81 FR 45426 - Kansas 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)
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 135 (July 14, 2016)
| Page Range | 45426-45428 | |
| FR Document | 2016-16657 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 45426-45428] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-16657] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 30 CFR Part 916 [SATS No. KS-029-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2016-0003; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 16XS501520] Kansas 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Kansas Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kansas proposes revisions to modernize its Plan, which remains largely unchanged since its approval on February 1, 1982, and encompasses the November 14, 2008, changes to the Federal regulations. This document gives the times and locations that the Kansas Plan and 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. KS-029-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: 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 Kansas 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 Tulsa Field Office or going to www.regulations.gov. Director Tulsa Field Office Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-4629 [[Page 45427]] Telephone: (918) 581-6430 In addition, you may review a copy of the amendment during regular business hours at the following location: Kansas Department of Health and Environment Surface Mining Section 4033 Parkview Drive Frontenac, Kansas 66763 Telephone: (316) 231-8540. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Tulsa Field Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430. Email: William L. Joseph at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background on the Kansas Plan II. Description of the Proposed Amendment III. Public Comment Procedures IV. Procedural Determinations I. Background on the Kansas 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. On February 1, 1982, the Secretary of the Interior approved the Kansas Plan. You can find background information on the Kansas Plan, including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and the approval of the Plan in the February 1, 1982, Federal Register (47 FR 4513). You can find later actions concerning the Kansas AMLR Plan and amendments to the Plan at 30 CFR 916.20 and 916.25. II. Description of the Proposed Amendment By letter dated February 23, 2016 (Administrative Record No. KS- 628), Kansas sent us an amendment to its AMLR Plan under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) at its own initiative. Below is a summary of the changes proposed by Kansas. The full text of the Plan amendment is available for you to read at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES. Kansas proposes to revise its Plan by modernizing it and encompassing the November 14, 2008, changes to the Federal regulations. The revised Plan addresses all the Federal requirements found in 30 CFR 884.13 regarding content of proposed State reclamation plans. 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 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. Kansas 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 916 Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining. [[Page 45428]] Dated: May 10, 2016. Sterling Rideout, Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region. [FR Doc. 2016-16657 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-05-P
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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. SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 145
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629
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Dated: May 10, 2016. anchorage area. In response to at the address found in ADDRESSES on or
Sterling Rideout, Acting Regional Director, comments received, we have issued a before August 15, 2016.
Mid-Continent Region. supplemental NPRM (81 FR 10156, Dated: June 10, 2016.
[FR Doc. 2016–16657 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am] February 29, 2016) to retain the special J.A. Servidio,
BILLING CODE 4310–05–P
anchorage, but amend the shape and
RADM, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
reduce the size of the anchorage to
Eleventh Coast Guard District.
remove the anchorage area from a
[FR Doc. 2016–16713 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am]
location where it could endanger vessel
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
traffic.
SECURITY Because the date of the public
Coast Guard meeting was not published in the
Federal Register until after the meeting ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
was held, we have concluded that AGENCY
33 CFR Part 110
additional comments would aid this
[Docket No. USCG–2014–0142] rulemaking. Therefore, we are 40 CFR Part 52
RIN 1625–AA01 publishing this document to reopen the [EPA–R04–OAR–2014–0431; FRL– 9948–98–
comment period. Region 4]
Anchorage Regulations; Special You may view the SNPRM, in our
Anchorage Areas, Marina del Rey online docket, in addition to supporting Air Plan Approval/Disapproval;
Harbor, California documents prepared by the Coast Guard Alabama; Infrastructure Requirements
and comments submitted thus far by for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. going to http://www.regulations.gov. Ambient Air Quality Standard
ACTION: Supplemental notice of Once there, insert ‘‘USCG–2014–0142’’
proposed rulemaking; reopen comment AGENCY: Environmental Protection
in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box and click Agency.
period. ‘‘Search.’’
ACTION: Proposed rule.
We encourage you to participate in
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is re-opening this rulemaking by submitting
the comment period for its SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
comments to the docket through the Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
supplemental notice of proposed Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
rulemaking (SNPRM), published in May in part and disapprove in part portions
www.regulations.gov. If your material of the April 23, 2013, State
2014. The Coast Guard is proposing to cannot be submitted using http://
amend the shape and reduce the size of Implementation Plan (SIP) submission,
www.regulations.gov, contact the person submitted by the State of Alabama,
the special anchorage in Marina del Rey in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Harbor, California. Additionally, we through the Alabama Department of
CONTACT section of this document for Environmental Management (ADEM),
propose to clarify the language in the alternate instructions.
note section of the existing regulation. for inclusion into the Alabama SIP. This
Anyone can search the electronic proposal pertains to the infrastructure
Because the date of the public meeting form of comments received into any of
was not published in the Federal requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA
our dockets by the name of the or Act) for the 2010 1-hour sulfur
Register until after the meeting was individual submitting the comment (or
held, the Coast Guard is providing an dioxide (SO2) national ambient air
signing the comment, if submitted on quality standard (NAAQS). The CAA
additional opportunity for public behalf of an association, business, labor
comment. requires that each state adopt and
union, etc.). You may review a Privacy submit a SIP for the implementation,
DATES: Comments and related material Act notice regarding our public dockets maintenance and enforcement of each
must reach the Coast Guard on or before in the March 24, 2005, issue of the NAAQS promulgated by EPA, which is
August 15, 2016. Federal Register (70 FR 15086). commonly referred to as an
ADDRESSES: You may submit written Public Meeting ‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP. ADEM certified
comments identified by docket number that the Alabama SIP contains
USCG–2014–0142 using the Federal We do not now plan to hold another
provisions that ensure the 2010 1-hour
eRulemaking Portal at http:// public meeting, but will consider
SO2 NAAQS is implemented, enforced,
www.regulations.gov. holding one in response to a request
and maintained in Alabama. With the
from the public. You may submit a
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If exception of provisions respecting state
request for a meeting either by
you have questions concerning the boards, which EPA is proposing to
submitting a comment to the docket or
proposed rule, please call or email disapprove, and interstate transport,
by writing to Eleventh Coast Guard
Lieutenant Junior Grade Colleen Patton, which EPA is not proposing any action
District at the address under ADDRESSES
Waterways Management Branch, at this time, EPA is proposing to
explaining why one would be
Eleventh Coast Guard District, determine that portions of Alabama’s
beneficial. If we determine that a
telephone 510–437–5984, email infrastructure SIP submission provided
meeting would aid this rulemaking, we
Colleen.M.Patton@uscg.mil. to EPA on April 23, 2013, satisfy the
will hold one at a time and place
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
required infrastructure elements for the
announced by a later notice.
2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS.
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS
Background and Purpose Reopening the Comment Period DATES: Written comments must be
We published a notice of proposed The comment period for the SNPRM received on or before August 15, 2016.
rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal published in February 2016 ended April ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Register on May 28, 2014 (79 FR 30509), 30, 2016. In order to give the public a identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
entitled ‘‘Anchorage Regulations: chance to make additional comments, OAR–2014–0431 at http://
Special Anchorage Areas, Marina del the Coast Guard is reopening the www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
Rey Harbor, California.’’ The NPRM comment period on our SNPRM. All instructions for submitting comments.
proposed to disestablish the special comments must reach the public docket Once submitted, comments cannot be
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment. | |
| 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. | |
| Contact | Director, Tulsa Field Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430. Email: William L. Joseph at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 45426 | |
| CFR Associated | Intergovernmental Relations; Surface Mining and Underground Mining |
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