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indicated under ‘‘DATES’’ or at

locations other than the Tulsa Field

Office will not necessarily be

considered in the final rulemaking or

included in the Administrative Record.

Public Hearing

Persons wishing to speak at the public

hearing should contact the person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT by 4:00 p.m., c.s.t. on

December 30, 1997. The location and

time of the hearing will be arranged

with those persons requesting the

hearing. If no one requests an

opportunity to speak at the public

hearing, the hearing will not be held.

Filing of a written statement at the

time of the hearing is requested as it

will greatly assist the transcriber.

Submission of written statements in

advance of the hearing will allow OSM

officials to prepare adequate responses

and appropriate questions. Any disabled

individual who has need for a special

accommodation to attend a public

hearing should contact the individual

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

The public hearing will continue on

the specified date until all persons

scheduled to speak have been heard.

Persons in the audience who have not

been scheduled to speak will be heard

following those who have been

scheduled. The hearing will end after all

persons scheduled to speak and persons

present in the audience who wish to

speak have been heard.

Public Meeting

If only one person requests an

opportunity to speak at a hearing, a

public meeting, rather than a public

hearing, may be held. Persons wishing

to meet with OSM representatives to

discuss the proposed amendment may

request a meeting by contacting the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. All such meetings

will be open to the public and, if

possible, notices of meetings will be

posted at the locations listed under

ADDRESSES. A written summary of each

meeting will be made a part of the

Administrative Record.

IV. Procedural Determinations

Executive Order 12866

This proposed rule is exempted from

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) under Executive Order

12866 (Regulatory Planning and

Review).

Executive Order 12988

The Department of the Interior has

conducted the reviews required by

section 3 of Executive Order 12988

(Civil Justice Reform) and has

determined that, to the extent allowed

by law, this rule meets the applicable

standards of subsections (a) and (b) of

that section. However, these standards

are not applicable to the actual language

of State and Tribal abandoned mine

land reclamation plans and revisions

thereof since each such plan is drafted

and promulgated by a specific State or

Tribe, not by OSM. Decisions on

proposed abandoned mine land

reclamation plans and revisions thereof

submitted by a State or Tribe are based

on a determination of whether the

submittal meets the requirements of

Title IV of SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1231–

1243) and 30 CFR Parts 884 and 888.

National Environmental Policy Act

No environmental impact statement is

required for this rule since agency

decisions on proposed State or Tribal

abandoned mine land reclamation plans

and revisions thereof are categorically

excluded from compliance with the

National Environmental Policy Act (42

U.S.C. 4332) by the Manual of the

Department of the Interior (516 DM 6,

appendix 8, paragraph 8.4B(29)).

Paperwork Reduction Act

This rule does not contain

information collection requirements that

require approval by OMB under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507 et seq.).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Department of the Interior has

determined that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5

U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The submittal which

is the subject of this rule is based upon

corresponding Federal regulations for

which an economic analysis was

prepared and certification made that

such regulations would not have a

significant economic effect upon a

substantial number of small entities.

Accordingly, this rule will ensure that

existing requirements previously

promulgated by OSM will be

implemented. In making the

determination as to whether this rule

would have a significant economic

impact, the Department relied upon the

data and assumptions in the analyses for

the corresponding Federal regulations.

Unfunded Mandates

OSM has determined and certifies

pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1502 et seq.) that

this rule will not impose a cost of $100

million or more in any given year on

local, state, or tribal governments or

private entities.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 936

Abandoned mine land reclamation,

Intergovernmental relations, Surface

mining, Underground mining.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Brent Wahlquist,

Regional Director, Mid-Continent Regional

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 97–32599 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[MT–001–0002b, MT–001–0003b; FRL–5934–

4]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Montana; 1990 Base Year Carbon

Monoxide Emission Inventories for

Montana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing approval of

the 1990 base year carbon monoxide

(CO) emission inventories for Missoula,

Billings, and Great Falls that were

submitted by the State to satisfy certain

requirements of the Clean Air Act

(CAA), as amended in 1990. In the Final

Rules Section of this Federal Register,

EPA is approving the State’s State

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision as a

direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial revision and

anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to this proposed rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this rule. If EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a

second comment period on this action.

Any parties interested in commenting

on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by January

14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: Richard R. Long,

Director, Air Program (8P2–A), United

States Environmental Protection
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Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466.

Copies of the documents relevant to

this action are available for public

inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday at the

following office: United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 8, Air Program, 999 18th Street,

suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202–

2466.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim

Russ, Air Program (8P2–A), United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, ph.

(303) 312–6479.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

William P. Yellowtail,

Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 97–32645 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[ND–001–0003b; FRL–5933–9]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Plans for Designated Facilities and

Pollutants; North Dakota; Control of

Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve the North Dakota plan for

implementing the Municipal Solid

Waste (MSW) Landfill Emission

Guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, subpart

Cc, which was required pursuant to

section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act

(Act). The State’s plan, which was

submitted to EPA on September 11,

1997, establishes performance standards

for existing MSW landfills and provides

for the implementation and enforcement

of those standards.

In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the State’s submittal in a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

action and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

and the direct final rule will become

effective. If EPA receives adverse

comments, the direct final rule will be

withdrawn and all public comments

received will be addressed in a

subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a

second comment period on this

document. Any parties interested in

commenting on this document should

do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by January

14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Vicki

Stamper, 8P2-A, at the EPA Region VIII

Office listed. Copies of the documents

relevant to this proposed rule are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours at the following

locations: Air Program, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202–2466; and the North Dakota

Department of Health, Division of

Environmental Engineering, 1200

Missouri Avenue, room 304, Box 5520,

Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–5520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicki Stamper, EPA Region VIII, (303)

312–6445.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

action which is located in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 24, 1997.

William P. Yellowtail,

Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 97–32639 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

49 CFR Part 195

[Docket No. RSPA–97–2362; Notice 1]

RIN 2137—AD06

Pipeline Safety: Incorporation by

Reference of Industry Standard on

Leak Detection

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA).

ACTION: Correction to RIN number.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

RIN number of the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking [Docket RSPA–97–2362;

Notice 1], published in the Federal

Register on October 29, 1997 (62 FR

56141). In the document heading on

page 56141, the RIN number ‘‘RIN

2137–AD05’’ is changed to read ‘‘RIN

2137–AD06.’’ The notice proposes to

adopt as a referenced document an

industry publication for pipeline leak

detection, API 1130, ‘‘Computational

Pipeline Monitoring.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lloyd Ulrich, (202) 366–4556.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 9,

1997.

Richard B. Felder,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–32624 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 971201282–7282–01; I.D.

102897B]

RIN 0648-AK38

Halibut Fisheries in U.S. Convention

Waters Off Alaska; Fisheries of the

Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska;

Management Measures to Reduce

Seabird Bycatch in the Hook-and-Line

Halibut and Groundfish Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations

that would require operators of vessels

fishing for Pacific halibut in U.S.

Convention waters off Alaska to conduct

fishing operations in a specified manner

and to employ specified measures

intended to reduce seabird bycatch and

incidental seabird mortality. This rule

would also amend the regulations

requiring seabird bycatch avoidance

measures in the hook-and-line

groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea

and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and the

Gulf of Alaska (GOA) to clarify one of

the measures. The proposed halibut

fisheries measures are intended to

mitigate interactions with the shorttailed albatross (Diomedea albatrus), an

endangered species protected under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA), and

with other seabird species in fisheries in

and off Alaska.

DATES: Comments must be received by

January 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Chief, Sustainable Fisheries Division,

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668,