80_FR_52403 80 FR 52236 - Stream Protection Rule

80 FR 52236 - Stream Protection Rule

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 167 (August 28, 2015)

Page Range52236-52236
FR Document2015-21412

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing the schedule for public hearings on the proposed Stream Protection Rule and the accompanying Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52236]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21412]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Parts 700, 701, 773, 774, 777, 779, 780, 783, 784, 785, 800, 
816, 817, 824, and 827

[Docket ID: OSM-2010-0018; OSM-2010-0021; OSM-2015-0002 S1D1 
SS08011000SX064A000156S180110; S2D2SS08011000SX064A00015X501520]
RIN 1029-AC63


Stream Protection Rule

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSMRE), are announcing the schedule for public hearings on the 
proposed Stream Protection Rule and the accompanying Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).

DATES: We will be holding public hearings on the proposed rule and DEIS 
on September 1, 3, 10, 15, and 17, 2015 at the locations listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for 
the addresses at which we will hold the public hearings on the proposed 
rule and DEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Jessica Villanueva, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80201, 
Phone: (303) 293-5057
Robert Evans, 2675 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503, Phone: 
(859) 260-3902
Len Meier, 501 Belle Street, Room 216, Alton, Illinois 62002, Phone: 
(618) 463-6463 x 5109
Ben Owens, 3 Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 152220, Phone: (412) 937-
2827
Ian Dye, Jr., 1947 Neeley Road, Compartment 116, Suite 220, Big Stone 
Gap, VA 24219, Phone: (276) 523-0022 x 16
Roger Calhoun, 1027 Virginia Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 
25301, Phone: (304) 347-7158

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule, announced on July 16, 
2015 and published on July 27, 2015 (80 FR 44436-44698), would 
modernize rules that are 32 years old in order to better protect 
people, water quality, and the environment from the adverse effects of 
coal mining. We will hold public hearings on the proposed Stream 
Protection Rule and the accompanying DEIS at the following locations on 
the listed dates:
    Tuesday, September 1, 2015: Jefferson County Fairgrounds Event 
Center, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden, CO 80401.
    Thursday, September 3, 2015: Lexington Convention Center, 430 W. 
Vine St., Lexington, KY 40507.
    Thursday, September 10, 2015: St. Charles Convention Center, 1 
Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO 63303.
    Thursday, September 10, 2015: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel 
Pittsburgh, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
    Tuesday, September 15, 2015: Mountain Empire Community College, 
3441 Mt. Empire Rd., Big Stone Gap, VA 24219.
    Thursday, September 17, 2015: Charleston Civic Center, 200 Civic 
Center Dr., Charleston, WV 25301
    All hearings are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. We 
will provide opportunities for interested parties to deliver or write 
comments onsite at each public hearing. We will also provide an 
opportunity for participants to speak with a court reporter who will 
transcribe their verbal comments for the written record. Additionally, 
the public will be able to speak in a public hearing format. Those 
speaking in the public hearing format must register to do so at the 
hearing, and will be called on a first-come, first-served basis as time 
allows. Verbal comments will be limited to two minutes in order to 
allow as many people to speak as possible. People are encouraged to 
provide their complete detailed comments in writing.
    The primary purpose of the hearings is to obtain input on the 
proposed rule and DEIS. Therefore, we encourage you to limit your 
testimony to the merits of the provisions of the proposed rule and 
DEIS.
    At the hearing, a court reporter will record and prepare a verbatim 
transcription of all comments presented. This written record will be 
made part of the docket for the DEIS and/or proposed rule. If you have 
a written copy of your comments, we encourage you to provide a copy to 
the moderator to assist the court reporter in preparing the written 
record.
    If you are a disabled individual who needs reasonable 
accommodations to attend a public hearing, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: August 24, 2015.
Harry J. Payne,
Acting Assistant Director, Program Support.
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52236 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 167 / Friday, August 28, 2015 / Proposed Rules (2) For penalties assessed before the Stone Gap, VA 24219, Phone: (276) the docket for the DEIS and/or proposed date that these regulations are published 523–0022 x 16 rule. If you have a written copy of your as final regulations in the Federal Roger Calhoun, 1027 Virginia Street comments, we encourage you to provide Register, § 301.6707A–1 (as contained East, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, a copy to the moderator to assist the in 26 CFR part 1, revised April 2013) Phone: (304) 347–7158 court reporter in preparing the written shall apply. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The record. proposed rule, announced on July 16, If you are a disabled individual who John M. Dalrymple, 2015 and published on July 27, 2015 (80 needs reasonable accommodations to Deputy Commissioner for Services and attend a public hearing, please contact Enforcement. FR 44436–44698), would modernize rules that are 32 years old in order to the person listed under FOR FURTHER [FR Doc. 2015–21259 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am] better protect people, water quality, and INFORMATION CONTACT. BILLING CODE 4830–01–P the environment from the adverse Dated: August 24, 2015. effects of coal mining. We will hold Harry J. Payne, public hearings on the proposed Stream Acting Assistant Director, Program Support. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Protection Rule and the accompanying [FR Doc. 2015–21412 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am] Office of Surface Mining Reclamation DEIS at the following locations on the BILLING CODE 4310–05–P and Enforcement listed dates: Tuesday, September 1, 2015: Jefferson 30 CFR Parts 700, 701, 773, 774, 777, County Fairgrounds Event Center, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden, CO 80401. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 779, 780, 783, 784, 785, 800, 816, 817, AGENCY 824, and 827 Thursday, September 3, 2015: Lexington Convention Center, 430 W. 40 CFR Part 52 [Docket ID: OSM–2010–0018; OSM–2010– Vine St., Lexington, KY 40507. 0021; OSM–2015–0002 S1D1 Thursday, September 10, 2015: St. [EPA–R09–OAR–2015–0280; FRL–9933–20– SS08011000SX064A000156S180110; Charles Convention Center, 1 Region 9] S2D2SS08011000SX064A00015X501520] Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, Revisions to California State RIN 1029–AC63 MO 63303. Implementation Plan; Bay Area Air Thursday, September 10, 2015: Stream Protection Rule Quality Management District; DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh, Stationary Sources Permits 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 15205. AGENCY: Environmental Protection Reclamation and Enforcement, Tuesday, September 15, 2015: Agency (EPA). Department of the Interior. Mountain Empire Community College, ACTION: Proposed rule. ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 3441 Mt. Empire Rd., Big Stone Gap, VA SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 24219. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Thursday, September 17, 2015: Agency (EPA) is proposing a limited (OSMRE), are announcing the schedule Charleston Civic Center, 200 Civic approval and limited disapproval of for public hearings on the proposed Center Dr., Charleston, WV 25301 Regulation 2, Rules 1 and 2 for the Bay Stream Protection Rule and the All hearings are scheduled to begin at Area Air Quality Management District accompanying Draft Environmental 5 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. We will (BAAQMD or District) portion of the Impact Statement (DEIS). provide opportunities for interested California State Implementation Plan parties to deliver or write comments (SIP) submitted on April 22, 2013. DATES: We will be holding public onsite at each public hearing. We will These revisions consist of significant hearings on the proposed rule and DEIS also provide an opportunity for updates to rules governing the issuance on September 1, 3, 10, 15, and 17, 2015 participants to speak with a court of permits for stationary sources, at the locations listed in the reporter who will transcribe their verbal including review and permitting of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of comments for the written record. major sources and major modifications this notice. Additionally, the public will be able to under parts C and D of title I of the ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY speak in a public hearing format. Those Clean Air Act (CAA). The intended INFORMATION section of this notice for speaking in the public hearing format effect of this proposed limited approval the addresses at which we will hold the must register to do so at the hearing, and and limited disapproval action is to public hearings on the proposed rule will be called on a first-come, first- update the applicable SIP with current and DEIS. served basis as time allows. Verbal BAAQMD permitting rules and to set FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments will be limited to two the stage for remedying certain Jessica Villanueva, 1999 Broadway, minutes in order to allow as many deficiencies in these rules. If finalized Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80201, people to speak as possible. People are as proposed, this limited disapproval Phone: (303) 293–5057 encouraged to provide their complete action would trigger an obligation for Robert Evans, 2675 Regency Road, detailed comments in writing. EPA to promulgate a Federal Lexington, Kentucky 40503, Phone: The primary purpose of the hearings Implementation Plan unless California (859) 260–3902 is to obtain input on the proposed rule submits and we approve SIP revisions Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Len Meier, 501 Belle Street, Room 216, and DEIS. Therefore, we encourage you that correct the deficiencies within two Alton, Illinois 62002, Phone: (618) to limit your testimony to the merits of years of the final action, and for certain 463–6463 x 5109 the provisions of the proposed rule and deficiencies the limited disapproval Ben Owens, 3 Parkway Center, DEIS. would also trigger sanctions under Pittsburgh, PA 152220, Phone: (412) At the hearing, a court reporter will section 179 of the CAA unless California 937–2827 record and prepare a verbatim submits and we approve SIP revisions Ian Dye, Jr., 1947 Neeley Road, transcription of all comments presented. that correct the deficiencies within 18 Compartment 116, Suite 220, Big This written record will be made part of months of final action. VerDate Sep<11>2014 12:57 Aug 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\28AUP1.SGM 28AUP1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of public hearings.
DatesWe will be holding public hearings on the proposed rule and DEIS on September 1, 3, 10, 15, and 17, 2015 at the locations listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
ContactJessica Villanueva, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80201, Phone: (303) 293-5057 Robert Evans, 2675 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503, Phone: (859) 260-3902 Len Meier, 501 Belle Street, Room 216, Alton, Illinois 62002, Phone: (618) 463-6463 x 5109 Ben Owens, 3 Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 152220, Phone: (412) 937- 2827 Ian Dye, Jr., 1947 Neeley Road, Compartment 116, Suite 220, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219, Phone: (276) 523-0022 x 16 Roger Calhoun, 1027 Virginia Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, Phone: (304) 347-7158
FR Citation80 FR 52236 
RIN Number1029-AC63
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