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Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 936
[SATS No. OK–037–FOR; Docket ID: OSM–
2015–0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000
167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000
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Oklahoma Regulatory Program
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment
period and opportunity for public
hearing on proposed amendment.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
We, the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a
proposed amendment to the Oklahoma
regulatory program (Oklahoma program)
under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the
Act). Oklahoma proposes revisions to its
regulations regarding: Permit eligibility
for permits with violations on lands
eligible for remining; permit suspension
or rescission posting locations and
appeal procedures; requiring GPS
coordinates for aspects of permit maps;
topsoil removal distances; blasting
records requirements; annual reporting
requirements; temporary cessation of
operations requirements; casing and
sealing temporary underground
openings; right of entry requirements;
surface drainage associated with auger
mining; correcting reference errors;
updating addresses; and correcting
spelling and grammatical errors.
Oklahoma intends to revise its program
to be no less effective than the Federal
regulations and to improve operational
efficiency.
This document gives the times and
locations that the Oklahoma program
and this proposed amendment to that
program are available for your
inspection, the comment period during
which you may submit written
comments on the amendment, and the
procedures that we will follow for the
public hearing, if one is requested.
DATES: We will accept written
comments on this amendment until 4:00
p.m., central time, March 9, 2016. If
requested, we will hold a public hearing
on the amendment on March 4, 2016.
We will accept requests to speak at a
hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on
February 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by SATS No. OK–037–FOR,
by any of the following methods:
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Director, Tulsa
Field Office, Office of Surface Mining
SUMMARY:
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Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645
South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145,
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629.
• Fax: (918) 581–6419.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: The
amendment has been assigned Docket
ID OSM–2015–0006. If you would like
to submit comments go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. For
detailed instructions on submitting
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
Docket: For access to the docket to
review copies of the Oklahoma program,
this amendment, a listing of any
scheduled public hearings, and all
written comments received in response
to this document, you must go to the
address listed below during normal
business hours, Monday through Friday,
excluding holidays. You may receive
one free copy of the amendment by
contacting OSMRE’s Tulsa Field Office
or the full text of the program
amendment is available for you to read
at www.regulations.gov.
Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field
Office, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645
South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145,
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629.
Telephone: (918) 581–6430.
Email: eramsey@osmre.gov.
In addition, you may review a copy of
the amendment during regular business
hours at the following location:
Oklahoma Department of Mines, 2915
N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73106–5406.
Telephone: (405) 427–3859.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field
Office. Telephone: (918) 581–6430.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Oklahoma Program
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations
I. Background on the Oklahoma
Program
Section 503(a) of the Act permits a
State to assume primacy for the
regulation of surface coal mining and
reclamation operations on non-Federal
and non-Indian lands within its borders
by demonstrating that its program
includes, among other things, ‘‘. . .
State law which provides for the
regulation of surface coal mining and
reclamation operations in accordance
with the requirements of this Act . . .;
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and rules and regulations consistent
with regulations issued by the Secretary
pursuant to this Act.’’ See 30 U.S.C.
1253(a)(1) and (7). On the basis of these
criteria, the Secretary of the Interior
conditionally approved the Oklahoma
program on January 19, 1981. You can
find background information on the
Oklahoma program, including the
Secretary’s findings, the disposition of
comments, and the conditions of
approval of the Oklahoma program in
the January 19, 1981, Federal Register
(46 FR 4902). You can also find later
actions concerning the Oklahoma
program and program amendments at 30
CFR 936.10, 936.15, and 936.16.
II. Description of the Proposed
Amendment
By letter dated September 25, 2015
(Administrative Record No. OK–1003),
Oklahoma sent us an amendment to its
program under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201
et seq.). Oklahoma submitted the
proposed amendment on its own
initiative. Below is a summary of
Oklahoma’s proposed changes. The full
text of the program amendment is
available for you to read at the locations
listed above under ADDRESSES or at
www.regulations.gov.
Oklahoma proposes to make
substantive changes to Title 460.
