83_FR_61902 83 FR 61671 - Notice of Availability of the Western Energy Company's Rosebud Mine Area F Final Environmental Impact Statement; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 190S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 19XS501520

83 FR 61671 - Notice of Availability of the Western Energy Company's Rosebud Mine Area F Final Environmental Impact Statement; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 190S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 19XS501520

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 231 (November 30, 2018)

Page Range61671-61672
FR Document2018-26042

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Western Energy Company's Rosebud Mine Area F (Project) in southeastern Montana. This notice is announcing its availability. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a co-lead on this EIS process.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Notice of Availability of the Western Energy Company's Rosebud 
Mine Area F Final Environmental Impact Statement; S1D1S SS08011000 
SX064A000 190S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 19XS501520

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement (OSMRE) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Western Energy Company's Rosebud Mine Area F 
(Project) in southeastern Montana. This notice is announcing its 
availability. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is 
a co-lead on this EIS process.

DATES: The OSMRE will not issue a final decision on the Proposed Action 
and Alternatives for a minimum of 30 days from the date that the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) publishes this notice in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available for review at: https://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/initiatives/westernEnergy/documentLibrary.shtm. 
Paper and computer compact disk (CD) copies of the Final EIS are 
available for review at the OSMRE Western Region Office, 1999 Broadway 
Street, Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80202. In addition, a paper and CD 
copy of the Final EIS are available for review at each of the following 
locations:

    Rosebud County Library, 201 North 9th Avenue, Forsyth, MT 59327, 
Between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through 
Thursday; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
Saturday (Closed Sunday).
    Montana DEQ Headquarters (Lee Metcalf Building), 1520 East 6th 
Avenue, Helena, MT 59620, Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m. Monday through Friday (Closed Saturday and Sunday).
    BLM Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 
59301, Between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through 
Friday (Closed Saturday and Sunday).
    BLM State Office, Billings, MT, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
MT 59101, Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday 
through Friday (Closed Saturday and Sunday).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Logan Sholar, OSMRE Project 
Coordinator; Telephone: 303-293-5036; Address: 1999 Broadway Street, 
Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 80202-3050; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Project Purpose

    The purpose of the Project is to consider continued operations at 
the Rosebud Mine by permitting and developing a new surface mine permit 
area, known as permit Area F. Western Energy submitted a permit 
application package to DEQ for the proposed 6,746-acre permit Area F 
(also referred to as the project area) at the Rosebud Mine, which is an 
existing 25,455-acre surface coal mine annually producing 8.0 to 10.25 
million tons of low-sulfur subbituminous coal. DEQ is the regulatory 
authority for permitting actions involving federal coal in Montana. 30 
CFR 926.10. If DEQ approves the permit and a Federal mining plan for 
the Project is approved as proposed, at the current rate of production, 
the operational life of the Rosebud Mine would be extended by 8 years. 
Mining operations in the project area, which would commence after all 
permits and approvals have been secured and a reclamation and 
performance bond has been posted, would last 19 years. Western Energy 
estimates that 70.8 million tons of recoverable coal reserves exist in 
the project area and would be removed during the 19-year operations 
period. As with other permit areas of the Rosebud Mine, all coal would 
be combusted locally at the Colstrip and Rosebud Power Plants.
    Western Energy is required to obtain a surface coal mine operating 
permit from DEQ (pursuant to the Montana Strip and Underground Mine 
Reclamation Act (MSUMRA), Section 82-4-221 et seq., Montana Code 
Annotated) and federal approval of the mining plan to mine leased 
federal coal in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 as 
Amended for the proposed project area to access additional coal 
reserves in Federal coal lease M82186 and in privately held leases G-
002 and G-002-A.The OSMRE's purpose for the Project is to review the 
mining plan and make a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary for 
Land and Minerals Management (ASLM) in the form of a mining plan 
decision document to approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions, 
the proposed mining plan for the Project (30 CFR 746) . The ASLM will 
decide whether the mining plan is approved, disapproved, or approved 
with conditions.
    The DEQ's purpose for the Project is to review and make a decision 
on Western Energy's surface mine operating permit application under 
MSUMRA and to review and make decisions on the following related 
permits: (1) An application for a new Montana Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (MPDES) permit, and (2) an application to modify 
Montana Air Quality Permit #1570*07 to include the project area. The 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a cooperating agency on the Final 
EIS.
    The Final EIS considers three alternatives and evaluates the 
direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of the Proposed Action and the 
other two alternatives on the environment.
    OSMRE is complying with Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act (NHPA Section 106) (16 U.S.C. 470f), as provided in 36 
CFR 800.2(d)(3), concurrently with the NEPA process, including public 
involvement requirements and consultation with the State Historic 
Preservation Officer and Historic Preservation Officers with Tribal 
nations. Native American Tribal consultations are ongoing and have been 
conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and U.S. 
Department of the Interior (DOI) policy. Federal, Tribal, State, and 
local agencies, along with other stakeholders that may be interested in 
or affected by the Federal agencies' decisions on the Project, are 
invited to submit comments on the Final EIS.
    As part of its consideration of the proposed Project's impacts on 
threatened and endangered species, OSMRE conducted informal 
consultation as well as streamlined consultation per the final 4(d) 
rule for the northern long-eared bat with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 
U.S.C. 1536), and its implementing regulations, as provided in 50 CFR 
400. The Section 7 consultation considered direct and indirect impacts 
from the proposed Project, including mining and related operations in 
the project area and continued operation of the Colstrip and Rosebud 
Power Plants.

