal
S
LBA (2,682)
UT
Utah American Energy (Williams Draw)
U
LBA (4,191)
(UTU-080043)
WY
Rawhide
S
LMA (291.0)
WY
Black Butte
S
LMA (450.0)
WY
Belle Ayr West
S
LBA (1,874.27)
WY
West Antelope III
S
LBA (3,508.31)
WY
Haystack
S
LBA (300)
WY
Decker South Extension (Decker Coal
S
LBA (2,375.32)
Company, LLC/Lighthouse Resources, Inc.)
LBA = Lease By Application
LMA = Lease Modification Application

January 15, 2016