81_FR_6502 81 FR 6477 - Oklahoma Regulatory Program

81 FR 6477 - Oklahoma Regulatory Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 25 (February 8, 2016)

Page Range6477-6479
FR Document2016-02463

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Oklahoma proposes revisions to its regulations regarding: Permit eligibility for permits with violations on lands eligible for remining; permit suspension or rescission posting locations and appeal procedures; requiring GPS coordinates for aspects of permit maps; topsoil removal distances; blasting records requirements; annual reporting requirements; temporary cessation of operations requirements; casing and sealing temporary underground openings; right of entry requirements; surface drainage associated with auger mining; correcting reference errors; updating addresses; and correcting spelling and grammatical errors. Oklahoma intends to revise its program to be no less effective than the Federal regulations and to improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Oklahoma program and this proposed amendment to that program 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 936

[SATS No. OK-037-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2015-0006; S1D1S SS08011000 
SX064A000 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 16XS501520]


Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 
regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Oklahoma proposes 
revisions to its regulations regarding: Permit eligibility for permits 
with violations on lands eligible for remining; permit suspension or 
rescission posting locations and appeal procedures; requiring GPS 
coordinates for aspects of permit maps; topsoil removal distances; 
blasting records requirements; annual reporting requirements; temporary 
cessation of operations requirements; casing and sealing temporary 
underground openings; right of entry requirements; surface drainage 
associated with auger mining; correcting reference errors; updating 
addresses; and correcting spelling and grammatical errors. Oklahoma 
intends to revise its program to be no less effective than the Federal 
regulations and to improve operational efficiency.
    This document gives the times and locations that the Oklahoma 
program and this proposed amendment to that program 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., central time, March 9, 2016. If requested, we will hold a public 
hearing on the amendment on March 4, 2016. We will accept requests to 
speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on February 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by SATS No. OK-037-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: The amendment has been 
assigned Docket ID OSM-2015-0006. If you would like to submit comments 
go to 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 Oklahoma 
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 read at 
www.regulations.gov.
    Elaine Ramsey, 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: Oklahoma Department of Mines, 
2915 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106-5406. 
Telephone: (405) 427-3859.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field 
Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430.

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

I. Background on the Oklahoma 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 law which 
provides for the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation 
operations in accordance with the requirements of this Act . . .;

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and rules and regulations consistent with regulations issued by the 
Secretary pursuant to this Act.'' See 30 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1) and (7). On 
the basis of these criteria, the Secretary of the Interior 
conditionally approved the Oklahoma program on January 19, 1981. You 
can find background information on the Oklahoma program, including the 
Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and the conditions 
of approval of the Oklahoma program in the January 19, 1981, Federal 
Register (46 FR 4902). You can also find later actions concerning the 
Oklahoma program and program amendments at 30 CFR 936.10, 936.15, and 
936.16.

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment

    By letter dated September 25, 2015 (Administrative Record No. OK-
1003), Oklahoma sent us an amendment to its program under SMCRA (30 
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Oklahoma submitted the proposed amendment on its 
own initiative. Below is a summary of Oklahoma's proposed changes. The 
full text of the program amendment is available for you to read at the 
locations listed above under ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov.
    Oklahoma proposes to make substantive changes to Title 460. 
Department of Mines: Chapter 20, The Permanent Regulations Governing 
the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, in the following subchapters. 
Additionally, Oklahoma plans on making several non-substantive changes 
throughout its regulations regarding updating addresses, correcting 
reference errors, grammatical corrections, and spelling errors.

1. Subchapter 15. Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing

    Oklahoma proposes to revoke section 460:20-15-6.7(a)(2)(A) 
regarding permits issued before September 30, 2004.
    Oklahoma proposes to add new a requirement that suspension or 
rescission notices be posted at the field office closest to the permit 
area at 460:20-15-10.1(c)(2)
    Oklahoma proposes to clarify the suspension and rescission appeal 
process at 460:20-15-10.1(d) and (e).