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    In addition to compliance with NEPA, NHPA Section 106, and ESA 
Section 7, all Federal actions will be in compliance with applicable 
requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1021-1328), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387), the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q), and Executive Orders relating to 
environmental justice, tribal consultation, and other applicable laws 
and regulations.

II. Background on the Rosebud Mine

    Coal has been mined at Colstrip, MT for more than 90 years. The 
Norther Pacific Railway established the city of Colstrip and its 
associated mine in the 1920s to access coal from the Fort Union 
Formation. Coal mining began in 1924, providing fuel for the railway's 
steam locomotive trains. During the initial 34 years of mining, 44 
million tons of coal were mined. By 1958, diesel-powered locomotives 
replaced steam engines and mining ceased in the Colstrip area.
    In 1959, the Montana Power Company purchased rights to the Rosebud 
Mine in the city of Colstrip with plans to build power generation 
facilities. The Rosebud Mine operation began production in 1968. In 
2001, Westmoreland purchased the Rosebud Mine; its subsidiary, Western 
Energy, continues to operate the mine today. Although the Rosebud Mine 
has shipped coal by rail as recently as 2010, all coal currently 
produced by the mine is consumed locally at the Colstrip and Rosebud 
Power Plants.

III. Background on the Western Energy Proposed Permit Area F

    Western Energy proposes to conduct surface coal mining and 
reclamation operations within the 6,746-acre proposed permit Area F of 
the Rosebud Mine. The project area would be adjacent to the western 
boundary of Area C, 12 miles west of Colstrip. Western Energy proposes 
to conduct surface coal mining operations on an approximately 2,159-
acre portion of the project area, with a total disturbance footprint, 
including soil storage, scoria pits, and haul roads, of approximately 
4,260 acres. The project area would, in conjunction with the mining of 
any reserves remaining within existing permit areas A, B, and C of the 
Rosebud Mine, supply low-sulfur coal to the Colstrip Power Plant (Units 
3 and 4) at a rate of between 7.7 and 9.95 million tons annually. In 
addition, coal from the Rosebud Mine with higher sulfur content would 
be supplied to the Rosebud Power Plant at a rate of approximately 
300,000 tons annually.
    Approval of the proposed permit Area F is expected to require 
several other agency actions, including:
     Findings and recommendations by BLM with respect to 
Western Energy's Resource Recovery and Protection Plan and other 
requirements of Western Energy's lease.
     Approval by DEQ of Western Energy's Montana Air Quality 
Permit #1570-07 to allow expansion of the geographic extent of the mine 
to include the proposed permit Area F; and
     Approval by DEQ of a new MPDES permit.

