{"abstract":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announce that a draft environmental assessment (EA) is available. The draft EA analyzes the Navajo Transitional Energy Company's Federal coal lease modification application (LMA), serial number MTM 110693, and lease-by-application (LBA) and mining plan, MTM 105485-01, for Spring Creek Mine. The BLM also announces that a public hearing will be held to receive comments on the Fair Market Value (FMV), Maximum Economic Recovery (MER), and on factors that may affect the FMV and MER determinations of the coal resources contained in the proposed LBA lease tracts. The BLM and OSMRE take these actions in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended; the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended; and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended.","action":"Notice of availability and public hearing.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2025/08/15/2025-15515.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"90 FR 39416","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The draft EA will be available on August 15, 2025. A public hearing will be held on Friday, August 15, 2025, from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Mountain Time (MT).","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["A2407-014-004-065516","#O2412-014-004-047181.1"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2025-15515","effective_on":null,"end_page":39417,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2025/08/15/2025-15515.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/15/2025-15515/draft-environmental-assessment-public-hearing-and-request-for-comment-on-maximum-economic-recovery","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2025-15515?publication_date=2025-08-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2025-08-15/2025-15515/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":170,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 14:15:12 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/pdf/2025-15515.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15515.pdf?1755101708","publication_date":"2025-08-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2025/08/15/2025-15515.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2025-08-15T08:18:23Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":39416,"subtype":null,"title":"Draft Environmental Assessment, Public Hearing, and Request for Comment on Maximum Economic Recovery and Fair Market Value for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company Proposed Federal Coal Lease Modification for MTM 110693 and Lease-By-Application and Mining Plan for MTM 105485-01, Big Horn County, MT","toc_doc":"Public Hearing, and Request for Comment on Maximum Economic Recovery and Fair Market Value for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company Proposed Federal Coal Lease Modification for MTM 110693 and Lease-By-Application and Mining Plan for MTM 10548501, Big Horn County, MT","toc_subject":"Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":90}