81_FR_45560 81 FR 45425 - Indiana Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

81 FR 45425 - Indiana Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 135 (July 14, 2016)

Page Range45425-45426
FR Document2016-16658

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Indiana Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Indiana proposes to revise its Plan to reflect the 2006 changes to SMCRA. This document gives the times and locations that the Indiana Plan and this proposed amendment to that Plan 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016) 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 914

[SATS No. IN-164-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2016-0004; S1D1S SS08011000 
SX064A000 167S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 16XS501520]


Indiana Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

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 Indiana 
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) 
under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or 
the Act). Indiana proposes to revise its Plan to reflect the 2006 
changes to SMCRA.
    This document gives the times and locations that the Indiana Plan 
and this proposed amendment to that Plan 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., c.t., August 15, 2016. If requested, we will hold a public 
hearing on the amendment on August 8, 2016. We will accept requests to 
speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on July 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by SATS No. IN-164-FOR, 
by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Len V. Meier, Chief, Alton Field 
Division, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 501 
Belle St., Suite 216, Alton, IL 62002
     Fax: (618) 463-6470
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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 Indiana 
Plan, 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 Alton Field Division or the full 
text of the program amendment is available for you to read at 
www.regulations.gov.

Len V. Meier, Chief
Alton Field Division
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
501 Belle Street, Suite 216
Alton, Illinois 62002-6169
Telephone: (618) 463-6460
Email: [email protected]

    In addition, you may review a copy of the amendment during regular 
business hours at the following location:

Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Division of Reclamation
14619 West State Road 48
Jasonville, IN 47438
Telephone: (812) 665-2207

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Len V. Meier, Chief, Alton Field 
Division. Telephone: (618) 463-6460. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
I. Background on the Indiana Plan
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations

I. Background on the Indiana Plan

    The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program was established by 
Title IV of the Act, (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) in response to concerns 
over extensive environmental damage caused by past coal mining 
activities. The program is funded by a reclamation fee collected on 
each ton of coal that is produced. The money collected is used to 
finance the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and for other 
authorized activities. Section 405 of the Act allows States and Indian 
tribes to assume exclusive responsibility for reclamation activity 
within the State or on Indian lands if they develop and submit to the 
Secretary of the Interior for approval, a program (often referred to as 
a Plan) for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines. You can find 
background information on the Indiana Plan, including the Secretary's 
findings, the disposition of comments, and the conditions of approval 
of the Indiana Plan in the April 26, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 
20166). You can also find later actions concerning the Indiana Plan and 
Plan amendments at 30 CFR 914.20 and 914.25.

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment

    By letter dated March 14, 2016 (Administrative Record No. IN-1773), 
Indiana sent us an amendment to its AMLR Plan under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 
1201 et seq.). Indiana proposes to update the Indiana Plan as required 
by the 2006 Amendment to SMCRA. The full text of the Plan amendment is 
available for you to read at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES 
or at www.regulations.gov.

III. Public Comment Procedures

    We are seeking your comments on whether the amendment satisfies the 
applicable Plan approval criteria of 30 CFR 884.15. If we approve the 
amendment, it will become part of the State Plan.

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

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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 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., c.t. on July 
29, 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.

IV. Procedural Determinations

Executive Order 12866--Regulatory Planning and Review

    This rulemaking 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 Plan amendment to OSMRE for review, our 
regulations at 30 CFR 884.14 and 884.15 require us to hold a public 
hearing on a Plan amendment if it changes the objectives, scope or 
major policies followed, or make a finding that the State provided 
adequate notice and opportunity for public comment. Indiana has elected 
to have OSMRE publish a notice in the Federal Register indicating 
receipt of the proposed amendment and soliciting comments. We will 
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 914

    Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.

