16506 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Proposed Rules

Paperwork Reduction Act

The provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96–511,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and its

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part

1320, do not apply to this notice

because no requirement to collect

information is proposed.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

It is hereby certified that this

proposed regulation will not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The

establishment of a viticultural area is

neither an endorsement nor approval by

ATF of the quality of wine produced in

the area, but rather an identification of

an area that is distinct from surrounding

areas. ATF believes that the

establishment of viticultural areas

merely allows wineries to more

accurately describe the origin of their

wines to consumers, and helps

consumers identify the wines they

purchase. Thus, any benefit derived

from the use of a viticultural area name

is the result of the proprietor’s own

efforts and consumer acceptance of

wines from that region.

Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility

analysis is not required because the

proposal, if promulgated as a final rule,

is not expected (1) to have significant

secondary, or incidental effects on a

substantial number of small entities; or

(2) to impose, or otherwise cause a

significant increase in the reporting,

recordkeeping, or other compliance

burdens on a substantial number of

small entities.

Executive Order 12866

It has been determined that this

proposed regulation is not a significant

regulatory action as defined by

Executive Order 12866. Accordingly,

this proposal is not subject to the

analysis required by this executive

order.

Drafting Information

The principal author of this document

is David W. Brokaw, Wine, Beer, and

Spirits Regulations Branch, Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

List of Subjects in 27 CFR Part 9

Administrative practices and

procedures, Consumer protection,

Viticultural areas, and Wine.

Authority and Issuance

Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations,

part 9, American Viticultural Areas, is

proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL

AREAS

Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part

9 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.

Subpart C—Approved American

Viticultural Areas

Par. 2. Subpart C is amended by adding

§ 9.152 to read as follows:

* * * * *

§ 9.152 Mendocino Ridge.

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural

area described in this section is

‘‘Mendocino Ridge.’’

(b) Approved maps. The appropriate

maps for determining the boundary of

the Mendocino Ridge viticultural area

are four 1:62,500 scale U.S.G.S.

topographical maps. They are titled:

(1) Ornbaun Valley Quadrangle,

California, 15 minute series topographic

map, 1960.

(2) Navarro Quadrangle, California, 15

minute series topographic map, 1961.

(3) Point Arena Quadrangle,

California, 15 minute series topographic

map, 1960.

(4) Boonville Quadrangle, California,

15 minute series topographic map, 1959.

(c) Boundary. The Mendocino Ridge

viticultural area is located within

Mendocino County, California. Within

the boundary description that follows,

the viticultural area starts at the 1200

foot elevation (contour line) and

encompasses all areas at or above the

1200 foot elevation line. The boundaries

of the Mendocino Ridge viticultural

area, using landmarks and points of

reference found on appropriate U.S.G.S.

maps, follow.

(1) Beginning at the Mendocino/

Sonoma County line at the mouth of the

Gualala River, where the Gualala River

empties into the Pacific Ocean, in

section 27 of Township 11 North

(T11N), Range 5 West (R5W), located in

the southeastern portion of U.S.G.S. 15

minute series map, ‘‘Point Arena,

California;’’

(2) Then following the Mendocino/

Sonoma County line eastward to the

southeast corner of section 8 in T11N/

R13W, on the U.S.G.S. 15 minute map,

‘‘Ornbaun Valley, California;’’

(3) Then from the southeast corner of

section 8 in T11N/R13W directly north

approximately 3+ miles to the

southwest corner of section 9 in T12N/

R13W;

(4) Then proceeding in a straight line

in a northwesterly direction to the

southwestern corner of section 14 in

T13N/R14W;

(5) Then directly north along the

western line of section 14 in T13N/

R14W to a point on the western line of

section 14 approximately 1/4 from the

top where the Anderson Valley

viticultural area boundary intersects the

western line of section 14 in T13N/

R14W;

(6) Then in a straight line, in a

northwesterly direction, to the

intersection of an unnamed creek and

the south section line of section 14,

T14N/R15W, on the U.S.G.S. 15 minute

series map, ‘‘Boonville, California;’’

(7) Then in a westerly direction along

the south section lines of sections 14

and 15 in T14N/R15W to the southwest

corner of section 15, T14N/R15W, on

the U.S.G.S. 15 minute series map,

‘‘Navarro, California;’’

(8) Then in a northerly direction along

the western section lines of sections 15,

10, and 3 in T14N/R15W in a straight

line to the intersection of the Navarro

River on the western section line of

section 3 in T14N/R15W;

(9) Then in a northwesterly direction

along the Navarro River to the mouth of

the river where it meets the Pacific

Ocean in section 5 of T15N/R17W;

(10) Then in a southern direction

along the Mendocino County coastline

to the Mendocino/Sonoma County line

to the beginning point at the mouth of

the Gualala River in section 27 of T11N/

R15W, on the U.S.G.S. 15 minute series

map, ‘‘Point Arena, California.’’

Signed: March 13, 1997.

John W. Magaw,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8807 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 926

Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation

Operations Under the Federal Lands

Program; State-Federal Cooperative

Agreements; Montana

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is

reopening and extending the comment

period on a proposed rule which would

amend the cooperative agreement

between the Department of the Interior

and the State of Montana for the

regulation of surface coal mining and

reclamation operations on Federal lands
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Proposed Rules 16507

within Montana under the permanent

regulatory program.

