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Issued in Washington, DC.
George Gonzalez,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations
Group.
Dated: April 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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the proposed regulations, Juli Ro Kim, at
(202) 317–6859 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM20–16–000]
Managing Transmission Line Ratings;
Correction
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;
correction.
AGENCY:
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission published a
notice of proposed rulemaking in the
Federal Register of January 21, 2021,
seeking comments on reforming both
the pro forma Open Access
Transmission Tariff and the
Commission’s regulations under the
Federal Power Act to improve the
accuracy and transparency of
transmission line ratings. As published
in the Federal Register, the paragraph
number for paragraph 66 was
incorrectly omitted and all paragraphs
subsequent to paragraph 66 were
incorrectly numbered. This correction
corrects the paragraph numbers.
DATES: The comments were due March
22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Stroschein, Office of the General
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502–8099
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of January 21,
2021 at 86 FR 6420 in FR Doc. 2020–
26107, on page 6430, in the first
column, correct the paragraph that
begins ‘‘NRECA states that while it
would support a reasoned approach to
implementing transmission line rating
changes, it does not support a
Commission mandate to implement
either AARs or DLRs . . . .’’ by
inserting paragraph number 66 at the
beginning of that paragraph. Further,
amend each paragraph number
subsequent to corrected paragraph
number 66 in the notice of proposed
rulemaking so as to display them in an
accurate numerical order.
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The proposed regulations that are the
subject of this correction are under
section 6103 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Internal Revenue Service
Need for Correction
26 CFR Part 300
As published, the notice of proposed
regulations (REG–114615–16) contains
an error that needs to be corrected.
[REG–114615–16]
18 CFR Part 35
Background
RIN 1545–BP75
Correction of Publication
User Fee for Estate Tax Closing Letter;
Correction
■
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to a notice of
proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
This document contains a
correction to a notice of proposed
rulemaking (REG–114615–16) that was
published in the Federal Register on
December 31, 2020. The proposed
regulations establishing a new user fee
for authorized persons who wish to
request the issuance of IRS Letter 627,
also referred to as an estate tax closing
letter.
DATES: Written or electronic comments
and requests for a public hearing are
still being accepted and must be
received by March 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are strongly
encouraged to submit public comments
electronically. Submit electronic
submissions via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov (indicate IRS and
REG–114615–16) by following the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, comments
cannot be edited or withdrawn. The IRS
expects to have limited personnel
available to process public comments
that are submitted on paper through
mail. The Department of the Treasury
(the ‘‘Treasury Department’’) and the
IRS will publish for public availability
any comment submitted electronically,
and to the extent practicable on paper,
submissions to: CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–
114615–16), Room 5203, Internal
Revenue Service, P.O. Box 7604, Ben
Franklin Station, Washington, DC
20044.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concerning submissions of comments
and/or requests for a public hearing,
Regina Johnson, at (202) 317–5177;
concerning cost methodology, Michael
Weber, at (202) 803–9738; concerning
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Accordingly, the notice of proposed
rulemaking (REG–114615–16) that is the
subject of FR Doc. 2020–28931,
published on December 31, 2020 at (85
FR 86871), is corrected to read as
follows:
On page 86876, in the first column,
the second line under the caption
‘‘Statement of Availability of IRS
Documents,’’ the language ‘‘Rulings
notices’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Rulings,
Notices’’.
Crystal Pemberton,
Senior Federal Register Liaison, Legal
Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel,
(Procedure and Administration).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 943
[SATS No. TX–072–FOR; Docket ID: OSM–
2020–0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000
212S180110; S2D2S SS08011000
SX064A000 21XS501520]
Texas 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:
We, the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a
proposed amendment to the Texas
regulatory program (Texas program)
under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the
Act). Texas proposes administrative
revisions to its regulations to update,
correct, and clarify existing rules. These
proposals change language to gender
neutral, update terms and definitions for
consistency with existing Federal and
SUMMARY:
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State regulations, and correct references
internal and external to the document.
This document gives the times and
locations where the Texas program
documents and this proposed
amendment to that program are
available for your inspection,
establishes the comment period during
which you may submit written
comments on the amendment, and
describes the procedures that we will
follow for the public hearing, if one is
requested.