IV. Alternatives

    Alternatives carried forward in the Final EIS include the No Action 
Alternative (Alternative 1), the Proposed Action Alternative 
(Alternative 2), and the Proposed Action Plus Additional Environmental 
Protection Measures Alternative (Alternative 3). Several other 
alternatives were considered but dismissed from further consideration.

V. Revisions to the Draft EIS

    In accordance with the CEQ's regulations for implementing NEPA and 
the DOI's NEPA regulations, OSMRE solicited public comments on the 
Draft EIS. OSMRE responses to comments are included in Appendix F of 
the FEIS. The agencies considered comments received from the public on 
the Draft EIS and incorporated them, as appropriate, into the FEIS. The 
changes between the Draft EIS and Final EIS are a result of responding 
to comments received during the public comment period and generally 
consist of revisions to the text to clarify the analysis of resource-
specific potential impacts under each alternative. No new analyses were 
completed and no new or additional data were used to support the 
existing analyses.
    In addition, the FEIS includes updates based on evolving regulatory 
guidance and completion of the NHPA Section 106 and ESA Section 7 
consultation processes.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.1

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
David Berry,
Regional Director, Western Region.
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                                                Authorities: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR             BLM Miles City Field Office, 111                    review the mining plan and make a
                                              1500 through 1508; 43 CFR 46; 43 U.S.C.                 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT 59301,                 recommendation to the Assistant
                                              1701; 43 CFR 3590.                                      Between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.          Secretary for Land and Minerals
                                                                                                      Monday through Friday (Closed Saturday                Management (ASLM) in the form of a
                                              Peter J. Ditton,                                        and Sunday).
                                              BLM Idaho State Director, Acting.                         BLM State Office, Billings, MT, 5001
                                                                                                                                                            mining plan decision document to
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–26093 Filed 11–29–18; 8:45 am]            Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101,                  approve, disapprove, or approve with
                                                                                                      Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.          conditions, the proposed mining plan
                                              BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P
                                                                                                      Monday through Friday (Closed Saturday                for the Project (30 CFR 746) . The ASLM
                                                                                                      and Sunday).                                          will decide whether the mining plan is
                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      approved, disapproved, or approved
                                                                                                      Logan Sholar, OSMRE Project                           with conditions.
                                              Office of Surface Mining Reclamation                    Coordinator; Telephone: 303–293–5036;                    The DEQ’s purpose for the Project is
                                              and Enforcement                                         Address: 1999 Broadway Street, Suite                  to review and make a decision on
                                                                                                      3320, Denver, Colorado 80202–3050;                    Western Energy’s surface mine
                                              Notice of Availability of the Western                   email: lsholar@osmre.gov.                             operating permit application under
                                              Energy Company’s Rosebud Mine Area                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            MSUMRA and to review and make
                                              F Final Environmental Impact                                                                                  decisions on the following related
                                              Statement; S1D1S SS08011000                             I. Project Purpose                                    permits: (1) An application for a new
                                              SX064A000 190S180110; S2D2S                                The purpose of the Project is to                   Montana Pollutant Discharge
                                              SS08011000 SX064A000 19XS501520                         consider continued operations at the                  Elimination System (MPDES) permit,
                                                                                                      Rosebud Mine by permitting and                        and (2) an application to modify
                                              AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining
                                                                                                      developing a new surface mine permit                  Montana Air Quality Permit #1570*07
                                              Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S.
                                                                                                      area, known as permit Area F. Western                 to include the project area. The Bureau
                                              Department of the Interior.
                                                                                                      Energy submitted a permit application                 of Land Management (BLM) is a
                                              ACTION: Notice of availability.                                                                               cooperating agency on the Final EIS.
                                                                                                      package to DEQ for the proposed 6,746-
                                              SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      acre permit Area F (also referred to as                  The Final EIS considers three
                                              National Environmental Policy Act                       the project area) at the Rosebud Mine,                alternatives and evaluates the direct,
                                              (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Office                  which is an existing 25,455-acre surface              indirect, and cumulative effects of the
                                              of Surface Mining Reclamation and                       coal mine annually producing 8.0 to                   Proposed Action and the other two
                                              Enforcement (OSMRE) has prepared a                      10.25 million tons of low-sulfur                      alternatives on the environment.
                                              Final Environmental Impact Statement                    subbituminous coal. DEQ is the                           OSMRE is complying with Section