DATE: Written comments: Written

comments must be received by 4:00

p.m., m.s.t. on May 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or hand delivered to Ranvir

Singh, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Western

Regional Coordinating Center, Suite

3320, 1999 Broadway, Denver, CO

80202–5733.

Copies of the Montana program,

proposed amendments to the

cooperative agreement and the related

information required under 30 CFR Part

745 will be available for public review

at the addresses listed below during

normal business hours, Monday through

Friday, excluding holidays. Each

requester may receive one free copy of

the proposed revisions by contacting

any one of the following persons:

Ranvir Singh, Western Regional

Coordinating Center, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1999 Broadway, Suite

3320, Denver, CO 80202–5733,

Telephone: (303) 844–1489;

Guy Padgett, Director, Casper Field

Office, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, 100

East ‘‘B’’ Street, Room 2128, Casper,

WY 82601–1918, Telephone: (307)

261–6550;

Jan Sensibaugh, Montana Department of

Environmental Quality, 1520 East

Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT 59620–

0901, Telephone: (406) 444–5270.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ranvir Singh, Western Regional

Coordinating Center, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, CO

80202–5733, Telephone: (303) 844–

1489.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4,

1980, the Governor of Montana

submitted a request for a cooperative

agreement between the Department of

the Interior and the State of Montana to

give the State primacy in the

administration of its approved

regulatory program on Federal lands

within Montana. The Secretary

approved the cooperative agreement on

January 19, 1981 (46 FR 20983, April 8,

1981). The text of the existing

cooperative agreement can be found at

30 CFR 926.30.

On July 5, 1994, the Governor,

pursuant to 30 CFR 745.14, and, at the

recommendation of OSM, submitted a

proposed revision to the approved

cooperative agreement. The proposed

revision would streamline the

permitting process in Montana by

delegating to Montana the sole

responsibility to issue permits for coal

mining and reclamation operations on

Federal lands under the revised Federal

lands program regulations, and would

eliminate duplicative permitting

requirements, thereby increasing

governmental efficiency, which is one of

the purposes of the cooperative

agreement. This revision would also

update the cooperative agreement to

reflect current regulations and agency

structures.

OSM published a proposed rule

which would incorporate the revisions

into the cooperative agreement. See 62

FR 1408, January 10, 1997. The public

comment period closed on March 11,

1997. OSM is reopening the comment

period for an additional 30 days.

Anyone wishing to comment should

send them to OSM. See ADDRESSES

above.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Mary Josie Blanchard,

Assistant Director, Program Support.

[FR Doc. 97–8786 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 944

[SPATS No. UT–032–FOR]

Utah Abandoned Mine Land

Reclamation Plan

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening and

extension of public comment period on

proposed amendment.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is

announcing receipt of revisions and

additional explanatory information

pertaining to a previously proposed

amendment to the Utah abandoned

mine land reclamation (AMLR) plan

(hereinafter, the ‘‘Utah plan’’) under the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The

revisions and additional explanatory

information for Utah’s proposed rules

pertain to definitions of ‘‘eligible lands

and water’’ and ‘‘left or abandoned in

either an unreclaimed or inadequately

reclaimed condition,’’ and general

reclamation requirements. The

amendment is intended to revise the

Utah plan to meet the requirements of

the corresponding Federal regulations,

to incorporate the additional flexibility

afforded by the revised Federal

regulations, to clarify ambiguities, and

to improve operational efficiency.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by 4:00 p.m., m.d.t., April 22,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or hand delivered to James F.

Fulton at the address listed below.

Copies of the Utah plan, the proposed

amendment, and all written comments

received in response to this document

will be available for public review at the

addresses listed below during the

normal business hours, Monday through

Friday, excluding holidays. Each

requester may receive one free copy of

the proposed amendment by contacting

OSM’s Denver Field Division:

James F. Fulton, Chief, Denver Field

Division, Western Regional

Coordinating Center, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1999 Broadway, Suite

3300, Denver, Colorado 80202.

Mark R. Mesch, Administrator,

Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Program, Division of Oil, Gas and

Mining, 1594 West North Temple,

Suite 1210, Box 145801, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84114–5801, (801) 538–

5340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James F. Fulton, Telephone: (303) 844–

1424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Utah Plan

On June 3, 1983, the Secretary of the

Interior approved the Utah plan.

General background information on the

Utah plan, including the Secretary’s

findings and the disposition of

comments, can be found in the June 3,

1983, Federal Register (48 FR 24876).

Subsequent actions concerning Utah’s

plan and plan amendments can be

found at 30 CFR 944.25.

II. Proposed Amendment

By letter dated August 2, 1995, Utah

submitted a proposed amendment to its

plan (administrative record No. UT–

1071) pursuant to SMCRA (30 U.S.C.

1201 et seq.). Utah submitted the

proposed amendment at its own

initiative and in response to a

September 26, 1994, letter

(administrative record No. UT–1011)

that OSM sent to Utah in accordance

with 30 CFR 884.15(b). The provisions

of the Utah Administrative Rules (Utah

Admin. R.) that Utah proposed to revise

and add were: Utah Admin. R. 643–

870–500, definitions of ‘‘eligible lands

and water,’’ ‘‘left or abandoned in either

an unreclaimed or inadequately

reclaimed condition,’’ and ‘‘Secretary’’;

Utah Admin. R. 643–874–100, –110,