2. Subchapter 29. Underground Mining Permit Applications: Minimum 
Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources

    Oklahoma proposes to add the requirements for GPS coordinates for 
each building on permit application maps at section 460:20-29-10(4).
    Oklahoma proposes to add the permitting requirement to list the 
depth to mined coal in section 460:20-29-11(a)(5).

3. Subchapter 43. Permanent Program Performance Standards: Surface 
Mining Standards

    Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding minimum topsoil removal 
distance from the active pit in section 460:20-43-7(a)(1).
    Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding blasting records in 
section 460:20-43-23.
    Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding annual reporting 
requirements for contemporaneous reclamation in section 460:20-43-
37(2).
    Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding qualification 
standards for temporary cessation of operations in section 460:20-43-
49(a) and (c).

4. Subchapter 45. Permanent Program Performance Standards: Underground 
Mining Activities

    Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding casing and sealing 
underground openings during temporary cessation of operations in 
section 460:20-45-5(c).
    Oklahoma proposes to add language regarding right of entry 
information in section 460:20-45-17(b).

5. Subchapter 47. Special Permanent Program Performance Standards: 
Auger Mining

    Oklahoma proposes to add new language regarding surface drainage 
during auger mining operations in section 460:20-47-4(d).

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 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 
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 personally identifiable information in your comment, you should 
be aware that your entire comment including your personally 
identifiable information, may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personally 
identifiable 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., central time 
on February 23, 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.

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IV. Procedural Determinations

Executive Order 12866--Regulatory Planning and Review

    This rule 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 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 936

    Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.

    Dated: October 15, 2015.
Ervin J. Barchenger,
Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.

    Note:  This document was received by the Office the Federal 
Register on February 3, 2016.

