Valid Existing Rights Final Environmental Impact Statement, OSM- EIS-29

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32209]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Valid Existing Rights Final Environmental Impact Statement, OSM-
EIS-29

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(``we'' or OSM) is making available the final environmental impact 
statement for revisions to its permanent program regulations 
implementing section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 and an interpretive rule concerning the 
applicability of the section 522(e) prohibitions to subsidence 
resulting from underground coal mining.

ADDRESSES: The final environmental impact statement (FEIS) is available 
for inspection at the Office of Surface Mining, Administrative Record-
Room 101, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20240. You may 
obtain a single copy by writing us at that address or calling 202-208-
2847. You also may request a copy via the Internet at 
osmrules@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy DeVito, Office of Surface Mining 
(MS 210), 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20240; 
Telephone: 202-208-2701; E-Mail: adevito@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are making available the FEIS for 
revisions to OSM's permanent program regulations implementing section 
552(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and an 
interpretive rule concerning the applicability of the section 522(e) 
prohibitions to subsidence resulting from underground coal mining.
    The FEIS describes the environmental impacts that would result from 
amending OSM's permanent program regulations that address the issue of 
valid existing rights and the application of the prohibitions of 
section 522(e) to the subsidence effects of underground coal mining. 
Two final rules and the Records of Decision dealing with these issues 
are being published in this issued of the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 12, 1999.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Assistant Director, Program Support.
[FR Doc. 99-32209 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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