In addition, you may review a copy of
the amendment during regular business
hours at the following location:
Surface Mining and Reclamation
Division, Railroad Commission of
Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue,
P.O. Box 12967, Austin, Texas 78711–
2967, Telephone: (512) 463–6900
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph R. Maki, Director, Tulsa Field
Office. Telephone: (918) 581–6430,
email: jmaki@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We will accept written
comments on this amendment until 4:00
p.m., CDT, May 24, 2021. If requested,
we will hold a public hearing on the
amendment on May 17, 2021. We will
accept requests to speak at a hearing
until 4:00 p.m., CDT on May 7, 2021.
I. Background on the Texas Program
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations
DATES:
You may submit comments,
identified by SATS No. TX–072–FOR,
by any of the following methods:
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Joseph R.
Maki, 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–2020–0006. 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 Texas 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
review at www.regulations.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Joseph R. Maki, 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:
jmaki@osmre.gov
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I. Background on the Texas 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 laws
and regulations that govern surface coal
mining and reclamation operations in
accordance with the Act and consistent
with the Federal regulations. See 30
U.S.C. 1253(a)(1) and (7). On the basis
of these criteria, the Secretary of the
Interior conditionally approved the
Texas program effective February 16,
1980. You can find background
information on the Texas program,
including the Secretary’s findings, the
disposition of comments, and the
conditions of approval of the Texas
program in the Federal Register, 45 FR
12998 (February 27, 1980). You can also
find later actions concerning the Texas
program and program amendments at 30
CFR 943.10, 943.15, and 943.16.
II. Description of the Proposed
Amendment
By letter dated August 28, 2020
(Administrative Record No. TX–708),
Texas sent us an amendment to its
program under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201
et seq.) at its own initiative. Texas
proposes to revise its regulations at 16
Texas Administrative Code (TAC)
section 12 to update, clarify, and correct
existing rules.
1. Changes to §§ 12.3(89), 12.3(122),
and 12.679 make the language gender
neutral.
2. Twenty changes within the
document were made to update terms
for consistency with the relevant Texas
licensing boards. ‘‘Registered
professional engineer’’ and ‘‘geologist’’
are no longer used.
3. Changes in § 12.4 ensure that the
regulation is consistent with the Texas
Administrative Procedure Act (Texas
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Government Code Chapter 2001), which
requires a written decision within 60
days from receipt of the petition, rather
than 90 days as required by the Railroad
Commission of Texas’s current rule and
the Federal counterpart.
4. Changes to § 12.106(b), so that an
application for renewal is filed at least
120 days before the expiration of the
permit and is better aligned with the
Federal counterpart regulation and State
statute.
5. The clarifying change to § 12.108
ensures that permits are updated to
reflect current bonded acreage after a
hearing to release acreage from
reclamation.
6. Changes to §§ 12.121 and 12.161
add a requirement to provide the
permit’s expiration date.
The full text of the program
amendment is available for you to read
at the locations listed above under
ADDRESSES.
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 Texas 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 program 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
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, we
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Public Hearing
If you wish to request or speak at a
public hearing, contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by 4:00 p.m., CDT on May 7,
2021. 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
IV. Procedural Determinations
Executive Order 12866—Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563—Improving Regulation
and Regulatory Review
Executive Order 12866 provides that
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs in the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) will review all significant
rules. Pursuant to OMB guidance, dated
October 12, 1993, the approval of state
program amendments is exempted from
OMB review under Executive Order
12866. Executive Order 13563, which
reaffirms and supplements Executive
Order 12866, retains this exemption.
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List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 943
Intergovernmental relations, Surface
mining, Underground mining.
Alfred L. Clayborne,
Regional Director, Interior Regions 3, 4 and
6.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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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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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.