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                                                      accordance with the Accomplishment                      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645
                                                      Instructions of Boeing Alert Service Bulletin                                                                 South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145,
                                                      737–29A1119, dated August 4, 2015. Do all               Office of Surface Mining Reclamation                  Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629.
                                                      applicable corrective actions before further            and Enforcement                                          • Fax: (918) 581–6419.
                                                      flight.                                                                                                          • Federal eRulemaking Portal: The
                                                         (2) Install new clamps and an optional               30 CFR Part 936                                       amendment has been assigned Docket
                                                      spacer between the wire bundles and                                                                           ID OSM–2015–0006. If you would like
                                                      hydraulic tube in the right side of the MLG             [SATS No. OK–037–FOR; Docket ID: OSM–
                                                                                                              2015–0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000                 to submit comments go to http://
                                                      wheel well, in accordance with the
                                                      Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Alert             167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000                          www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                      Service Bulletin 737–29A1119, dated August              SX064A000 16XS501520]                                 instructions for submitting comments.
                                                      4, 2015.                                                                                                         Instructions: All submissions received
                                                                                                              Oklahoma Regulatory Program                           must include the agency name and
                                                      (h) Alternative Methods of Compliance                                                                         docket number for this rulemaking. For
                                                      (AMOCs)                                                 AGENCY:  Office of Surface Mining                     detailed instructions on submitting
                                                         (1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft                    Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.                comments and additional information
                                                      Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the                ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment                 on the rulemaking process, see the
                                                      authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if              period and opportunity for public                     ‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading
                                                      requested using the procedures found in 14              hearing on proposed amendment.                        of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
                                                      CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19,                                                                   section of this document.
                                                      send your request to your principal inspector           SUMMARY:   We, the Office of Surface
                                                                                                              Mining Reclamation and Enforcement                       Docket: For access to the docket to
                                                      or local Flight Standards District Office, as
                                                      appropriate. If sending information directly            (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a                  review copies of the Oklahoma program,
                                                      to the manager of the ACO, send it to the               proposed amendment to the Oklahoma                    this amendment, a listing of any
                                                      attention of the person identified in                   regulatory program (Oklahoma program)                 scheduled public hearings, and all
                                                      paragraph (i)(1) of this AD. Information may            under the Surface Mining Control and                  written comments received in response
                                                      be emailed to: 9–ANM-Seattle-ACO-AMOC-                  Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the                 to this document, you must go to the
                                                      Requests@faa.gov.                                       Act). Oklahoma proposes revisions to its              address listed below during normal
                                                         (2) Before using any approved AMOC,
                                                                                                              regulations regarding: Permit eligibility             business hours, Monday through Friday,
                                                      notify your appropriate principal inspector,                                                                  excluding holidays. You may receive
                                                      or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
                                                                                                              for permits with violations on lands
                                                                                                              eligible for remining; permit suspension              one free copy of the amendment by
                                                      of the local flight standards district office/                                                                contacting OSMRE’s Tulsa Field Office
                                                      certificate holding district office.                    or rescission posting locations and
                                                                                                              appeal procedures; requiring GPS                      or the full text of the program
                                                         (3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable
                                                                                                              coordinates for aspects of permit maps;               amendment is available for you to read
                                                      level of safety may be used for any repair,
                                                      modification, or alteration required by this            topsoil removal distances; blasting                   at www.regulations.gov.
                                                                                                                                                                       Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field
                                                      AD if it is approved by the Boeing                      records requirements; annual reporting
                                                      Commercial Airplanes Organization                                                                             Office, Office of Surface Mining