Department of Mines: Chapter 20, The
Permanent Regulations Governing the
Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, in the
following subchapters. Additionally,
Oklahoma plans on making several nonsubstantive changes throughout its
regulations regarding updating
addresses, correcting reference errors,
grammatical corrections, and spelling
errors.
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1. Subchapter 15. Requirements for
Permits and Permit Processing
Oklahoma proposes to revoke section
460:20–15–6.7(a)(2)(A) regarding
permits issued before September 30,
2004.
Oklahoma proposes to add new a
requirement that suspension or
rescission notices be posted at the field
office closest to the permit area at
460:20–15–10.1(c)(2)
Oklahoma proposes to clarify the
suspension and rescission appeal
process at 460:20–15–10.1(d) and (e).
2. Subchapter 29. Underground Mining
Permit Applications: Minimum
Requirements for Information on
Environmental Resources
Oklahoma proposes to add the
requirements for GPS coordinates for
each building on permit application
maps at section 460:20–29–10(4).
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Oklahoma proposes to add the
permitting requirement to list the depth
to mined coal in section 460:20–29–
11(a)(5).
3. Subchapter 43. Permanent Program
Performance Standards: Surface Mining
Standards
Oklahoma proposes to add language
regarding minimum topsoil removal
distance from the active pit in section
460:20–43–7(a)(1).
Oklahoma proposes to add new
language regarding blasting records in
section 460:20–43–23.
Oklahoma proposes to add new
language regarding annual reporting
requirements for contemporaneous
reclamation in section 460:20–43–37(2).
Oklahoma proposes to add new
language regarding qualification
standards for temporary cessation of
operations in section 460:20–43–49(a)
and (c).
4. Subchapter 45. Permanent Program
Performance Standards: Underground
Mining Activities
Oklahoma proposes to add language
regarding casing and sealing
underground openings during
temporary cessation of operations in
section 460:20–45–5(c).
Oklahoma proposes to add language
regarding right of entry information in
section 460:20–45–17(b).
5. Subchapter 47. Special Permanent
Program Performance Standards: Auger
Mining
Oklahoma proposes to add new
language regarding surface drainage
during auger mining operations in
section 460:20–47–4(d).
III. Public Comment Procedures
Under the provisions of 30 CFR
732.17(h), we are seeking your
comments on whether the amendment
satisfies the applicable program
approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If we
approve the amendment, it will become
part of the State program.
Electronic or Written Comments
If you submit written comments, they
should be specific, confined to issues
pertinent to the proposed regulations,
and explain the reason for any
recommended change(s). We appreciate
any and all comments, but those most
useful and likely to influence decisions
on the final regulations will be those
that either involve personal experience
or include citations to and analyses of
SMCRA, its legislative history, its
implementing regulations, case law,
other pertinent State or Federal laws or
regulations, technical literature, or other
relevant publications.
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We cannot ensure that comments
received after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or sent to an address
other than those listed (see ADDRESSES)
will be included in the docket for this
rulemaking and considered.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment including
your personally identifiable
information, may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
us in your comment to withhold your
personally identifiable information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Public Hearing
If you wish to speak at the public
hearing, contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by
4:00 p.m., central time on February 23,
2016. If you are disabled and need
reasonable accommodations to attend a
public hearing, contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. We will arrange the location
and time of the hearing with those
persons requesting the hearing. If no one
requests an opportunity to speak, we
will not hold a hearing.
To assist the transcriber and ensure an
accurate record, we request, if possible,
that each person who speaks at the
public hearing provide us with a written
copy of his or her comments. The public
hearing will continue on the specified
date until everyone scheduled to speak
has been given an opportunity to be
heard. If you are in the audience and
have not been scheduled to speak and
wish to do so, you will be allowed to
speak after those who have been
scheduled. We will end the hearing after
everyone scheduled to speak and others
present in the audience who wish to
speak, have been heard.
Public Meeting
If only one person requests an
opportunity to speak, we may hold a
public meeting rather than a public
hearing. If you wish to meet with us to
discuss the amendment, please request
a meeting by contacting the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All such meetings are open to
the public and, if possible, we will post
notices of meetings at the locations
listed under ADDRESSES. We will make
a written summary of each meeting a
part of the administrative record.