    Dated: May 10, 2016.
Sterling Rideout,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.
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45425 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 135 Thursday, July 14, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER • Fax: (618) 463–6470 collected on each ton of coal that is contains notices to the public of the proposed • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// produced. The money collected is used issuance of rules and regulations. The www.regulations.gov. Follow the to finance the reclamation of abandoned purpose of these notices is to give interested instructions for submitting comments. coal mines and for other authorized persons an opportunity to participate in the Instructions: All submissions received activities. Section 405 of the Act allows rule making prior to the adoption of the final must include the agency name and States and Indian tribes to assume rules. docket number for this rulemaking. For exclusive responsibility for reclamation detailed instructions on submitting activity within the State or on Indian DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR comments and additional information lands if they develop and submit to the on the rulemaking process, see the Secretary of the Interior for approval, a Office of Surface Mining Reclamation ‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading program (often referred to as a Plan) for and Enforcement of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION the reclamation of abandoned coal section of this document. mines. You can find background 30 CFR Part 914 Docket: For access to the docket to information on the Indiana Plan, review copies of the Indiana Plan, this including the Secretary’s findings, the [SATS No. IN–164–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– amendment, a listing of any scheduled disposition of comments, and the 2016–0004; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 conditions of approval of the Indiana public hearings, and all written 167S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 16XS501520] comments received in response to this Plan in the April 26, 1999, Federal document, you must go to the address Register (64 FR 20166). You can also Indiana Abandoned Mine Land listed below during normal business find later actions concerning the Indiana Reclamation Plan hours, Monday through Friday, Plan and Plan amendments at 30 CFR excluding holidays. You may receive 914.20 and 914.25. AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining one free copy of the amendment by Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. II. Description of the Proposed contacting OSMRE’s Alton Field Amendment ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment Division or the full text of the program period and opportunity for public amendment is available for you to read By letter dated March 14, 2016 hearing on proposed amendment. at www.regulations.gov. (Administrative Record No. IN–1773), Indiana sent us an amendment to its Len V. Meier, Chief SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface AMLR Plan under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. Alton Field Division Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 1201 et seq.). Indiana proposes to Office of Surface Mining Reclamation (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a update the Indiana Plan as required by and Enforcement proposed amendment to the Indiana the 2006 Amendment to SMCRA. The 501 Belle Street, Suite 216 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation full text of the Plan amendment is Alton, Illinois 62002–6169 (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) Telephone: (618) 463–6460 available for you to read at the locations under the Surface Mining Control and Email: lmeier@osmre.gov listed above under ADDRESSES or at Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the www.regulations.gov. In addition, you may review a copy of Act). Indiana proposes to revise its Plan III. Public Comment Procedures the amendment during regular business to reflect the 2006 changes to SMCRA. hours at the following location: We are seeking your comments on This document gives the times and locations that the Indiana Plan and this Indiana Department of Natural whether the amendment satisfies the proposed amendment to that Plan are Resources applicable Plan approval criteria of 30 available for your inspection, the Division of Reclamation CFR 884.15. If we approve the comment period during which you may 14619 West State Road 48 amendment, it will become part of the submit written comments on the Jasonville, IN 47438 State Plan. amendment, and the procedures that we Telephone: (812) 665–2207 Electronic or Written Comments will follow for the public hearing, if one FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Len V. Meier, Chief, Alton Field Division. If you submit written comments, they is requested. Telephone: (618) 463–6460. Email: should be specific, confined to issues DATES: We will accept written pertinent to the proposed regulations, lmeier@osmre.gov. comments on this amendment until 4:00 and explain the reason for any p.m., c.t., August 15, 2016. If requested, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background on the Indiana Plan recommended change(s). We appreciate we will hold a public hearing on the any and all comments, but those most II. Description of the Proposed Amendment amendment on August 8, 2016. We will III. Public Comment Procedures useful and likely to influence decisions accept requests to speak at a hearing IV. Procedural Determinations on the final regulations will be those until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on July 29, 2016. that either involve personal experience mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, I. Background on the Indiana Plan or include citations to and analyses of identified by SATS No. IN–164–FOR, by The Abandoned Mine Land SMCRA, its legislative history, its any of the following methods: Reclamation Program was established implementing regulations, case law, • Mail/Hand Delivery: Len V. Meier, by Title IV of the Act, (30 U.S.C. 1201 other pertinent State or Federal laws or Chief, Alton Field Division, Office of et seq.) in response to concerns over regulations, technical literature, or other Surface Mining Reclamation and extensive environmental damage caused relevant publications. 