                                                                                                              requirements; temporary cessation of
                                                      Designation Authorization (ODA) that has                                                                      Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645
                                                                                                              operations requirements; casing and
                                                      been authorized by the Manager, Seattle                                                                       South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145,
                                                                                                              sealing temporary underground
                                                      ACO, to make those findings. To be                                                                            Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629.
                                                                                                              openings; right of entry requirements;
                                                      approved, the repair method, modification                                                                        Telephone: (918) 581–6430.
                                                      deviation, or alteration deviation must meet
                                                                                                              surface drainage associated with auger                   Email: eramsey@osmre.gov.
                                                      the certification basis of the airplane and the         mining; correcting reference errors;                     In addition, you may review a copy of
                                                      approval must specifically refer to this AD.            updating addresses; and correcting                    the amendment during regular business
                                                                                                              spelling and grammatical errors.                      hours at the following location:
                                                      (i) Related Information                                 Oklahoma intends to revise its program                Oklahoma Department of Mines, 2915
                                                        (1) For more information about this AD,               to be no less effective than the Federal              N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213, Oklahoma
                                                      contact Sean J. Schauer, Aerospace Engineer,            regulations and to improve operational
                                                      Systems and Equipment Branch, ANM–130S,
                                                                                                                                                                    City, Oklahoma 73106–5406.
                                                                                                              efficiency.                                           Telephone: (405) 427–3859.
                                                      FAA, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office                 This document gives the times and
                                                      (ACO), 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                              locations that the Oklahoma program
                                                      98057–3356; phone: 425–917–6479; fax: 425–              and this proposed amendment to that                   Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field
                                                      917–6590; email: sean.schauer@faa.gov.
                                                                                                              program are available for your                        Office. Telephone: (918) 581–6430.
                                                        (2) For service information identified in                                                                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                      this AD, contact Boeing Commercial                      inspection, the comment period during
                                                                                                              which you may submit written                          I. Background on the Oklahoma Program
                                                      Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services                                                                         II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
                                                      Management, P. O. Box 3707, MC 2H–65,                   comments on the amendment, and the                    III. Public Comment Procedures
                                                      Seattle, WA 98124–2207; telephone 206–                  procedures that we will follow for the                IV. Procedural Determinations
                                                      544–5000, extension 1; fax 206–766–5680;                public hearing, if one is requested.
                                                      Internet https://www.myboeingfleet. You may             DATES: We will accept written                         I. Background on the Oklahoma
                                                      view this referenced service information at             comments on this amendment until 4:00                 Program
                                                      the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate,                p.m., central time, March 9, 2016. If                    Section 503(a) of the Act permits a
                                                      1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For                   requested, we will hold a public hearing              State to assume primacy for the
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                                                      information on the availability of this
                                                      material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221.
                                                                                                              on the amendment on March 4, 2016.                    regulation of surface coal mining and
                                                                                                              We will accept requests to speak at a                 reclamation operations on non-Federal
                                                        Issued in Renton, Washington, on January              hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on              and non-Indian lands within its borders
                                                      27, 2016.                                               February 23, 2016.                                    by demonstrating that its program
                                                      Michael Kaszycki,                                       ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                   includes, among other things, ‘‘. . .
                                                      Acting Manager, Transport Airplane                      identified by SATS No. OK–037–FOR,                    State law which provides for the
                                                      Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.            by any of the following methods:                      regulation of surface coal mining and
                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–02193 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am]                 • Mail/Hand Delivery: Director, Tulsa              reclamation operations in accordance
                                                      BILLING CODE 4910–13–P                                  Field Office, Office of Surface Mining                with the requirements of this Act . . .;