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IV. Procedural Determinations
Executive Order 12866—Regulatory
Planning and Review
This rule is exempted from review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under Executive Order 12866.
Other Laws and Executive Orders
Affecting Rulemaking
When a State submits a program
amendment to OSMRE for review, our
regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require
us to publish a notice in the Federal
Register indicating receipt of the
proposed amendment, its text or a
summary of its terms, and an
opportunity for public comment. We
conclude our review of the proposed
amendment after the close of the public
comment period and determine whether
the amendment should be approved,
approved in part, or not approved. At
that time, we will also make the
determinations and certifications
required by the various laws and
executive orders governing the
rulemaking process and include them in
the final rule.
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 936
Intergovernmental relations, Surface
mining, Underground mining.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Ervin J. Barchenger,
Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.
Note: This document was received by the
Office the Federal Register on February 3,
2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 946
[SATS No. VA–127–FOR; Docket ID: OSM–
2015–0003; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000
67F 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000
SX064A000 33F 16XS501520]
Virginia Regulatory Program
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the
public comment period.
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AGENCY:
We are reopening the public
comment period on the proposed
amendment to the Virginia regulatory
program (the Virginia program)
published on October 22, 2015. The
comment period is being reopened in
order to afford the public more time to
comment. Virginia is proposing to revise
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its regulations in light of legislative
changes made by the General Assembly
of Virginia. If approved, the proposed
amendment would incorporate these
legislative changes into the approved
State program. Additionally, the state
regulations would be amended to revise
the language of the public participation
regulations to clarify proof of
publication, remove the self-bonding
instrument, and remove duplicate pool
bond regulations already addressed
under the Code of Virginia.
DATES: We will accept written
comments on this amendment until 4:00
p.m., Eastern Standard Time (E.S.T.),
March 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by SATS No. VA–127–FOR,
Docket ID: OSM–2015–003 by any of the
following methods:
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mr. Earl
Bandy, Field Office Director, Knoxville
Field Office, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 710
Locust Street, 2nd Floor, Knoxville,
Tennessee 37902.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. For
detailed instructions on submitting
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of the proposed rule published
in the Federal Register on October 22,
2015, (80 FR 63933).
Docket: For access to the docket to
review copies of the Virginia program,
this amendment, a listing of any
scheduled public hearings, and all
written comments received in response
to this document, you must go to the
address listed below during normal
business hours, Monday through Friday,
excluding holidays. You may receive
one free copy of the amendment by
contacting OSMRE’s Knoxville Field
Office or the full text of the program
amendment is available for you to read
at www.regulations.gov.
Mr. Earl Bandy, Field Office Director,
Knoxville Field Office, Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, 710 Locust Street, 2nd
Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
Telephone: (865) 545–4103 ext 186.
Email: ebandy@osmre.gov.
In addition, you may review a copy of
the amendment during regular business
hours at the following location: Mr.
Harve A. Mooney, Legal Services
Officer, Virginia Department of Mines,
Minerals and Energy, 3405 Mountain
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Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
24219. Telephone: (276) 523–8271.
Email: harve.mooney@
dmme.virginia.gov.
Mr.
Earl Bandy, Field Office Director,
Knoxville Field Office. Telephone: (865)
545–4103 ext 186. Email: ebandy@
osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On
October 22, 2015, we published a
proposed rule in the Federal Register
that would revise the Virginia program
(80 FR 63933) (Administrative Record
No. VA 2026). The amendment involves
statutory provisions of the Virginia Coal
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1979 (VASMCRA)
and regulation changes that revise the
language of the public participation
regulations to clarify proof of
publication, remove the self-bonding
instrument, and remove duplicate pool
bond regulations already addressed
under the Code of Virginia.
On November 18, 2015, we received
a request from an attorney representing
Southern Appalachian Mountain
Stewards and the Sierra Club to extend
the public comment period
(Administrative Record No. VA 2027).
We are granting the request to afford the
public more time to comment on the
amendment.
The full text of the program
amendment is available for you to read
at the locations listed above under
ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 9, 2015.
