Title 30—Mineral Resources--Volume 1
PART 756—INDIAN TRIBE ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION PROGRAMS
§ 756.1   Scope.
This part implements the provisions in Pub. L. 100-71 which authorize the Crow, Hopi, and Navajo Tribes to obtain the Secretary's approval of Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation programs without prior approval of surface mining regulatory programs as ordinarily required by section 405 of SMCRA.
§ 756.13   Approval of the Navajo Nation's abandoned mine land plan.
The Navajo Nation's Abandoned Mine Land Plan as submitted in June 1982, resubmitted in September 1983, and amended in February 1988, is approved effective May 16, 1988. Copies of the approved program are available at:
(a) The Navajo Nation, Navajo Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Department, Division of Natural Resources, Navajo Nation Inn—Office Complex, P.O. Box 1875, Window Rock, AZ 86515, Telephone: (520) 871-7593.
(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Albuquerque Field Office, 505 Marquette Ave., NW., Suite 1200, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Telephone: (505) 248-5070.
§ 756.14   Approval of amendments to the Navajo Nation's abandoned mine land plan.
(a) Revisions to the following provisions of the Navajo Nation AMLR plan, as submitted to OSM on April 7 and 22, 1994, are approved effective September 27, 1994:
(b) The Director concurs with the Navajo Nation's May 4, 1994, certification of completion of coal reclamation effective September 27, 1994.
(c) Revisions to sections 404 (a), (b), and (c) of the Navajo Nation Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) Code of 1987, pertaining to eligible lands and water, as submitted to OSM on January 12, 1995, and as subsequently revised on February 23 1995, are approved effective April 25, 1995.
(d) Revisions to, additions of, or deletions of the following rules, as submitted to OSM on September 3, 1996, are approved effective April 15, 1997.
(e) Addition or removal of the following rules, as submitted to OSM on March 2 and 8, 2001, is approved effective July 31, 2001:
§ 756.15   Required amendments to the Navajo Nation's abandoned mine land plan.
Pursuant to 30 CFR 884.15, the Navajo Nation is required to submit to OSM by the date specified either a proposed amendment or a reasonable timetable, which is consistent with the Navajo Nation's established administrative and legislative procedures, for submitting an amendment to the Navajo Nation plan.
§ 756.16   Approval of the Hopi Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
The Hopi Tribe's Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan as submitted in July 1983, and amended in March and May 1988, is approved. Copies of the approved Plan are available at the following locations:
(a) The Hopi Tribe, Hopi Abandoned Mine Land Program, Department of Natural Resources, Honahni Building, P.O. Box 123, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039, Telephone: (520) 734-2441.
(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Albuquerque Field Office, 505 Marquette Ave., NW., Suite 1200, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Telephone: (505) 248-5070.
§ 756.17   Approval of the Hopi Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan amendments.
The following amendments to the Hopi Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan are approved.
(a) The Hopi Tribe certification of completion of coal reclamation, as submitted on February 2, 1994, is approved effective June 9, 1994.
(b) With the exceptions of part I, concerning the purpose of the Hopi tribe plan; section I, A(3) concerning facilities related to water supplies; section I, A(4), concerning public facilities projects; section II, B(1)(d)(ii), concerning the protection of property; and section 884.13(f)(2), concerning a description of aesthetic, cultural and recreational conditions of the Hopi Reservation, revisions to and additions of the following plan provisions, as submitted to OSM on November 2, 1995, are approved effective April 23, 1996.
(c) Revisions to, additions of, or deletions of the following plan provisions, as submitted to OSM on September 23, 1996, are approved effective March 31, 1997:
§ 756.18   Required amendments to the Hopi Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
Pursuant to 30 CFR 884.15, the Hopi Tribe is required to submit to OSM by the date specified either a proposed amendment or a reasonable timetable, which is consistent with the Hopi Tribe's established administrative and legislative procedures, for submitting an amendment to the Hopi Tribe plan.
(a)-(b) [Reserved]
§ 756.19   Approval of the Crow Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
The Crow Tribe's Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan as submitted in 1982, and resubmitted in September, 1988 is approved. Copies of the approved Plan are available at the following locations:
(a) Crow Tribal Council, Crow Office of Reclamation, P.O. Box 159, Crow Agency, MT 59022.
(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Casper Field Office, Room 2128, 100 East B Street, Casper, WY 82601-1918, Telephone: (307) 261-6555.
§ 756.20   Approval of amendments to the Crow Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
Revisions to the following provisions of the Crow Tribe's Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan, as submitted to OSM on the date specified, are approved.
(a) The Director concurs with the Crow Tribe's May 29, 2007, certification of completion of coal reclamation effective April 1, 2008:
(b) [Reserved]
§ 756.21   Required amendments to the Crow Tribe's abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
Pursuant to 30 CFR 884.15, the Crow Tribe is required to submit to OSM by the date specified either a proposed amendment or a reasonable timetable, which is consistent with the Crow Tribe's established administrative and legislative procedures, for submitting an amendment to the Crow Tribe plan.