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                                                      and rules and regulations consistent                      Oklahoma proposes to add the                          We cannot ensure that comments
                                                      with regulations issued by the Secretary                permitting requirement to list the depth              received after the close of the comment
                                                      pursuant to this Act.’’ See 30 U.S.C.                   to mined coal in section 460:20–29–                   period (see DATES) or sent to an address
                                                      1253(a)(1) and (7). On the basis of these               11(a)(5).                                             other than those listed (see ADDRESSES)
                                                      criteria, the Secretary of the Interior                 3. Subchapter 43. Permanent Program                   will be included in the docket for this
                                                      conditionally approved the Oklahoma                     Performance Standards: Surface Mining                 rulemaking and considered.
                                                      program on January 19, 1981. You can                    Standards
                                                      find background information on the                                                                            Public Availability of Comments
                                                      Oklahoma program, including the                            Oklahoma proposes to add language
                                                                                                              regarding minimum topsoil removal                       Before including your address, phone
                                                      Secretary’s findings, the disposition of                                                                      number, email address, or other
                                                      comments, and the conditions of                         distance from the active pit in section
                                                                                                              460:20–43–7(a)(1).                                    personally identifiable information in
                                                      approval of the Oklahoma program in
                                                                                                                 Oklahoma proposes to add new                       your comment, you should be aware
                                                      the January 19, 1981, Federal Register
                                                                                                              language regarding blasting records in                that your entire comment including
                                                      (46 FR 4902). You can also find later
                                                                                                              section 460:20–43–23.                                 your personally identifiable
                                                      actions concerning the Oklahoma
                                                                                                                 Oklahoma proposes to add new                       information, may be made publicly
                                                      program and program amendments at 30
                                                                                                              language regarding annual reporting                   available at any time. While you can ask
                                                      CFR 936.10, 936.15, and 936.16.
                                                                                                              requirements for contemporaneous                      us in your comment to withhold your
                                                      II. Description of the Proposed                         reclamation in section 460:20–43–37(2).               personally identifiable information from
                                                      Amendment                                                  Oklahoma proposes to add new                       public review, we cannot guarantee that
                                                                                                              language regarding qualification                      we will be able to do so.
                                                         By letter dated September 25, 2015                   standards for temporary cessation of
                                                      (Administrative Record No. OK–1003),                    operations in section 460:20–43–49(a)                 Public Hearing
                                                      Oklahoma sent us an amendment to its                    and (c).
                                                      program under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201                                                                             If you wish to speak at the public
                                                      et seq.). Oklahoma submitted the                        4. Subchapter 45. Permanent Program                   hearing, contact the person listed under
                                                      proposed amendment on its own                           Performance Standards: Underground                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by
                                                      initiative. Below is a summary of                       Mining Activities                                     4:00 p.m., central time on February 23,
                                                      Oklahoma’s proposed changes. The full                      Oklahoma proposes to add language                  2016. If you are disabled and need
                                                      text of the program amendment is                        regarding casing and sealing                          reasonable accommodations to attend a
                                                      available for you to read at the locations              underground openings during                           public hearing, contact the person listed
                                                      listed above under ADDRESSES or at                      temporary cessation of operations in                  under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                      www.regulations.gov.                                    section 460:20–45–5(c).                               CONTACT. We will arrange the location
                                                         Oklahoma proposes to make                               Oklahoma proposes to add language                  and time of the hearing with those
                                                      substantive changes to Title 460.                       regarding right of entry information in               persons requesting the hearing. If no one
                                                      Department of Mines: Chapter 20, The                    section 460:20–45–17(b).                              requests an opportunity to speak, we
                                                      Permanent Regulations Governing the                     5. Subchapter 47. Special Permanent                   will not hold a hearing.
                                                      Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, in the                    Program Performance Standards: Auger                    To assist the transcriber and ensure an
                                                      following subchapters. Additionally,                    Mining                                                accurate record, we request, if possible,
                                                      Oklahoma plans on making several non-                                                                         that each person who speaks at the
                                                      substantive changes throughout its                         Oklahoma proposes to add new
                                                                                                              language regarding surface drainage                   public hearing provide us with a written
                                                      regulations regarding updating
                                                                                                              during auger mining operations in                     copy of his or her comments. The public
                                                      addresses, correcting reference errors,
                                                                                                              section 460:20–47–4(d).                               hearing will continue on the specified
                                                      grammatical corrections, and spelling
                                                                                                                                                                    date until everyone scheduled to speak
                                                      errors.                                                 III. Public Comment Procedures                        has been given an opportunity to be
                                                      1. Subchapter 15. Requirements for                         Under the provisions of 30 CFR                     heard. If you are in the audience and
                                                      Permits and Permit Processing                           732.17(h), we are seeking your                        have not been scheduled to speak and
                                                                                                              comments on whether the amendment                     wish to do so, you will be allowed to
                                                        Oklahoma proposes to revoke section
                                                                                                              satisfies the applicable program                      speak after those who have been
                                                      460:20–15–6.7(a)(2)(A) regarding
                                                                                                              approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If we             scheduled. We will end the hearing after
                                                      permits issued before September 30,
                                                                                                              approve the amendment, it will become                 everyone scheduled to speak and others
                                                      2004.
                                                                                                              part of the State program.                            present in the audience who wish to
                                                        Oklahoma proposes to add new a
                                                      requirement that suspension or                          Electronic or Written Comments                        speak, have been heard.
                                                      rescission notices be posted at the field                 If you submit written comments, they                Public Meeting
                                                      office closest to the permit area at                    should be specific, confined to issues
                                                      460:20–15–10.1(c)(2)                                    pertinent to the proposed regulations,                   If only one person requests an
                                                        Oklahoma proposes to clarify the                      and explain the reason for any                        opportunity to speak, we may hold a
                                                      suspension and rescission appeal                        recommended change(s). We appreciate                  public meeting rather than a public
                                                      process at 460:20–15–10.1(d) and (e).                   any and all comments, but those most                  hearing. If you wish to meet with us to
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                                                                                                              useful and likely to influence decisions              discuss the amendment, please request
                                                      2. Subchapter 29. Underground Mining                                                                          a meeting by contacting the person
                                                                                                              on the final regulations will be those
                                                      Permit Applications: Minimum                                                                                  listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                              that either involve personal experience
                                                      Requirements for Information on                                                                               CONTACT. All such meetings are open to
                                                                                                              or include citations to and analyses of
                                                      Environmental Resources                                                                                       the public and, if possible, we will post
                                                                                                              SMCRA, its legislative history, its
                                                        Oklahoma proposes to add the                          implementing regulations, case law,                   notices of meetings at the locations
                                                      requirements for GPS coordinates for                    other pertinent State or Federal laws or              listed under ADDRESSES. We will make
                                                      each building on permit application                     regulations, technical literature, or other           a written summary of each meeting a
                                                      maps at section 460:20–29–10(4).                        relevant publications.                                part of the administrative record.