Thomas D. Shope,
Regional Director, Appalachian Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 17
RIN 2900–AP42
Prescriptions in Alaska and U.S.
Territories and Possessions
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is proposing to remove its
medical regulation that governs
medications provided in Alaska and
territories and possessions of the United
States because this regulation is
otherwise subsumed by another VA
medical regulation related to provision
of medications that are prescribed by
non-VA providers.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 936
[SATS No. OK-037-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2015-0006; S1D1S SS08011000
SX064A000 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 16XS501520]
Oklahoma Regulatory Program
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public
hearing on proposed amendment.
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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma
regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Oklahoma proposes
revisions to its regulations regarding: Permit eligibility for permits
with violations on lands eligible for remining; permit suspension or
rescission posting locations and appeal procedures; requiring GPS
coordinates for aspects of permit maps; topsoil removal distances;
blasting records requirements; annual reporting requirements; temporary
cessation of operations requirements; casing and sealing temporary
underground openings; right of entry requirements; surface drainage
associated with auger mining; correcting reference errors; updating
addresses; and correcting spelling and grammatical errors. Oklahoma
intends to revise its program to be no less effective than the Federal
regulations and to improve operational efficiency.
This document gives the times and locations that the Oklahoma
program and this proposed amendment to that program are available for
your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written
comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for
the public hearing, if one is requested.
DATES: We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00
p.m., central time, March 9, 2016. If requested, we will hold a public
hearing on the amendment on March 4, 2016. We will accept requests to
speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on February 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by SATS No. OK-037-FOR,
by any of the following methods:
Mail/Hand Delivery: Director, Tulsa Field Office, Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645 South 101st East
Avenue, Suite 145, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-4629.
Fax: (918) 581-6419.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: The amendment has been
assigned Docket ID OSM-2015-0006. If you would like to submit comments
go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking
process, see the ``Public Comment Procedures'' heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: For access to the docket to review copies of the Oklahoma
program, this amendment, a listing of any scheduled public hearings,
and all written comments received in response to this document, you
must go to the address listed below during normal business hours,
Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. You may receive one free
copy of the amendment by contacting OSMRE's Tulsa Field Office or the
full text of the program amendment is available for you to read at
www.regulations.gov.
Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field Office, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Suite
145, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-4629.
Telephone: (918) 581-6430.
Email: eramsey@osmre.gov.
In addition, you may review a copy of the amendment during regular
business hours at the following location: Oklahoma Department of Mines,
2915 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106-5406.
Telephone: (405) 427-3859.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field
Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Oklahoma Program
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations
I. Background on the Oklahoma Program
Section 503(a) of the Act permits a State to assume primacy for the
regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on non-
Federal and non-Indian lands within its borders by demonstrating that
its program includes, among other things, ``. . . State law which
provides for the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation
operations in accordance with the requirements of this Act . . .;
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and rules and regulations consistent with regulations issued by the
Secretary pursuant to this Act.'' See 30 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1) and (7). On
the basis of these criteria, the Secretary of the Interior
conditionally approved the Oklahoma program on January 19, 1981. You
can find background information on the Oklahoma program, including the
Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and the conditions
of approval of the Oklahoma program in the January 19, 1981, Federal
Register (46 FR 4902). You can also find later actions concerning the
Oklahoma program and program amendments at 30 CFR 936.10, 936.15, and
936.16.
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
By letter dated September 25, 2015 (Administrative Record No. OK-
1003), Oklahoma sent us an amendment to its program under SMCRA (30
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Oklahoma submitted the proposed amendment on its
own initiative. Below is a summary of Oklahoma's proposed changes. The
full text of the program amendment is available for you to read at the
locations listed above under ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov.
Oklahoma proposes to make substantive changes to Title 460.
Department of Mines: Chapter 20, The Permanent Regulations Governing
the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, in the following subchapters.
Additionally, Oklahoma plans on making several non-substantive changes
throughout its regulations regarding updating addresses, correcting
reference errors, grammatical corrections, and spelling errors.
1. Subchapter 15. Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing
Oklahoma proposes to revoke section 460:20-15-6.7(a)(2)(A)
regarding permits issued before September 30, 2004.
