3190 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 14 / Thursday, January 22, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 906 

[SATS No. CO–040–FOR, Docket ID: OSM– 

2011–0002; S1D1SSS08011000SX0

66A00067F144S180110; S2D2SSS080110

00SX066A00033F14XS501520] 

Colorado Regulatory Program 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

public comment period on proposed 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing the 

receipt of revisions pertaining to a 

previously proposed amendment to the 

Colorado regulatory program 

(hereinafter, the ‘‘Colorado program’’) 

under the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977 (‘‘SMCRA’’ or 

‘‘the Act’’). Colorado proposes additions 

of rules and revisions to Rules of the 

Colorado Mined Land Reclamation 

Board for Coal Mining, 2 CCR 407–2, 

concerning the protection and 

replacement of the hydrologic balance, 

subsidence, valid existing rights 

determinations, roads, requirements 

associated with annual reclamation 

reports, prime farmland determinations, 

various definitions, permit revisions, 

performance bonds, backfill placement 

methods and requirements, backfilling 

and grading, and revegetation. Colorado 

intends to revise its program to improve 

operational efficiency. 

This document gives the times and 

locations that the Colorado program and 

proposed amendment to that program 

are available for your inspection, the 

comment period during which you may 

submit written comments on the 

amendment, and the procedures that we 

will follow for the public hearing, if one 

is requested. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on December 6, 

2011 (76 FR 76109), is re-opened. We 

will accept written comments on this 

amendment until 4:00 p.m., mountain 

standard time (m.s.t.) February 23, 2015. 

If requested, we will hold a public 

hearing on the amendment on February 

17, 2015. We will accept requests to 

speak until 4:00 p.m., m.s.t., on 

February 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘CO–040–FOR’’ or Docket 

ID number OSM–2011–0002, by either 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The proposed rule 

has been assigned Docket ID OSM– 

2011–0002. If you would like to submit 

comments via the Federal eRulemaking 

portal, go to www.regulations.gov and 

follow the instructions. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Jeffrey 

Fleischman, Director, Casper Area 

Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Dick 

Cheney Federal Building, POB 11018, 

150 East B Street, Casper, Wyoming 

82601–1018. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the ‘‘III. Public Comment 

Procedures’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

In addition to viewing the docket and 

obtaining copies of documents at 

www.regulations.gov, you may review 

copies of the Colorado program, this 

amendment, a listing of any scheduled 

public hearings, and all written 

comments received in response to this 

document, may be obtained at the 

addresses listed below during normal 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. You may also 

receive one free copy of the amendment 

by contacting OSMRE’s Casper Area 

Office. 

Jeffrey Fleischman, Director, Casper 

Area Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Dick 

Cheney Federal Building, POB 11018, 

150 East B Street, Casper, Wyoming 

82601–1018, (307) 261–6547, Email: 

jfleischman@osmre.gov. 

David Berry, Director, Office of Mined 

Land Reclamation, Colorado Division 

of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 

Department of Natural Resources, 

1313 Sherman Street, Suite 215, 

Denver, CO 80203, Email: 

David.Berry@state.co.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Boehms, Telephone: (303) 293– 

5012. Email: aboehms@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Colorado Program 

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

I. Background on the Colorado Program 

Section 503(a) of the Act permits a 

State to assume primacy for the 

regulation of surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations on non-Federal 

and non-Indian lands within its borders 

by demonstrating that its State program 

includes, among other things, ‘‘a State 

law which provides for the regulation of 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations in accordance with the 

requirements of this Act . . .; and rules 

and regulations consistent with 

regulations issued by the Secretary 

pursuant to this Act.’’ See 30 U.S.C. 

1253(a)(1) and (7). On the basis of these 

criteria, the Secretary of the Interior 

conditionally approved the Colorado 

program on December 15, 1980. You can 

find background information on the 

Colorado program, including the 

Secretary’s findings, the disposition of 

comments, and the conditions of 

approval of the Colorado program in the 

December 15, 1980, Federal Register (45 

FR 82173). You can also find later 

actions concerning Colorado’s program 

and program amendments at 30 CFR 

906.10, 906.15, 906.16, and 906.30. 

II. Description of the Proposed 

Amendment 

By letter dated April 8, 2011, 

Colorado sent us a proposed 

amendment to its approved regulatory 

program (Administrative Record Docket 

ID No. OSM–2011–0002) under SMCRA 

(30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Colorado 

submitted the amendment to address all 

required rule changes OSMRE identified 

by letters to Colorado dated April 4, 

2008, and October 2, 2009, under 30 

CFR 732.17(c). These included changes 

to Colorado’s rules for valid existing 

rights and ownership and control. The 

amendment also includes changes made 

at Colorado’s own initiative. The full 

text of the program amendment is 

available for you to read at the locations 

listed above under ADDRESSES. 

Specifically, Colorado proposes 

substantive revisions to the Colorado 

Code of Regulations at 2 CCR 407–2 

Rules 1.07 (Procedures for Valid 

Existing Rights Determinations), 2.01 

(General Requirements for Permits), 2.02 

(General Requirements for Coal 

Exploration), 2.03 (Application for 

Permit for Surface Coal Mining and 

Reclamation Operations: Minimum 

Requirements for Legal, Financial, 

Compliance, and Related Information), 

2.04 (Application for Permit for Surface 

Coal Mining and Reclamation 

Operations: Minimum Requirements for 

Information on Environmental 

Resources), 2.05 (Application for Permit 

for Surface Coal Mining and 

Reclamation Operations: Minimum 

Requirements for Operation and 

Reclamation Plans), 2.07 (Public 

Participation and Approval of Permit 

Applications), 2.08 (Permit Review, 

Revisions and Renewals and Transfer, 

Sale and Assignment), 2.11 (Challenging 

Ownership or Control Listings and 

Findings), 4.03 (Roads), 4.05 

(Hydrologic Balance), 4.06 (Topsoil), 

4.07 (Sealing of Drilled Holes and 

Underground Openings), 4.08 (Use of 

Explosives), 4.14 (Backfilling and 

Grading), 4.15 (Revegetation), 4.16 

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(Subsidence Control), 4.25 (Operations 

on Prime Farmland), 5.03 

(Enforcement), and 5.06 (Alternative 

Enforcement). Additionally, Colorado 

proposes revisions to and additions of 

definitions supporting these proposed 

rule changes. 

As a result of comments received for 

the Federal Register Proposed Rule 

notice published December 6, 2011, 

which announced receipt of the 

amendment and solicited comments (76 

FR 76109), we identified concerns with 

regard to Colorado’s Statement of Basis, 

Purpose, and Specific Statutory 

Authority (SBPSA) document that is 

incorporated with 2 CCR 407–2 by 

reference. We notified Colorado of our 

concerns by letter dated September 19, 

2011 (Administrative Record No. OSM– 

2011–0002–0008). Colorado responded 

in a letter dated September 22, 2011, by 

submitting a revised amendment 

proposal (Administrative Record No. 

OSM–2011–0002–0009). During our 

review of that revised amendment, 

OSMRE found additional deficiencies 

and notified Colorado of these 

deficiencies in a concern letter dated 

May 20, 2013 (Administrative Record 

No. OSM–2011–0002–0012). In 

response to our concerns, Colorado 

resubmitted the amendment formally on 

October 1, 2014 (Administrative Record 

Numbers OSM–2011–0002–0013 (Cover 

Letter), OSM–2011–0002–0014 

(Proposed Revisions), and OSM–2011– 

0002–0015 (SOBAP)). Colorado 

proposes additional language to clarify 

proposed Rules that were initially 

deemed unapprovable by OSMRE. 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

Under the provisions of 30 CFR 

732.17(h), we are seeking your 

comments on whether the amendment 

satisfies the applicable program 

approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If we 

approve the amendment, it will become 

part of the Colorado program. 

Electronic or Written Comments 

If you submit written comments, they 

should be specific, confined to issues 

pertinent to the proposed regulations, 

and explain the reason for any 

recommended change(s). We appreciate 

any and all comments, but those most 

useful and likely to influence decisions 

on the final regulations will be those 

that either involve personal experience 

or include citations to and analyses of 

SMCRA, its legislative history, its 

implementing regulations, case law, 

other pertinent State or Federal laws or 

regulations, technical literature, or other 

relevant publications. 

We cannot ensure that comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or sent to an address 

other than those listed above (see 

ADDRESSES) will be included in the 

docket for this rulemaking and 

considered. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Public Hearing 

If you wish to speak at the public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

4:00 p.m., m.s.t. on February 6, 2015. If 

you are disabled and need reasonable 

accommodations to attend a public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. We 

will arrange the location and time of the 

hearing with those persons requesting 

the hearing. If no one requests an 

opportunity to speak, we will not hold 

the hearing. 

To assist the transcriber and ensure an 

accurate record, we request, if possible, 

that each person who speaks at a public 

hearing provide us with a written copy 

of his or her comments. The public 

hearing will continue on the specified 

date until everyone scheduled to speak 

has been given an opportunity to be 

heard. If you are in the audience and 

have not been scheduled to speak and 

wish to do so, you will be allowed to 

speak after those who have been 

scheduled. We will end the hearing after 

everyone scheduled to speak and others 

present in the audience who wish to 

speak, have been heard. 

Public Meeting 

If only one person requests an 

opportunity to speak, we may hold a 

public meeting rather than a public 

hearing. If you wish to meet with us to 

discuss the amendment, please request 

a meeting by contacting the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All such meetings are open to 

the public; if possible, we will post 

notices of meetings at the locations 

listed under ADDRESSES. We will make 

a written summary of each meeting a 

part of the administrative record. 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

Executive Order 12866—Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This rule is exempted from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Executive Order 12866 

(Regulatory Planning and Review). 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSMRE 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 906 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Ervin J. Barchenger, 

Acting Regional Director, Western Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00932 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

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47 CFR Part 12 

[PS Docket No. 14–193; PS Docket No. 13– 

75; FCC 14–186] 

911 Governance and Accountability; 

Improving 911 Reliability 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) affirms core principles 

guiding its approach to 911 governance 

and proposes mechanisms to ensure, in 

cooperation with state and local 

partners, that the nation’s 911 

governance structure keeps pace with 

evolving technology so that all entities 

providing 911 service capabilities 

remain accountable for reliable 911 call 

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