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                                                                             Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 25 / Monday, February 8, 2016 / Proposed Rules                                                  6479

                                                      IV. Procedural Determinations                           its regulations in light of legislative               Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
                                                                                                              changes made by the General Assembly                  24219. Telephone: (276) 523–8271.
                                                      Executive Order 12866—Regulatory
                                                                                                              of Virginia. If approved, the proposed                Email: harve.mooney@
                                                      Planning and Review
                                                                                                              amendment would incorporate these                     dmme.virginia.gov.
                                                        This rule is exempted from review by                  legislative changes into the approved
                                                      the Office of Management and Budget                                                                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Mr.
                                                                                                              State program. Additionally, the state                Earl Bandy, Field Office Director,
                                                      (OMB) under Executive Order 12866.                      regulations would be amended to revise                Knoxville Field Office. Telephone: (865)
                                                      Other Laws and Executive Orders                         the language of the public participation              545–4103 ext 186. Email: ebandy@
                                                      Affecting Rulemaking                                    regulations to clarify proof of                       osmre.gov.
                                                                                                              publication, remove the self-bonding
                                                        When a State submits a program                        instrument, and remove duplicate pool                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      On
                                                      amendment to OSMRE for review, our                      bond regulations already addressed                    October 22, 2015, we published a
                                                      regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require                 under the Code of Virginia.                           proposed rule in the Federal Register
                                                      us to publish a notice in the Federal                                                                         that would revise the Virginia program
                                                                                                              DATES: We will accept written
                                                      Register indicating receipt of the                                                                            (80 FR 63933) (Administrative Record
                                                      proposed amendment, its text or a                       comments on this amendment until 4:00
                                                                                                              p.m., Eastern Standard Time (E.S.T.),                 No. VA 2026). The amendment involves
                                                      summary of its terms, and an                                                                                  statutory provisions of the Virginia Coal
                                                      opportunity for public comment. We                      March 9, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                    Surface Mining Control and
                                                      conclude our review of the proposed                     ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                                                                                                                                    Reclamation Act of 1979 (VASMCRA)
                                                      amendment after the close of the public                 identified by SATS No. VA–127–FOR,
                                                                                                                                                                    and regulation changes that revise the
                                                      comment period and determine whether                    Docket ID: OSM–2015–003 by any of the
                                                                                                                                                                    language of the public participation
                                                      the amendment should be approved,                       following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                    regulations to clarify proof of
                                                      approved in part, or not approved. At                      • Mail/Hand Delivery: Mr. Earl
                                                                                                                                                                    publication, remove the self-bonding
                                                      that time, we will also make the                        Bandy, Field Office Director, Knoxville
                                                                                                                                                                    instrument, and remove duplicate pool
                                                      determinations and certifications                       Field Office, Office of Surface Mining
                                                                                                                                                                    bond regulations already addressed
                                                      required by the various laws and                        Reclamation and Enforcement, 710
                                                                                                                                                                    under the Code of Virginia.
                                                      executive orders governing the                          Locust Street, 2nd Floor, Knoxville,
                                                                                                                                                                       On November 18, 2015, we received
                                                      rulemaking process and include them in                  Tennessee 37902.
                                                                                                                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://              a request from an attorney representing
                                                      the final rule.                                                                                               Southern Appalachian Mountain
                                                                                                              www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                      List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 936                     instructions for submitting comments.                 Stewards and the Sierra Club to extend
                                                                                                                 Instructions: All submissions received             the public comment period
                                                        Intergovernmental relations, Surface                                                                        (Administrative Record No. VA 2027).
                                                      mining, Underground mining.                             must include the agency name and
                                                                                                              docket number for this rulemaking. For                We are granting the request to afford the
                                                        Dated: October 15, 2015.                                                                                    public more time to comment on the
                                                                                                              detailed instructions on submitting
                                                      Ervin J. Barchenger,                                    comments and additional information                   amendment.
                                                      Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.                on the rulemaking process, see the                       The full text of the program
                                                                                                              ‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading                 amendment is available for you to read
                                                        Note: This document was received by the
                                                      Office the Federal Register on February 3,              of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION                      at the locations listed above under
                                                      2016.                                                   section of the proposed rule published                ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov.

