82 FR 16975 - Alabama Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 66 (April 7, 2017)

Page Range		16975-16976
FR Document		2017-06997

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alabama Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to modernize its Plan, which remains largely unchanged since its approval on May 20, 1982, and encompass the November 14, 2008, changes to the Federal regulations. This document gives the times and locations that the Alabama 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 901

[SATS No. AL-080-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2016-0011; S1D1S SS08011000 
SX064A000 178S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 17XS501520]


Alabama 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 Alabama 
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) 
under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or 
the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to modernize its Plan, which 
remains largely unchanged since its approval on May 20, 1982, and 
encompass the November 14, 2008, changes to the Federal regulations.
    This document gives the times and locations that the Alabama 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., May 8, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on 
the amendment on May 2, 2017. We will accept requests to speak at a 
hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on April 24, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by SATS No. AL-080-FOR 
by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham 
Field Office, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 135 
Gemini Circle, Suite 215, Homewood, Alabama 35209.
     Fax: (205) 290-7280.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: The amendment has been 
assigned Docket ID OSM-2016-0008. 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 Alabama 
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 Birmingham Field Office or the full 
text of the plan amendment is available for you to review at 
www.regulations.gov.
    Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham Field Office, Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 135 Gemini Circle, Suite 215, 
Homewood, Alabama 35209, Telephone: (205) 290-7282, Email: 
[email protected].
    In addition, you may review a copy of the amendment during regular 
business hours at the following location:
    Alabama Department of Labor, Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation 
Program, 11 West Oxmoor Road, Suite 100, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, 
Telephone: (205) 945-8671.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham 
Field Office. Telephone: (205) 290-7282. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Alabama Plan
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
III. Public Comment Procedures
IV. Procedural Determinations

I. Background on the Alabama 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

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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 May 20, 1982, the Secretary of the Interior approved the 
Alabama Plan. You can find background information on the Alabama Plan, 
including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and 
the approval of the Plan in the May 20, 1982, Federal Register (47 FR 
22057). You can find later actions concerning the Alabama Plan and 
amendments to the Plan at 30 CFR 901.20 and 901.25.

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment

    By email dated June 07, 2016 (Administrative Record No. AL-0670), 
Alabama sent us an amendment to its Plan under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201 et 
seq.) at its own initiative. Below is a summary of the changes proposed 
by Alabama. The full text of the Plan amendment is available for you to 
read at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES.

Code of Alabama Section 9-16-79 Hearing and Appeals; Procedures

    Alabama 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 Plan, 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 Plan 
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 
April 24, 2017. 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. Alabama 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 901

    Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.

    Dated: March 22, 2017.
Alfred L. Clayborne,
Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region.
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056a, 2056(b). that is intended to provide sleeping Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
■ 4. Amend § 1130.2 by adding accommodations for infants or and Enforcement, 135 Gemini Circle,
paragraph (a)(19) to read as follows: newborns and attaches to or is Suite 215, Homewood, Alabama 35209.
supported by another product. • Fax: (205) 290–7280.
PART 1130—REQUIREMENTS FOR (2) [Reserved] • Federal eRulemaking Portal: The
CONSUMER REGISTRATION OF Dated: April 3, 2017. amendment has been assigned Docket
DURABLE INFANT OR TODDLER Todd A. Stevenson,
ID OSM–2016–0008. If you would like
PRODUCTS to submit comments go to http://
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
§ 1130.2 Definitions. instructions for submitting comments.
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Instructions: All submissions received
(a) * * * BILLING CODE 6355–01–P
must include the agency name and
(19) Infant inclined sleep products. docket number for this rulemaking. For
* * * * * detailed instructions on submitting
■ 5. Add part 1236 to read as follows: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
PART 1236—SAFETY STANDARD FOR Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading
INFANT INCLINED SLEEP PRODUCTS and Enforcement
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Sec. section of this document.
30 CFR Part 901
1236.1 Scope. Docket: For access to the docket to
1236.2 Requirements for infant inclined [SATS No. AL–080–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– review copies of the Alabama Plan, this
sleep products. 2016–0011; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 amendment, a listing of any scheduled
178S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 public hearings, and all written
Authority: Sec. 104, Pub. L. 110–314, 122
SX064A000 17XS501520] comments received in response to this
Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008); Sec. 3, Pub. L.
112–28, 125 Stat. 273 (August 12, 2011). document, you must go to the address
Alabama Abandoned Mine Land
listed below during normal business
§ 1236.1 Scope. Reclamation Plan
hours, Monday through Friday,
This part establishes a consumer AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining excluding holidays. You may receive
product safety standard for infant Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. one free copy of the amendment by
inclined sleep products, including contacting OSMRE’s Birmingham Field
ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment
newborn inclined sleep products, Office or the full text of the plan
period and opportunity for public
compact inclined sleep products, and amendment is available for you to
hearing on proposed amendment.
accessory inclined sleep products. review at www.regulations.gov.
§ 1236.2 Requirements for infant inclined
SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham
sleep products. Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Field Office, Office of Surface Mining
(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a Reclamation and Enforcement, 135
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
proposed amendment to the Alabama Gemini Circle, Suite 215, Homewood,
(b) of this section, each infant inclined
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Alabama 35209, Telephone: (205) 290–
sleep product must comply with all
(AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the Plan) 7282, Email: swilson@osmre.gov.
applicable provisions of ASTM F3118–
under the Surface Mining Control and In addition, you may review a copy of
17, Standard Consumer Safety
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the the amendment during regular business
Specification for Infant Inclined Sleep
Act). Alabama proposes revisions to hours at the following location:
Products (approved on January 1, 2017).
modernize its Plan, which remains Alabama Department of Labor,
The Director of the Federal Register
largely unchanged since its approval on Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
approves this incorporation by reference
May 20, 1982, and encompass the Program, 11 West Oxmoor Road, Suite
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and
November 14, 2008, changes to the 100, Birmingham, Alabama 35209,
1 CFR part 51. You may obtain a copy
Federal regulations. Telephone: (205) 945–8671.
from ASTM International, 100 Bar
This document gives the times and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 0700, West
locations that the Alabama Plan and Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham
Conshohocken, PA 19428; http://
proposed amendment to that plan are Field Office. Telephone: (205) 290–
www.astm.org/cpsc.htm. You may
available for your inspection, the 7282. Email: swilson@osmre.gov.
inspect a copy at the Office of the
comment period during which you may
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
submit written comments on the
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 I. Background on the Alabama Plan
amendment, and the procedures that we
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
will follow for the public hearing, if one
20814, telephone 301–504–7923, or at III. Public Comment Procedures
is requested.
the National Archives and Records IV. Procedural Determinations
Administration (NARA). For DATES: We will accept written
comments on this amendment until 4:00 I. Background on the Alabama Plan
information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, p.m., c.t., May 8, 2017. If requested, we The Abandoned Mine Land
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Category		Regulatory Information
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., May 8, 2017. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on the amendment on May 2, 2017. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.t. on April 24, 2017.
Contact		Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham Field Office. Telephone: (205) 290-7282. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 16975
CFR Associated		Intergovernmental Relations; Surface Mining and Underground Mining

82 FR 16975 - Alabama Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOROffice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 66 (April 7, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement