Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices 4797

• Upper Colorado Regional Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, Library, Room

7101, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake

City, UT 84138.

• Albuquerque Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, 505 Marquette NW, Suite

1313, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

• Western Colorado Area Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, 2764 Compass

Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81506.

• Provo Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, 302 East 1860 South,

Provo, UT 84606.

• Farmington Construction Office,

300 West Arrington, Suite 50,

Farmington, NM 87401–8442.

• Power Office, Colorado River

Storage Project, 125 South State Street,

Room 6107, Salt Lake City, UT 84138–

1102.

• Great Plains Regional Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, Library, Room

2037, Federal Office Building, 316

North 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101.

• Dakotas Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, 304 East Broadway

Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501.

• Eastern Colorado Area Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, 11056 West

County Road 18E, Loveland, CO 80537.

• Montana Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, 2900 Fourth Avenue

North, Billings, MT 59101.

• Nebraska-Kansas Area Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, Federal

Building, 203 West 2nd Street, Grand

Island, NE 68801.

• Oklahoma-Texas Area Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, Federal

Building, 300 East 8th Street, Room 801,

Austin, TX 78701–3225.

• Wyoming Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, 705 Pendell Boulevard,

Mills, WY 82644.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact the person nearest you.

• Bureau of Reclamation: Attention:

Mr. Vernon Lovejoy, Program Analysis

Office (D–5300), PO Box 25007, Denver,

CO 80225–0007; telephone: (303) 236–

1061, extension 322.

• Pacific Northwest Region:

Attention: Mr. Jim Budolfson, SRA–

6100, Snake River Area Office-West, 214

Broadway Avenue, Boise, ID 83702;

telephone number: (208) 334-1466.

• Mid-Pacific Region: Attention: Mr.

Jack Mellor, CC–400, Central California

Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road,

Folsom, CA 95630–1799; telephone

number: (916) 989–7262.

• Lower Colorado Region: Attention:

Mr. Robert Michaels, PXAO–6000,

Phoenix Area Office, PO Box 9980,

Phoenix, AZ 85068–0980; telephone

number: (602) 395–5674.

• Upper Colorado Region: Attention:

Mr. Darrell Welch, UC-334, Upper

Colorado Regional Office, 125 South

State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84138–

1102; telephone number: (801) 524–

3765.

• Great Plains Region: Attention: Mr.

Kenneth Randolph, WY–400, Wyoming

Area Office, PO Box 1630, Mills, WY

82644–1630; telephone number: (307)

261–5676.

• Washington DC. Office: Attention:

Mr. Bruce Brown, Attention: W–5000,

Commissioner’s Office, 1849 C Street,

NW, Main Interior Building, Room

7060-MIB, Washington DC. 20240–0001;

telephone number: (202) 208–5204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the proposed Policy and Directives and

Standards will be mailed to:

• Everyone on Reclamation’s current

mailing list for this proposed Policy and

Directives and Standards;

• Those who received a copy of the

Interim Policy and Directives and

Standards;

• Anyone who submitted comments

on the Interim Policy and Directives and

Standards; and

• Others that Reclamation expects to

have a specific interest in concessions

management.

HANDICAPPED INFORMATION: All meeting

locations are accessible to persons with

disabilities. Individuals in need of

special assistance or with disabilities

such as hearing impairments may make

arrangements by calling the Public

Involvement Group, Reclamation

Service Center, at (303) 236–2722

extension 322, at least 5 days in advance

of the meeting.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

Wayne O. Deason,

Deputy Director, Program Analysis Office.

[FR Doc. 97–2219 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection request

for the title described below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

request describes the nature of the

information collection and the expected

burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 3, 1997, to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has

submitted a request to OMB to renew its

approval of the collection of information

found at 30 CFR 783, Underground

Mining Permit Applications—Minimum

Requirements for Information on

Environmental Resources. OSM is

requesting a 3-year term of approval for

this information collection activity.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is listed in 30 CFR Part 783,

which is 1029–0038.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a

Federal Register notice soliciting

comments on these collections of

information was published on October

25, 1996 (61 FR 55314). No comments

were received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment.

The following information is provided

for the information collection: (1) Title

of the information collection; (2) OMB

control number; (3) summary of the

information collection activity; and (4)

frequency of collection, description of

the respondents, estimated total annual

responses, and the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

the collection of information. Where

appropriate, OSM has revised burden

estimates to reflect current reporting

levels, adjustments based on reestimates

of the burden or number of respondents,

and programmatic changes.

Title: Underground Mining Permit

Applications—Minimum Requirements

for Information on Environmental

Resources, 30 CFR 783.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0038.

Summary: Applicants for

underground coal mining permits are

required to provide adequate

descriptions of the environmental
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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]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

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.

[FR Doc. 97–2181 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Crown Pacific Limited Partnership,

Redmond, OR

[TA–W–32,608 and NAFTA—01149]

Notice of Revised Determination on

Reconsideration

On December 2, 1996, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination