[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 23811-23812] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-11125] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement 30 CFR Parts 701, 724, 773, 774, 778, 842, 843, and 846 RIN 1029-AB94 Application and Permit Information Requirements; Permit Eligibility; Definitions of Ownership and Control; the Applicant/ Violator System; Alternative Enforcement Actions
Agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
Action
Proposed rule; reopening and extension of comment period.
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Summary
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is reopening and extending the comment period for the proposed rule published on December 21, 1998 (63 FR 70580). The comment period originally closed
on February 19, 1999, and was then extended to April 15, 1999 (64 FR 15322; March 31, 1999). We are again reopening and extending the comment period for an additional 5 days.
Dates
We will accept written comments on the proposed rule until 5 p.m. Eastern time, on May 10, 1999.
Addresses
You may mail or hand-deliver comments to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Administrative Record, Room 101, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20240. You may also submit comments to OSM via the Internet at: osmrules@osmre.gov.
For Further Information Contact
Earl D. Bandy, Jr., Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Applicant/Violator System Office, 2679 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503. Telephone: (606) 233-2796 or (800) 643-9748. E-Mail: ebandy@osmre.gov.
Supplementary Information
In order to accept comments from members of the public received shortly after the close of the comment period, we are reopening and extending the public comment period for the proposed rule published on December 21, 1998 (63 FR 70580). We are extending the comment period an additional 5 days. In the rule, we are proposing revised permit eligibility requirements for surface coal mining operations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). In particular, we propose to revise how ownership and control of mining operations is determined under section 510(c) of SMCRA so that applicants who are responsible for unabated violations do not receive new permits. We have designed this proposal to be effective, fair, and consistent with a 1997 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit addressing ownership and control issues.
Dated: April 28, 1999. Mary Josie Blanchard, Assistant Director, Program Support. [FR Doc. 99-11125 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-05-M