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45426 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 135 / Thursday, July 14, 2016 / Proposed Rules period (see DATES) or sent to an address IV. Procedural Determinations (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a other than those listed (see ADDRESSES) proposed amendment to the Kansas Executive Order 12866—Regulatory will be included in the docket for this Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Planning and Review rulemaking and considered. (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) This rulemaking is exempted from under the Surface Mining Control and Public Availability of Comments review by the Office of Management and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Budget (OMB) under Executive Order Act). Kansas proposes revisions to Before including your address, phone 12866. modernize its Plan, which remains number, email address, or other Other Laws and Executive Orders largely unchanged since its approval on personal identifying information in your Affecting Rulemaking February 1, 1982, and encompasses the comment, you should be aware that November 14, 2008, changes to the your entire comment including your When a State submits a Plan Federal regulations. personal identifying information, may amendment to OSMRE for review, our This document gives the times and be made publicly available at any time. regulations at 30 CFR 884.14 and 884.15 locations that the Kansas Plan and While you can ask us in your comment require us to hold a public hearing on proposed amendment to that Plan are to withhold your personal identifying a Plan amendment if it changes the available for your inspection, the information from public review, we objectives, scope or major policies comment period during which you may cannot guarantee that we will be able to followed, or make a finding that the submit written comments on the do so. State provided adequate notice and amendment, and the procedures that we opportunity for public comment. will follow for the public hearing, if one Public Hearing Indiana has elected to have OSMRE is requested. If you wish to speak at the public publish a notice in the Federal Register DATES: We will accept written indicating receipt of the proposed comments on this amendment until 4:00 hearing, contact the person listed under amendment and soliciting comments. p.m., c.t., August 15, 2016. If requested, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by We will conclude our review of the we will hold a public hearing on the 4:00 p.m., c.t. on July 29, 2016. If you proposed amendment after the close of are disabled and need reasonable amendment on August 8, 2016. We will the public comment period and accept requests to speak at a hearing accommodations to attend a public determine whether the amendment hearing, contact the person listed under until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on July 29, 2016. should be approved, approved in part, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. We ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, or not approved. At that time, we will will arrange the location and time of the also make the determinations and identified by SATS No. KS–029–FOR, hearing with those persons requesting certifications required by the various by any of the following methods: the hearing. If no one requests an laws and executive orders governing the • Mail/Hand Delivery: Director, Tulsa opportunity to speak, we will not hold rulemaking process and include them in Field Office, Office of Surface Mining a hearing. the final rule. Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145, To assist the transcriber and ensure an List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 914 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629. accurate record, we request, if possible, Intergovernmental relations, Surface • Fax: (918) 581–6419. that each person who speaks at the mining, Underground mining. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// public hearing provide us with a written www.regulations.gov. Follow the copy of his or her comments. The public Dated: May 10, 2016. instructions for submitting comments. hearing will continue on the specified Sterling Rideout, Instructions: All submissions received date until everyone scheduled to speak Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent must include the agency name and has been given an opportunity to be Region. docket number for this rulemaking. For heard. If you are in the audience and [FR Doc. 2016–16658 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am] detailed instructions on submitting have not been scheduled to speak and BILLING CODE 4310–05–P comments and additional information wish to do so, you will be allowed to on the rulemaking process, see the speak after those who have been ‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading scheduled. We will end the hearing after DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION everyone scheduled to speak and others section of this document. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Docket: For access to the docket to present in the audience who wish to and Enforcement speak, have been heard. review copies of the Kansas Plan, this amendment, a listing of any scheduled Public Meeting 30 CFR Part 916 public hearings, and all written [SATS No. KS–029–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– comments received in response to this If only one person requests an 2016–0003; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 document, you must go to the address opportunity to speak, we may hold a 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 listed below during normal business public meeting rather than a public SX064A000 16XS501520] hours, Monday through Friday, hearing. If you wish to meet with us to excluding holidays. You may receive discuss the amendment, please request Kansas Abandoned Mine Land one free copy of the amendment by a meeting by contacting the person Reclamation Plan contacting OSMRE’s Tulsa Field Office mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining or going to www.regulations.gov. CONTACT. All such meetings are open to Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. Director the public and, if possible, we will post ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment Tulsa Field Office notices of meetings at the locations period and opportunity for public Office of Surface Mining Reclamation listed under ADDRESSES. We will make hearing on proposed amendment. and Enforcement a written summary of each meeting a 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Suite part of the administrative record. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
DatesWe will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., c.t., August 15, 2016. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on August 8, 2016. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on July 29, 2016.
ContactLen V. Meier, Chief, Alton Field Division. Telephone: (618) 463-6460. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 45425 
CFR AssociatedIntergovernmental Relations; Surface Mining and Underground Mining
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