                                              (EIS) for the Western Energy Company’s                  regulatory authority for permitting                   106 of the National Historic
                                              Rosebud Mine Area F (Project) in                        actions involving federal coal in                     Preservation Act (NHPA Section 106)
                                              southeastern Montana. This notice is                    Montana. 30 CFR 926.10. If DEQ                        (16 U.S.C. 470f), as provided in 36 CFR
                                              announcing its availability. The                        approves the permit and a Federal                     800.2(d)(3), concurrently with the NEPA
                                              Montana Department of Environmental                     mining plan for the Project is approved               process, including public involvement
                                              Quality (DEQ) is a co-lead on this EIS                  as proposed, at the current rate of                   requirements and consultation with the
                                              process.                                                production, the operational life of the               State Historic Preservation Officer and
                                                                                                      Rosebud Mine would be extended by 8                   Historic Preservation Officers with
                                              DATES: The OSMRE will not issue a final
                                                                                                      years. Mining operations in the project               Tribal nations. Native American Tribal
                                              decision on the Proposed Action and                                                                           consultations are ongoing and have been
                                                                                                      area, which would commence after all
                                              Alternatives for a minimum of 30 days                                                                         conducted in accordance with
                                                                                                      permits and approvals have been
                                              from the date that the U.S.                                                                                   applicable laws, regulations, and U.S.
                                                                                                      secured and a reclamation and
                                              Environmental Protection Agency                                                                               Department of the Interior (DOI) policy.
                                                                                                      performance bond has been posted,
                                              (USEPA) publishes this notice in the                                                                          Federal, Tribal, State, and local
                                                                                                      would last 19 years. Western Energy
                                              Federal Register.                                                                                             agencies, along with other stakeholders
                                                                                                      estimates that 70.8 million tons of
                                              ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available                   recoverable coal reserves exist in the                that may be interested in or affected by
                                              for review at: https://                                 project area and would be removed                     the Federal agencies’ decisions on the
                                              www.wrcc.osmre.gov/initiatives/                         during the 19-year operations period. As              Project, are invited to submit comments
                                              westernEnergy/documentLibrary.shtm.                     with other permit areas of the Rosebud                on the Final EIS.
                                              Paper and computer compact disk (CD)                    Mine, all coal would be combusted                        As part of its consideration of the
                                              copies of the Final EIS are available for               locally at the Colstrip and Rosebud                   proposed Project’s impacts on
                                              review at the OSMRE Western Region                      Power Plants.                                         threatened and endangered species,
                                              Office, 1999 Broadway Street, Suite                        Western Energy is required to obtain               OSMRE conducted informal
                                              3320, Denver, Colorado 80202. In                        a surface coal mine operating permit                  consultation as well as streamlined
                                              addition, a paper and CD copy of the                    from DEQ (pursuant to the Montana                     consultation per the final 4(d) rule for
                                              Final EIS are available for review at                   Strip and Underground Mine                            the northern long-eared bat with the
                                              each of the following locations:                        Reclamation Act (MSUMRA), Section                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant
                                                Rosebud County Library, 201 North 9th                 82–4–221 et seq., Montana Code                        to Section 7 of the Endangered Species
                                              Avenue, Forsyth, MT 59327, Between the                  Annotated) and federal approval of the                Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1536), and its
                                              hours of 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday                mining plan to mine leased federal coal               implementing regulations, as provided
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                                              through Thursday; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.               in accordance with the Mineral Leasing                in 50 CFR 400. The Section 7
                                              Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday                Act of 1920 as Amended for the                        consultation considered direct and
                                              (Closed Sunday).
                                                Montana DEQ Headquarters (Lee Metcalf
                                                                                                      proposed project area to access                       indirect impacts from the proposed
                                              Building), 1520 East 6th Avenue, Helena, MT             additional coal reserves in Federal coal              Project, including mining and related
                                              59620, Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and               lease M82186 and in privately held                    operations in the project area and
                                              5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (Closed                 leases G–002 and G–002–A.The                          continued operation of the Colstrip and
                                              Saturday and Sunday).                                   OSMRE’s purpose for the Project is to                 Rosebud Power Plants.