                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–02463 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am]              in the Federal Register on October 22,                  Dated: December 9, 2015.
                                                      BILLING CODE 4310–05–P                                  2015, (80 FR 63933).                                  Thomas D. Shope,
                                                                                                                 Docket: For access to the docket to                Regional Director, Appalachian Region.
                                                                                                              review copies of the Virginia program,                [FR Doc. 2016–02460 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              this amendment, a listing of any                      BILLING CODE 4310–05–P
                                                                                                              scheduled public hearings, and all
                                                      Office of Surface Mining Reclamation                    written comments received in response
                                                      and Enforcement                                         to this document, you must go to the
                                                                                                                                                                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
                                                                                                              address listed below during normal
                                                      30 CFR Part 946                                                                                               AFFAIRS
                                                                                                              business hours, Monday through Friday,
                                                      [SATS No. VA–127–FOR; Docket ID: OSM–                   excluding holidays. You may receive                   38 CFR Part 17
                                                      2015–0003; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000                   one free copy of the amendment by
                                                      67F 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000                        contacting OSMRE’s Knoxville Field                    RIN 2900–AP42
                                                      SX064A000 33F 16XS501520]                               Office or the full text of the program
                                                                                                              amendment is available for you to read                Prescriptions in Alaska and U.S.
                                                      Virginia Regulatory Program                             at www.regulations.gov.                               Territories and Possessions
                                                      AGENCY:  Office of Surface Mining                       Mr. Earl Bandy, Field Office Director,                AGENCY:    Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                      Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.                     Knoxville Field Office, Office of                  ACTION:   Proposed rule.
                                                                                                                 Surface Mining Reclamation and
                                                      ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the
                                                                                                                 Enforcement, 710 Locust Street, 2nd                SUMMARY:    The Department of Veterans
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                                                      public comment period.
                                                                                                                 Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.                 Affairs (VA) is proposing to remove its
                                                      SUMMARY:   We are reopening the public                     Telephone: (865) 545–4103 ext 186.                 medical regulation that governs
                                                      comment period on the proposed                             Email: ebandy@osmre.gov.                           medications provided in Alaska and
                                                      amendment to the Virginia regulatory                       In addition, you may review a copy of              territories and possessions of the United
                                                      program (the Virginia program)                          the amendment during regular business                 States because this regulation is
                                                      published on October 22, 2015. The                      hours at the following location: Mr.                  otherwise subsumed by another VA
                                                      comment period is being reopened in                     Harve A. Mooney, Legal Services                       medical regulation related to provision
                                                      order to afford the public more time to                 Officer, Virginia Department of Mines,                of medications that are prescribed by
                                                      comment. Virginia is proposing to revise                Minerals and Energy, 3405 Mountain                    non-VA providers.


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Document Created: 2016-02-06 00:24:39
Document Modified: 2016-02-06 00:24:39
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
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., central time, March 9, 2016. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on March 4, 2016. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on February 23, 2016.
ContactElaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field Office. Telephone: (918) 581-6430.
FR Citation81 FR 6477 
CFR AssociatedIntergovernmental Relations; Surface Mining and Underground Mining

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