4798 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices

resources that may be affected by

proposed underground coal mining

activities.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Underground coal mining and

reclamation applicants.

Total Annual Responses: 134.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,757

hours.

Send comments on the need for the

collection of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collection; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burden on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collection of the

information, to the following address.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control number in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 27, 1997.

Arthur W. Abbs,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 97–2492 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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Draft Environmental Impact Statement,

OSM–EIS–29

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) of

the United States Department of the

Interior is making available for public

comment, a revised Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for proposed

revisions to the permanent program

regulations implementing section 522(e)

of the Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) and

a proposed interpretive rule concerning

the applicability of the section 522(e)

prohibitions to subsidence resulting

from underground coal mining. The

DEIS has been prepared to assist OSM

in determining the potential

environmental impacts of the various

regulatory options under consideration.

DATES: Electronic or written comments:

OSM will accept electronic or written

comments on the proposed rule until

5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 2, 1997.

Public hearings: Anyone wishing to

testify at a public hearing must submit

a request on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern

time on March 17, 1997. Because OSM

will hold a public hearing at a particular

location only if there is sufficient

interest, hearing arrangements, dates

and times, if any, will be announced in

a subsequent Federal Register notice.

Any disabled individual who needs

special accommodation to attend a

public hearing should contact the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: Electronic or written

comments: Submit electronic comments

to osmrules@osmre.gov. Mail written

comments to the Administrative Record

(MS–210), Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20240 or hand-deliver to the Office

of Surface Mining, Room 117, 1951

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC.

Public hearings: If there is sufficient

interest, hearings may be held in

Billings, MT; Denver, CO; Lexington,

KY; Washington, DC; and Washington,

PA. To request a hearing, contact the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by the time

specified under DATES using any of the

methods listed for ‘‘Electronic or written

comments’’.

DEIS: Single copies of the DEIS may

be obtained by contacting the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

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: OSM is

making available for public comment,

the DEIS for proposed revisions to the

permanent program regulations

implementing section 522(e) of SMCRA.

The DEIS describes the environmental

impacts that would result from

amending OSM’s permanent program

regulations that address the issue of

valid existing rights (VER), coal

exploration on lands protected by

section 522(e), and the application of

the prohibitions of section 522(e) to the

subsidence effects of underground coal

mining.

Except as otherwise provided in that

section, the prohibitions in section

522(e) of SMCRA apply to all surface

coal mining operations unless a person

has VER for the area in question or

unless an operation existed on the

enactment date of SMCRA. Lands

designated by section 522(e)(1) include

any lands within the boundaries of units

of the National Park System; the

National Wildlife Refuge System; the

National System of Trails; the National

Wilderness Preservation System; the

Wild and Scenic Rivers System,

including study rivers designated under

section 5(a) include any Federal lands

within the boundaries of any National

Forest. Lands designated by section

522(e)(3) include lands where mining

would adversely affect publicly owned

parks and properties listed on the

National Register of Historic Places.

Lands designated by section 522(e)(4)

and (5) include lands within 100 feet of

public roads and cemeteries, and within

300 feet of occupied dwellings, public

buildings, schools, churches,

community or institutional buildings,

and public parks.

OSM has identified five alternatives

for implementing the VER exception to

the prohibitions in section 522(e) of

SMCRA. The five alternatives are No

Action, Good Faith All Permits

(preferred alternative), Good Faith All

Permits or Takings, Ownership and

Authority, and Bifurcated, which is a

combination of Good Faith All Permits

and Ownership and Authority.

There are five alternatives under

consideration with respect to the

applicability of the prohibitions of

section 522(e) to subsidence resulting

from underground coal mining. The

alternatives are No Action, Prohibitions

Apply, Prohibitions Apply If There is

Material Damage, Prohibitions Apply If

There is Subsidence, and Prohibitions

Do Not Apply (preferred alternative).

In addition to the above, there are five

alternatives under consideration with

respect to the issue of coal exploration

on section 522(e) lands.

OSM invites interested members of

the public to comment on the DEIS and

on the proposed rules. The proposed

rules are being published in this issue

of the Federal Register.

Dated: January 21, 1997.

Mary Josie Blanchard,

Assistant Director, Program Support.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Crown Pacific Limited Partnership,

Redmond, OR

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Notice of Revised Determination on

Reconsideration

On December 2, 1996, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination