[Federal Register: May 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 92)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27069]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Chapter VII
RIN 1029-AC54
Placement of Coal Combustion Byproducts in Active and Abandoned
Coal Mines
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM),
Interior.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for the advance notice of
proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published in the March 14, 2007 Federal
Register for 30 days. The ANPR is related to the placement of coal
combustion byproducts (CCBs) in active and abandoned coal minesites.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your comments on or
before June 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 1029-
AC54, by any of the following methods to the indicated address:
E-mail: rules_comments@osmre.gov. Please include docket
number 1029-AC54 in the subject line of the message.
Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier to the OSM Administrative
Record Room: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
Administrative Record, Room 252-SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
The notice is listed under the agency name ``SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION
AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.'' Click ``Add Comments'' to submit comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Craynon, P.E., Chief, Division of
Regulatory Support, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave., NW., MS-202, Washington, DC 20240;
Telephone 202-208-2866; E-mail: jcraynon@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 14, 2007, we published the ANPR
that invited comment on how we should revise the regulations
implementing Titles IV and V of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act) to regulate the placement of
CCBs on active and abandoned coal minesites and what type of guidance
documents we should issue, if any. (72 FR 12026). We also sought
comment on whether section 405(i) of the Act provides sufficient
latitude to require that abandoned mine land reclamation project
submissions include site-specific plans and requirements concerning the
placement of CCBs. The comment period was originally scheduled to close
May 14, 2007.
After publishing the ANPR, we received requests from several
parties to extend the comment period. We reviewed the requests and have
decided to extend the public comment period for the ANPR for 30 days.
The public comment period will now close June 13, 2007.
Comments received in response to the ANPR will help us scope and
frame the proposed rule. Before including your address, phone number,
e-mail 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 from public
review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Dated: May 4, 2007.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 07-2359 Filed 5-11-07; 8:45 am]
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