Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for Coyote Creek Mining Company's Lease-by-Application NDM 110277, Mercer County, ND, Notice of Public Hearing, and Request for Comment on Environmental Assessment, Maximum Economic Recovery, and Fair Market Value, 26985-26986 [2020-09613]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 88 / Wednesday, May 6, 2020 / Notices
confirm the immigration status of
certain persons applying for specified
licenses and benefits using sponsorship
data, to provide information regarding
use of sponsorship data in deeming and
reimbursement processes. The purpose
for collecting this information is to
support Federal means-tested benefit
granting agencies in the administration
and oversight of their respective benefit
programs as they relate to deeming and
reimbursement processes in order to
better monitor system and information
use, and perform actions to ensure
compliance regarding SAVE program
rules, federal sponsorship requirements,
and deeming and reimbursement
obligations.
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 18, 2019, at 84 FR
69386, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did receive 21
comments in connection with the 60day notice.
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2019–0026 in the search box.
The comments submitted to USCIS via
this method are visible to the Office of
Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR
1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov, and will include
any personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
makes it public. You may wish to
consider limiting the amount of
personal information that you provide
in any voluntary submission you make
to DHS. DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
https://www.regulations.gov.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:08 May 05, 2020
Jkt 250001
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
Dated: May 1, 2020
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2020–09672 Filed 5–5–20; 8:45 am]
PO 00000
Frm 00063
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X.LLMTC03200.L51100000.GA0000.
LVEME19CE830 MO #4500133387]
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for Coyote
Creek Mining Company’s Lease-byApplication NDM 110277, Mercer
County, ND, Notice of Public Hearing,
and Request for Comment on
Environmental Assessment, Maximum
Economic Recovery, and Fair Market
Value
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public
hearing.
AGENCY:
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Sponsor Deeming and Agency
Reimbursement.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: G–1552;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Federal Government;
or State or local Government). The G–
1552 is created to collect information
via Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlements (SAVE) program regarding
actions that agencies adjudicating
federal means-tested public benefits
take to (1) deem sponsor income as part
of applicant income for purposes of
federal means-tested benefits eligibility
and (2) seek reimbursement from
sponsors for the value of federal meanstested public benefits provided to
sponsored applicants.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection G–1552 is 324,737 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
0.042 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 13,639 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $0.
BILLING CODE 9111–97–P
26985
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), North Dakota Field
Office (NDFO) is publishing this notice
to announce that an Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Coyote Creek
Mining Company’s (CCMC) Federal Coal
Lease-by-Application (LBA), serial
number NDM 110277, is available for
public review and comment. The BLM
is also announcing that it will hold a
public hearing by teleconference to
receive comments on the EA, Fair
Market Value (FMV), and Maximum
Economic Recovery (MER) of the coal
resources contained in the proposed
CCMC LBA lease tracts. The Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSMRE) is also accepting
comments on the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analysis regarding the potential Federal
mine plan decision.
DATES: The public hearing by
teleconference will be held from 3:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central time zone) on
May 20, 2020. Written or electronic
comments should be submitted to the
NDFO or postmarked no later than May
29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: A public hearing by
teleconference will be held by calling 1–
800–369–1853 and entering passcode
3787572 when prompted. The
teleconference will convene on May 20,
2020, at 3:00 p.m. (Central time zone)
and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Central
time zone). Please note that any details
and updates made to any aspect of the
hearing will be posted on the BLM
ePlanning web page (https://go.usa.gov/
xVyfF). While the BLM expects the
hearing to go forward as set forth above,
please monitor the ePlanning website or
contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
determine if there are any updates. In
addition, copies of the EA are available
on ePlanning, at the NDFO, and may be
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM
06MYN1
26986
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 88 / Wednesday, May 6, 2020 / Notices
requested by mail, email or phone using
the contacts provided in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
You may submit comments related to
the CCMC EA, FMV and MER by any of
the following methods:
• Email: BLM_MT_North_Dakota_
CoyoteCreekLBA@blm.gov;
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management
North Dakota Field Office, Attention:
Joel Hartmann, Project Lead, 99 23rd
Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND
58601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel
Hartmann, Geologist; telephone: 406–
896–5159; or at the address and email
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 to contact Mr. Hartmann during
normal business hours. The Service is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question for Mr.