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                                                 In addition to compliance with NEPA,                   Approval of the proposed permit Area                INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                                              NHPA Section 106, and ESA Section 7,                    F is expected to require several other                COMMISSION
                                              all Federal actions will be in                          agency actions, including:
                                                                                                                                                            [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–602 and 731–
                                              compliance with applicable                                • Findings and recommendations by                   TA–1412 (Final)]
                                              requirements of the Surface Mining
                                                                                                      BLM with respect to Western Energy’s
                                              Control and Reclamation Act of 1977                                                                           Steel Wheels From China; Scheduling
                                                                                                      Resource Recovery and Protection Plan
                                              (30 U.S.C. 1021–1328), the Clean Water                                                                        of the Final Phase of Countervailing
                                              Act (33 U.S.C. 1251–1387), the Clean                    and other requirements of Western
                                                                                                      Energy’s lease.                                       Duty and Antidumping Duty
                                              Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q), and                                                                           Investigations
                                              Executive Orders relating to                              • Approval by DEQ of Western
                                              environmental justice, tribal                           Energy’s Montana Air Quality Permit                   AGENCY: United States International
                                              consultation, and other applicable laws                 #1570–07 to allow expansion of the                    Trade Commission.
                                              and regulations.                                        geographic extent of the mine to include              ACTION: Notice.
                                              II. Background on the Rosebud Mine                      the proposed permit Area F; and
                                                                                                                                                            SUMMARY:    The Commission hereby gives
                                                 Coal has been mined at Colstrip, MT                    • Approval by DEQ of a new MPDES                    notice of the scheduling of the final
                                              for more than 90 years. The Norther                     permit.                                               phase of antidumping and
                                              Pacific Railway established the city of                 IV. Alternatives                                      countervailing duty investigation Nos.
                                              Colstrip and its associated mine in the                                                                       701–TA–602 and 731–TA–1412 (Final)
                                              1920s to access coal from the Fort Union                  Alternatives carried forward in the                 pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
                                              Formation. Coal mining began in 1924,                   Final EIS include the No Action                       Act’’) to determine whether an industry
                                              providing fuel for the railway’s steam                  Alternative (Alternative 1), the Proposed             in the United States is materially
                                              locomotive trains. During the initial 34                Action Alternative (Alternative 2), and               injured or threatened with material
                                              years of mining, 44 million tons of coal                the Proposed Action Plus Additional                   injury, or the establishment of an
                                              were mined. By 1958, diesel-powered                     Environmental Protection Measures                     industry in the United States is
                                              locomotives replaced steam engines and                  Alternative (Alternative 3). Several                  materially retarded, by reason of
                                              mining ceased in the Colstrip area.                     other alternatives were considered but                imports of steel wheels from China,
                                                 In 1959, the Montana Power Company                                                                         provided for in subheadings 8708.70.45,
                                                                                                      dismissed from further consideration.
                                              purchased rights to the Rosebud Mine in                                                                       8708.70.60, and 8716.90.50 of the
                                              the city of Colstrip with plans to build                V. Revisions to the Draft EIS                         Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
                                              power generation facilities. The                                                                              United States, preliminarily determined
                                              Rosebud Mine operation began                               In accordance with the CEQ’s                       by the Department of Commerce
                                              production in 1968. In 2001,                            regulations for implementing NEPA and                 (‘‘Commerce’’) to be subsidized and sold
                                              Westmoreland purchased the Rosebud                      the DOI’s NEPA regulations, OSMRE                     at less-than-fair-value.
                                              Mine; its subsidiary, Western Energy,                   solicited public comments on the Draft                DATES: October 23, 2018.
                                              continues to operate the mine today.                    EIS. OSMRE responses to comments are
                                              Although the Rosebud Mine has                                                                                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                      included in Appendix F of the FEIS.
