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IV. Procedural Determinations 

Executive Order 12866—Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This rulemaking is exempted from 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 

12866. 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSM for review, our 

regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require 

us to publish a notice in the Federal 

Register indicating receipt of the 

proposed amendment, its text or a 

summary of its terms, and an 

opportunity for public comment. We 

conclude our review of the proposed 

amendment after the close of the public 

comment period and determine whether 

the amendment should be approved, 

approved in part, or not approved. At 

that time, we will also make the 

determinations and certifications 

required by the various laws and 

executive orders governing the 

rulemaking process and include them in 

the final rule. 

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 936 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: July 3, 2013. 

William L. Joseph, 

Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent 

Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 98 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0929; FRL–9902–64– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AQ81 

Revisions to Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements, and 

Proposed Confidentiality 

Determinations Under the Greenhouse 

Gas Reporting Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing an 

extension of the public comment period 

for the proposed rule titled ‘‘Revisions 

to Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements, and Proposed 

Confidentiality Determinations under 

the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 

Program.’’ 

DATES: The public comment period 

deadline for the proposed rule 

published on September 11, 2013 (78 FR 

55994), has been extended from 

November 12, 2013 to November 26, 

2013. Comments must be received on or 

before November 26, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0929 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: GHGReportingCBI@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0929, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Public Reading Room, William Jefferson 

Clinton Building West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

0929. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be confidential 

business information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or email. Send or 

deliver information identified as CBI to 

only the mail or hand/courier delivery 

address listed above, attention: Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0929. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through http://

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the EPA may not 

be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Docket, EPA/DC, William 

Jefferson Clinton Building West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC– 

6207J), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9263; fax number: 

(202) 343–2342; email address: 

GHGreporting@epa.gov. For technical 

information, contact the Greenhouse 

Gas Reporting Rule Helpline at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/

ghgrule_contactus.htm. Alternatively, 

contact Carole Cook at 202–343–9263. 

Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition 

to being available in the docket, an 

electronic copy of this proposal, 

memoranda to the docket, and all other 

related information will also be 

available through the WWW on the 

EPA’s greenhouse gas reporting rule 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/

climatechange/emissions/

ghgrulemaking.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Information on Submitting 

Comments: To expedite review of your 

comments by Agency staff, you are 

encouraged to send a separate copy of 

your comments, in addition to the copy 

you submit to the official docket, to 

Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC– 

6207J), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 


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Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 

343–9263, email GHGReportingCBI@

epa.gov. 

Background on Today’s Action. In 

this action, the EPA is providing notice 

that it is extending the comment period 

on the proposed rule titled ‘‘Revisions 

to Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements, and Proposed 

Confidentiality Determinations under 

the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 

Program,’’ which was published on 

September 11, 2013. The current 

deadline for submitting public comment 

on that rule is November 12, 2013. The 

EPA is extending that deadline to 

November 26, 2013. This extension will 

provide the general public additional 

time for public participation and 

comments. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Greenhouse gases, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: October 31, 2013. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224 

[Docket No. 130910793–3793–01] 

RIN 0648–XC867 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 

90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 

Multiple Species of Hagfish and Sea 

Snakes as Threatened or Endangered 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition 

finding; request for information. 

SUMMARY: We (NMFS) announce a 90- 

day finding on a petition to list three 

species of hagfish and three species of 

sea snakes as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). We find that the petition presents 

substantial information indicating that 

the petitioned action may be warranted 

for the sea snake, A. fuscus. We will 

conduct a status review of this species 

to determine if the petitioned action is 

warranted. To ensure that the status 

review is comprehensive, we are 

soliciting scientific and commercial 

information pertaining to this sea snake 

from any interested party. We find that 

the petition does not present substantial 

scientific or commercial information 

indicating that the petitioned action 

may be warranted for the remaining five 

species: Eptatretus octatrema, Myxine 

paucidens, Paramyxine taiwanae, 

Aipysurus apraefrontalis, and A. 

foliosquama. 

DATES: Information and comments on 

the subject action must be received by 

January 6, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

information, or data on this document, 

identified by the code NOAA–NMFS2013-0150, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2013- 

0150, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

• Fax: 301–713–4060, Attn: Lisa 

Manning. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. We will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous), although submitting 

comments anonymously will prevent us 

from contacting you if we have 

difficulty retrieving your submission. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word, 

Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only. 

Copies of the petition and related 

materials are available upon request 

from the Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910, or online at: 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/

petition81.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Manning, Office of Protected Resources, 

301–427–8466. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 15, 2013, we received a 

petition from the WildEarth Guardians 

to list 81 marine species as threatened 

or endangered under the ESA and to 

designate critical habitat under the ESA. 

Copies of this petition are available from 

us (see ADDRESSES). This notice 

addresses the three hagfishes (Eptatretus 

octatrema, Myxine paucidens, and 

Paramyxine taiwanae) and the three sea 

snakes (Aipysurus apraefrontalis, A. 

foliosquama, and A. fuscus) petitioned 

for listing. 

Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the ESA of 1973, 

as amended (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

requires, to the maximum extent 

practicable, that within 90 days of 

receipt of a petition to list a species as 

threatened or endangered, the Secretary 

of Commerce make a finding on whether 

that petition presents substantial 

scientific or commercial information 

indicating that the petitioned action 

may be warranted, and to promptly 

publish the finding in the Federal 

Register (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). When 

we find that substantial scientific or 

commercial information in a petition 

indicates the petitioned action may be 

warranted (a ‘‘positive 90-day finding’’), 

we are required to promptly commence 

a review of the status of the species 

concerned, which includes conducting a 

comprehensive review of the best 

available scientific and commercial 

information. Within 12 months of 

receiving the petition, we must 

conclude the review with a finding as to 

whether, in fact, the petitioned action is 

warranted. Because the finding at the 

12-month stage is based on a 

significantly more thorough review of 

the available information, a ‘‘may be 

warranted’’ finding at the 90-day stage 

does not prejudge the outcome of the 

status review. 

Under the ESA, a listing 

determination may address a ‘‘species,’’ 

which is defined to also include 

subspecies and, for any vertebrate 

species, any distinct population 

segment (DPS) that interbreeds when 

mature (16 U.S.C. 1532(16)). A joint 

NOAA–U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) policy clarifies the agencies’ 

interpretation of the phrase ‘‘distinct 

population segment’’ for the purposes of 

listing, delisting, and reclassifying a 

species under the ESA (‘‘DPS Policy’’; 

61 FR 4722; February 7, 1996). A 

species, subspecies, or DPS is 

‘‘endangered’’ if it is in danger of 

extinction throughout all or a significant 

portion of its range, and ‘‘threatened’’ if 

it is likely to become endangered within 

the foreseeable future throughout all or 

a significant portion of its range (ESA 


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