Hartmann. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours. If you
have questions regarding the potential
Federal mine plan decision, please
contact Michelle Fishburne at
telephone: 202–208–2982, email:
mfishburne@osmre.gov. If you have
questions regarding attending the
hearing by teleconference, please
contact Al Nash at telephone: 406–896–
5260; email: knash@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 13, 2017, CCMC submitted an
application to lease two 160-acre
Federal coal lease tracts comprising 320
acres, located in Mercer County, North
Dakota. As project co-leads, the BLM
and OSMRE developed the issue-based
EA, which analyzed and disclosed
potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts of leasing and
subsequent mining of the proposed
lease tracts. The tracts are located at the
Coyote Creek Mine and contain about
5.23 million tons of in-place Federal
coal resources. The tracts underlie
private surface and are described as
follows:
Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota
T. 143 N., R. 89 W.,
Sec. 24, SW1/4;
Sec. 26, SE1/4.
The areas described aggregate 320.00 acres.
Through this notice, the BLM is
inviting the public to provide comments
regarding the potential environmental
impacts related to the proposed action,
and to submit comments on the FMV
and the MER for the proposed LBA
tract. The BLM usually holds a public
hearing in the local community where
the tracts are located. However, due to
the COVID–19 National Emergency and
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:08 May 05, 2020
Jkt 250001
the uncertainty of Federal, State, and
local social distancing guidelines, the
BLM and OSRME are holding the public
hearing by teleconference to ensure staff
and interested community members are
able to participate safely. A
stenographer will record the
presentation and comments received
during the teleconference. All public
comments, whether written or oral, will
receive consideration prior to the BLM’s
decision regarding the leasing of the
Federal coal contained in the tracts.
Public comments on the EA should
address the potential environmental
impacts of the proposed action. Public
comments on the FMV and MER for the
proposed lease tracts may address, but
do not necessarily have to be limited to,
the following:
1. The quantity and quality of the
Federal coal resource;
2. The mining method to be employed
to obtain the MER of the coal resource,
including the name of the coal bed(s) to
be mined, timing and rate of production,
restriction of mining, and the inclusion
of the lease tracts into the existing
mining operation;
3. The price that the mined coal
would bring when sold;
4. Costs, including mining and
reclamation, and the anticipated timing
of production;
5. The percentage rate at which
anticipated income streams should be
discounted, either with inflation, or in
the absence of inflation, in which case
the anticipated rate of inflation should
be given;
6. Depreciation, depletion,
amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
7. The value of privately held mineral
or surface estate in the Coyote Creek
Mine area.
Any proprietary information or data
that you submit to the BLM must be
marked as confidential to ensure the
data will be treated in accordance with
the applicable laws and regulations
governing the confidentiality of such
information or data. A copy of the
comments submitted by the public on
the EA, FMV, and MER for the tracts,
except those portions identified as
proprietary and that meet one of the
exemptions in the Freedom of
Information Act, will be available for
public inspection at the BLM, NDFO, 99
23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson,
North Dakota, during regular business
hours (8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Central time
zone), Monday through Friday.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PO 00000
Frm 00064
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, the
BLM cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 3422.1,
3425.3 and 3425.4)
John J. Mehlhoff,
BLM Montana/Dakotas State Director,
Billings, Montana.
[FR Doc. 2020–09613 Filed 5–5–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMTC02200 L14400000.FR0000; MO
#4500143799; MTM 109178]
Notice of Availability/Notice of Realty
Action: Environmental Assessment of
the Direct Sale of the Reversionary
Interest on the Miles Community
College Patent and Draft Resource
Management Plan Amendment to the
2015 Miles City Field Office Resource
Management Plan, Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice
of realty action.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and Section
203 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Montana Miles City
Field Office (MCFO) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) and
proposal to amend the 2015 MCFO
Resource Management Plan (RMP), as
amended. The EA is in response to
Miles Community College’s (MCC)
request for a direct sale of the United
States’ (U.S.) reversionary interest in the
Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP)
Act Patent No. 25–92–0078 for 11.83
acres at fair market value of $272,000,
under the authority of FLPMA. By this
notice, the BLM is announcing the
opening of the comment period on the
EA, realty action, and Draft RMP
amendment.
SUMMARY:
To ensure that comments are
considered, written comments regarding
the EA, realty action, and Draft RMP
amendment must be submitted to the
BLM within 45 days following the date
that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
DATES:
E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM
06MYN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26985-26986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09613]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X.LLMTC03200.L51100000.GA0000. LVEME19CE830 MO #4500133387]
Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for Coyote
Creek Mining Company's Lease-by-Application NDM 110277, Mercer County,
ND, Notice of Public Hearing, and Request for Comment on Environmental
Assessment, Maximum Economic Recovery, and Fair Market Value
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public hearing.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), North Dakota Field Office
(NDFO) is publishing this notice to announce that an Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Coyote Creek Mining Company's (CCMC) Federal Coal
Lease-by-Application (LBA), serial number NDM 110277, is available for
public review and comment. The BLM is also announcing that it will hold
a public hearing by teleconference to receive comments on the EA, Fair
Market Value (FMV), and Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) of the coal
resources contained in the proposed CCMC LBA lease tracts. The Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is also accepting
comments on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis
regarding the potential Federal mine plan decision.
DATES: The public hearing by teleconference will be held from 3:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. (Central time zone) on May 20, 2020. Written or electronic
comments should be submitted to the NDFO or postmarked no later than
May 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: A public hearing by teleconference will be held by calling
1-800-369-1853 and entering passcode 3787572 when prompted. The
teleconference will convene on May 20, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. (Central time
zone) and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Central time zone). Please note
that any details and updates made to any aspect of the hearing will be
posted on the BLM ePlanning web page (https://go.usa.gov/xVyfF). While
the BLM expects the hearing to go forward as set forth above, please
monitor the ePlanning website or contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to determine if there are any
updates. In addition, copies of the EA are available on ePlanning, at
the NDFO, and may be
[[Page 26986]]
requested by mail, email or phone using the contacts provided in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. You may submit comments
related to the CCMC EA, FMV and MER by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected];
Mail: Bureau of Land Management North Dakota Field Office,
Attention: Joel Hartmann, Project Lead, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A,
Dickinson, ND 58601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Hartmann, Geologist; telephone:
406-896-5159; or at the address and email provided in the ADDRESSES
section. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Mr.
Hartmann during normal business hours. The Service is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr.
Hartmann. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. If you
have questions regarding the potential Federal mine plan decision,
please contact Michelle Fishburne at telephone: 202-208-2982, email:
[email protected]. If you have questions regarding attending the
hearing by teleconference, please contact Al Nash at telephone: 406-
896-5260; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 13, 2017, CCMC submitted an
application to lease two 160-acre Federal coal lease tracts comprising
320 acres, located in Mercer County, North Dakota. As project co-leads,
the BLM and OSMRE developed the issue-based EA, which analyzed and
disclosed potential direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of leasing
and subsequent mining of the proposed lease tracts. The tracts are
located at the Coyote Creek Mine and contain about 5.23 million tons of
in-place Federal coal resources. The tracts underlie private surface
and are described as follows:
Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota
T. 143 N., R. 89 W.,
Sec. 24, SW1/4;
Sec. 26, SE1/4.
The areas described aggregate 320.00 acres.
Through this notice, the BLM is inviting the public to provide
comments regarding the potential environmental impacts related to the
proposed action, and to submit comments on the FMV and the MER for the
proposed LBA tract. The BLM usually holds a public hearing in the local
community where the tracts are located. However, due to the COVID-19
National Emergency and the uncertainty of Federal, State, and local
social distancing guidelines, the BLM and OSRME are holding the public
hearing by teleconference to ensure staff and interested community
members are able to participate safely. A stenographer will record the
presentation and comments received during the teleconference. All
public comments, whether written or oral, will receive consideration
prior to the BLM's decision regarding the leasing of the Federal coal
contained in the tracts.
Public comments on the EA should address the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed action. Public comments on the
FMV and MER for the proposed lease tracts may address, but do not
necessarily have to be limited to, the following:
1. The quantity and quality of the Federal coal resource;
2. The mining method to be employed to obtain the MER of the coal
resource, including the name of the coal bed(s) to be mined, timing and
rate of production, restriction of mining, and the inclusion of the
lease tracts into the existing mining operation;
3. The price that the mined coal would bring when sold;
4. Costs, including mining and reclamation, and the anticipated
timing of production;
5. The percentage rate at which anticipated income streams should
be discounted, either with inflation, or in the absence of inflation,
in which case the anticipated rate of inflation should be given;
6. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and other tax accounting
factors;
7. The value of privately held mineral or surface estate in the
Coyote Creek Mine area.
Any proprietary information or data that you submit to the BLM must
be marked as confidential to ensure the data will be treated in
accordance with the applicable laws and regulations governing the
confidentiality of such information or data. A copy of the comments
submitted by the public on the EA, FMV, and MER for the tracts, except
those portions identified as proprietary and that meet one of the
exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act, will be available for
public inspection at the BLM, NDFO, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A,
Dickinson, North Dakota, during regular business hours (8:00 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Central time zone), Monday through Friday.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, the BLM cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 3422.1, 3425.3 and 3425.4)
John J. Mehlhoff,
BLM Montana/Dakotas State Director, Billings, Montana.
[FR Doc. 2020-09613 Filed 5-5-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-DN-P