                                              shipped coal by rail as recently as 2010,                                                                     Jordan Harriman (202–205–2610), Office
                                                                                                      The agencies considered comments
                                              all coal currently produced by the mine                                                                       of Investigations, U.S. International
                                                                                                      received from the public on the Draft                 Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
                                              is consumed locally at the Colstrip and                 EIS and incorporated them, as
                                              Rosebud Power Plants.                                                                                         Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-
                                                                                                      appropriate, into the FEIS. The changes               impaired persons can obtain
                                              III. Background on the Western Energy                   between the Draft EIS and Final EIS are               information on this matter by contacting
                                              Proposed Permit Area F                                  a result of responding to comments                    the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
                                                 Western Energy proposes to conduct                   received during the public comment                    205–1810. Persons with mobility
                                              surface coal mining and reclamation                     period and generally consist of revisions             impairments who will need special
                                              operations within the 6,746-acre                        to the text to clarify the analysis of                assistance in gaining access to the
                                              proposed permit Area F of the Rosebud                   resource-specific potential impacts                   Commission should contact the Office
                                              Mine. The project area would be                         under each alternative. No new analyses               of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
                                              adjacent to the western boundary of                     were completed and no new or                          General information concerning the
                                              Area C, 12 miles west of Colstrip.                      additional data were used to support the              Commission may also be obtained by
                                              Western Energy proposes to conduct                      existing analyses.                                    accessing its internet server (https://
                                              surface coal mining operations on an                       In addition, the FEIS includes updates             www.usitc.gov). The public record for
                                              approximately 2,159-acre portion of the                 based on evolving regulatory guidance                 these investigations may be viewed on
                                              project area, with a total disturbance                                                                        the Commission’s electronic docket
                                                                                                      and completion of the NHPA Section
                                              footprint, including soil storage, scoria                                                                     (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
                                                                                                      106 and ESA Section 7 consultation
                                              pits, and haul roads, of approximately                  processes.                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              4,260 acres. The project area would, in                                                                          Scope.— For purposes of these
                                              conjunction with the mining of any                        Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.1             investigations, Commerce has defined
                                              reserves remaining within existing                        Dated: November 16, 2018.                           the subject merchandise as ‘‘. . .certain
                                              permit areas A, B, and C of the Rosebud                 David Berry,                                          on-the-road steel wheels, discs, and
                                              Mine, supply low-sulfur coal to the                                                                           rims for tubeless tires, with a nominal
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                                                                                                      Regional Director, Western Region.
                                              Colstrip Power Plant (Units 3 and 4) at                                                                       rim diameter of 22.5 inches and 24.5
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2018–26042 Filed 11–29–18; 8:45 am]
                                              a rate of between 7.7 and 9.95 million                                                                        inches, regardless of width. Certain on-
                                              tons annually. In addition, coal from the               BILLING CODE 4310–05–P                                the-road steel wheels with a nominal
                                              Rosebud Mine with higher sulfur                                                                               wheel diameter of 22.5 inches and 24.5
                                              content would be supplied to the                                                                              inches are generally for Class 6, 7, and
                                              Rosebud Power Plant at a rate of                                                                              8 commercial vehicles (as classified by
                                              approximately 300,000 tons annually.                                                                          the Federal Highway Administration


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Document Created: 2018-11-30 04:36:09
Document Modified: 2018-11-30 04:36:09
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesThe OSMRE will not issue a final decision on the Proposed Action and Alternatives for a minimum of 30 days from the date that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) publishes this notice in the Federal Register.
ContactLogan Sholar, OSMRE Project
FR Citation83 FR 61671 

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