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[EPA–R04–OAR–2019–0618 and EPA–R04–
OAR–2019–0619; FRL–10022–87–Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; TN; Removal of
Vehicle I/M Program; Middle
Tennessee Area and Hamilton County
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
Through this supplemental
notice of proposed rulemaking
(‘‘supplemental proposal’’ or
‘‘SNPRM’’), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
public comment on the Agency’s
additional and clarified technical
rationale related to the proposed
approval of Tennessee’s February 26,
2020, state implementation plan (SIP)
revisions requesting the removal of
Tennessee’s motor vehicle inspection
and maintenance (I/M) program
requirements for Davidson, Sumner,
Rutherford, Williamson, and Wilson
Counties in Tennessee (also known as
the Middle Tennessee Area) and
Hamilton County (also known as the
Chattanooga Area), from the federallyapproved SIP. Specifically, EPA
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proposes to affirm that the Hamilton
County and Middle Tennessee areas
would continue to attain and maintain
the national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS or standards) after
removal of the I/M program, and to rely
on an emissions inventory comparison
to inform its determination that both
areas would continue to attain and
maintain the ozone and carbon
monoxide (CO) NAAQS. EPA is further
proposing to conclude that the removal
of the I/M program will not interfere
with other states’ ability to attain and
maintain the 2008 ozone NAAQS under
the good neighbor provision of the
Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and
providing additional information related
to that conclusion. EPA is now taking
comment on the use of this comparison
and additional information in this
supplemental proposal.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2019–0618 (Middle Tennessee
Area) or EPA–R04–OAR–2019–0619
(Hamilton County), at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public dockets. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Air Planning
and Implementation Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, Region 4, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia
30303–8960. The telephone number is
(404) 562–9040. Ms. Benjamin can also
be reached via electronic mail at
benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[FR Doc No: 2021-08331]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 943
[SATS No. TX-072-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2020-0006; S1D1S SS08011000
SX064A000 212S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 21XS501520]
Texas 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 Texas
regulatory program (Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Texas proposes
administrative revisions to its regulations to update, correct, and
clarify existing rules. These proposals change language to gender
neutral, update terms and definitions for consistency with existing
Federal and
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State regulations, and correct references internal and external to the
document.
This document gives the times and locations where the Texas program
documents and this proposed amendment to that program are available for
your inspection, establishes the comment period during which you may
submit written comments on the amendment, and describes 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., CDT, May 24, 2021. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on
the amendment on May 17, 2021. We will accept requests to speak at a
hearing until 4:00 p.m., CDT on May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by SATS No. TX-072-FOR,
by any of the following methods:
Mail/Hand Delivery: Joseph R. Maki, 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-2020-0006. 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 Texas
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 review at
www.regulations.gov.
Joseph R. Maki, 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:
[email protected]
In addition, you may review a copy of the amendment during regular
business hours at the following location:
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Railroad Commission of Texas,
1701 North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 12967, Austin, Texas 78711-2967,
Telephone: (512) 463-6900
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph R. Maki, Director, Tulsa Field
Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Texas Program
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations
I. Background on the Texas 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 laws and regulations
that govern surface coal mining and reclamation operations in
accordance with the Act and consistent with the Federal regulations.
See 30 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1) and (7). On the basis of these criteria, the
Secretary of the Interior conditionally approved the Texas program
effective February 16, 1980. You can find background information on the
Texas program, including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of
comments, and the conditions of approval of the Texas program in the
Federal Register, 45 FR 12998 (February 27, 1980). You can also find
later actions concerning the Texas program and program amendments at 30
CFR 943.10, 943.15, and 943.16.
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
By letter dated August 28, 2020 (Administrative Record No. TX-708),
Texas sent us an amendment to its program under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201
et seq.) at its own initiative. Texas proposes to revise its
regulations at 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) section 12 to update,
clarify, and correct existing rules.
1. Changes to Sec. Sec. 12.3(89), 12.3(122), and 12.679 make the
language gender neutral.
2. Twenty changes within the document were made to update terms for
consistency with the relevant Texas licensing boards. ``Registered
professional engineer'' and ``geologist'' are no longer used.
3. Changes in Sec. 12.4 ensure that the regulation is consistent
with the Texas Administrative Procedure Act (Texas Government Code
Chapter 2001), which requires a written decision within 60 days from
receipt of the petition, rather than 90 days as required by the
Railroad Commission of Texas's current rule and the Federal
counterpart.
4. Changes to Sec. 12.106(b), so that an application for renewal
is filed at least 120 days before the expiration of the permit and is
better aligned with the Federal counterpart regulation and State
statute.
5. The clarifying change to Sec. 12.108 ensures that permits are
updated to reflect current bonded acreage after a hearing to release
acreage from reclamation.
6. Changes to Sec. Sec. 12.121 and 12.161 add a requirement to
provide the permit's expiration date.
The full text of the program amendment is available for you to read
at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES.
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 Texas 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
program 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 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, we
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Public Hearing
If you wish to request or speak at a public hearing, contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 4:00 p.m., CDT
on May 7, 2021. 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.
IV. Procedural Determinations
Executive Order 12866--Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563--Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
Executive Order 12866 provides that the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will
review all significant rules. Pursuant to OMB guidance, dated October
12, 1993, the approval of state program amendments is exempted from OMB
review under Executive Order 12866. Executive Order 13563, which
reaffirms and supplements Executive Order 12866, retains this
exemption.
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 943
Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.
Alfred L. Clayborne,
Regional Director, Interior Regions 3, 4 and 6.
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