Oklahoma proposes to add new a requirement that suspension or
rescission notices be posted at the field office closest to the permit
area at 460:20-15-10.1(c)(2)
Oklahoma proposes to clarify the suspension and rescission appeal
process at 460:20-15-10.1(d) and (e).
2. Subchapter 29. Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum
Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
Oklahoma proposes to add the requirements for GPS coordinates for
each building on permit application maps at section 460:20-29-10(4).
Oklahoma proposes to add the permitting requirement to list the
depth to mined coal in section 460:20-29-11(a)(5).
3. Subchapter 43. Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface
Mining Standards
Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding minimum topsoil removal
distance from the active pit in section 460:20-43-7(a)(1).
Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding blasting records in
section 460:20-43-23.
Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding annual reporting
requirements for contemporaneous reclamation in section 460:20-43-
37(2).
Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding qualification
standards for temporary cessation of operations in section 460:20-43-
49(a) and (c).
4. Subchapter 45. Permanent Program Performance Standards: Underground
Mining Activities
Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding casing and sealing
underground openings during temporary cessation of operations in
section 460:20-45-5(c).
Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding right of entry
information in section 460:20-45-17(b).
5. Subchapter 47. Special Permanent Program Performance Standards:
Auger Mining
Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding surface drainage
during auger mining operations in section 460:20-47-4(d).
III. Public Comment Procedures
Under the provisions of 30 CFR 732.17(h), we are seeking your
comments on whether the amendment satisfies the applicable program
approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If we approve the amendment, it
will become part of the State program.
Electronic or Written Comments
If you submit written comments, they should be specific, confined
to issues pertinent to the proposed regulations, and explain the reason
for any recommended change(s). We appreciate any and all comments, but
those most useful and likely to influence decisions on the final
regulations will be those that either involve personal experience or
include citations to and analyses of SMCRA, its legislative history,
its implementing regulations, case law, other pertinent State or
Federal laws or regulations, technical literature, or other relevant
publications.
We cannot ensure that comments received after the close of the
comment period (see DATES) or sent to an address other than those
listed (see ADDRESSES) will be included in the docket for this
rulemaking and considered.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment including your personally
identifiable information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personally
identifiable information from public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Public Hearing
If you wish to speak at the public hearing, contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 4:00 p.m., central time
on February 23, 2016. If you are disabled and need reasonable
accommodations to attend a public hearing, contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. We will arrange the location and
time of the hearing with those persons requesting the hearing. If no
one requests an opportunity to speak, we will not hold a hearing.
To assist the transcriber and ensure an accurate record, we
request, if possible, that each person who speaks at the public hearing
provide us with a written copy of his or her comments. The public
hearing will continue on the specified date until everyone scheduled to
speak has been given an opportunity to be heard. If you are in the
audience and have not been scheduled to speak and wish to do so, you
will be allowed to speak after those who have been scheduled. We will
end the hearing after everyone scheduled to speak and others present in
the audience who wish to speak, have been heard.
Public Meeting
If only one person requests an opportunity to speak, we may hold a
public meeting rather than a public hearing. If you wish to meet with
us to discuss the amendment, please request a meeting by contacting the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All such meetings
are open to the public and, if possible, we will post notices of
meetings at the locations listed under ADDRESSES. We will make a
written summary of each meeting a part of the administrative record.
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IV. Procedural Determinations
Executive Order 12866--Regulatory Planning and Review
This rule is exempted from review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 12866.
Other Laws and Executive Orders Affecting Rulemaking
When a State submits a program amendment to OSMRE for review, our
regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require us to publish a notice in the
Federal Register indicating receipt of the proposed amendment, its text
or a summary of its terms, and an opportunity for public comment. We
conclude our review of the proposed amendment after the close of the
public comment period and determine whether the amendment should be
approved, approved in part, or not approved. At that time, we will also
make the determinations and certifications required by the various laws
and executive orders governing the rulemaking process and include them
in the final rule.
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 936
Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Ervin J. Barchenger,
Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.
Note: This document was received by the Office the Federal
Register on February 3, 2016.
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