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applicable laws, regulations, and U.S. 

Department of the Interior (DOI) policy. 

Federal, Tribal, State, and local 

agencies, along with other stakeholders 

that may be interested in or affected by 

the Federal agencies’ decisions on the 

Project, are invited to submit comments 

on the Draft EIS. 

As part of its consideration of the 

proposed Project’s impacts on 

threatened and endangered species, 

OSMRE conducted informal 

consultation as well as streamlined 

consultation per the final 4(d) rule for 

the northern long-eared bat with the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant 

to Section 7 of the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA)(16 U.S.C. 1536), and its 

implementing regulations, as provided 

in 50 CFR 400. The Section 7 

consultation considered direct and 

indirect impacts from the proposed 

Project, including mining and related 

operations in the project area and 

continued operation of the Colstrip and 

Rosebud Power Plants. 

In addition to compliance with NEPA, 

NHSA Section 106, and ESA Section 7, 

all Federal actions will be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

(30 U.S.C. 1021–1328), the Clean Water 

Act (33 U.S.C. 1251–1387), the Clean 

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q), and 

Executive Orders relating to 

environmental justice, Tribal 

consultation, and other applicable laws 

and regulations. 

II. Background on the Rosebud Mine 

Coal has been mined at Colstrip, MT 

for more than 90 years. The Norther 

Pacific Railway established the city of 

Colstrip and its associated mine in the 

1920s to access coal from the Fort Union 

Formation. Coal mining began in 1924, 

providing fuel for the railway’s steam 

locomotive trains. During the initial 34 

years of mining, 44 million tons of coal 

were mined. By 1958, diesel-powered 

locomotives replaced steam engines and 

mining ceased in the Colstrip area. 

In 1959, the Montana Power Company 

purchased rights to the Rosebud Mine in 

the city of Colstrip with plans to build 

power generation facilities. The 

Rosebud Mine operation began 

production in 1968. In 2001, 

Westmoreland purchased the Rosebud 

Mine; its subsidiary, Western Energy, 

continues to operate the mine today. 

Although the Rosebud Mine has 

shipped coal by rail as recently as 2010, 

all coal currently produced by the mine 

is consumed locally at the Colstrip and 

Rosebud Power Plants. 

III. Background on the Western Energy 

Proposed Permit Area F 

Western Energy proposes to conduct 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations within the 6,746-acre 

proposed permit Area F of the Rosebud 

Mine. The project area would be 

adjacent to the western boundary of 

Area C, 12 miles west of Colstrip. 

Western Energy proposes to conduct 

surface coal mining operations on an 

approximately 2,159-acre portion of the 

project area, with a total disturbance 

footprint, including soil storage, scoria 

pits, and haul roads, of approximately 

4,260 acres. The project area would, in 

conjunction with the mining of any 

reserves remaining with existing permit 

areas of the Rosebud Mine, supply lowsulfur coal to the Colstrip Power Plant 

(Unites 3 and 4) at a rate of between 7.7 

and 9.95 million tons annually. In 

addition, coal from the Rosebud Mine 

with higher sulfur content would be 

supplied to the Rosebud Power Plant at 

a rate of approximately 300,000 tons 

annually. 

Approval of the proposed permit Area 

F is expected to require several other 

agency actions, including: 

• Finding and recommendation by 

BLM and OSMRE with respect to 

Western Energy’s Resource Recovery 

and Protection Plan and other 

requirements of Western Energy’s lease. 

BLM will also submit a 

recommendation regarding the Federal 

mining plan; 

• Approval by DEQ of Western 

Energy’s Montana Air Quality Permit 

#1570–07 to allow expansion of the 

geographic extent of the mine to include 

the proposed permit Area F; and 

• Approval by DEQ of a new MPDES 

permit. 

IV. Alternatives 

Alternatives carried forward in the 

Draft EIS include No Action (Alternative 

1), the Proposed Action (Alternative 2), 

and the Proposed Action Plus 

Environmental Protection Measures 

(Alternative 3). Several alternatives 

were considered but dismissed from 

further consideration. 

Public Comment Procedures: In 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations for 

implementing NEPA and DOI’s NEPA 

regulations, OSMRE solicits public 

comments on the Draft EIS. Comments 

on the Draft EIS may be submitted in 

writing or by email. At the top of your 

letter or in the subject line of your 

message indicate that the comments are 

‘‘Western Energy Area F Draft EIS 

Comments.’’ 

You are invited to mail your 

comments on the Draft EIS to: ATTN: 

Western Energy Area F EIS C/O: Nicole 

Bauman, ERO Resources Corporation, 

1842 Clarkson Street, Denver, CO 80218. 

You may also submit your comments 

electronically to http://svc.mt.ogv/deq/ 

publiccomment or by email to the 

following email address: westernenergy-area-f-eis@eroresources.com. 

Comments can also be made either in 

writing or verbally at a public meeting 

that will be announced at a later date. 

Be specific in your comments and 

indicate the chapter, page, paragraph, 

and sentence that your comment applies 

to. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public review to the extent 

consistent with applicable law. 

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 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. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, those who submit 

anonymous comments may not have 

standing to appeal the subsequent 

decision. 

If you would like to be placed on the 

mailing list to receive future 

information, please contact the person 

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CONTACT. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.1 

Dated: August 17, 2017. 

David Berry, 

Regional Director, Western Region. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28407 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1104 (Second 

Review)] 

Polyester Staple Fiber From China; 

Scheduling of an Expedited Five-Year 

Review. 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of an expedited 

review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 


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1A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any 

individual Commissioner’s statements will be 

available from the Office of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s website. 

2The Commission has found the responses 

submitted by Auriga Polymers, Inc., DAK Americas, 

LLC, and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America to 

be individually adequate. Comments from other 

interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 

207.62(d)(2)). 

1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on polyester staple fiber (PSF) 

from China would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. 

DATES: December 5, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Porscha Stiger (202–), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this review may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On December 5, 2017, 

the Commission determined that the 

domestic interested party group 

response to its notice of institution (82 

FR 41654, September 1, 2017) of the 

subject five-year review was adequate 

and that the respondent interested party 

group response was inadequate. The 

Commission did not find any other 

circumstances that would warrant 

conducting a full review.1 Accordingly, 

the Commission determined that it 

would conduct an expedited review 

pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)). 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this review and rules of 

general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

Staff report.—A staff report 

containing information concerning the 

subject matter of the review will be 

placed in the nonpublic record on 

February 9, 2018, and made available to 

persons on the Administrative 

Protective Order service list for this 

review. A public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 

207.62(d)(4) of the Commission’s rules. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s 

rules, interested parties that are parties 

to the review and that have provided 

individually adequate responses to the 

notice of institution,2 and any party 

other than an interested party to the 

review may file written comments with 

the Secretary on what determination the 

Commission should reach in the review. 

Comments are due on or before 

February 14, 2018 and may not contain 

new factual information. Any person 

that is neither a party to the five-year 

review nor an interested party may 

submit a brief written statement (which 

shall not contain any new factual 

information) pertinent to the review by 

February 14, 2018. However, should the 

Department of Commerce extend the 

time limit for its completion of the final 

results of its review, the deadline for 

comments (which may not contain new 

factual information) on Commerce’s 

final results is three business days after 

the issuance of Commerce’s results. If 

comments contain business proprietary 

information (BPI), they must conform 

with the requirements of sections 201.6, 

207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s 

rules. The Commission’s rules with 

respect to filing were revised effective 

July 25, 2014. See 79 FR 35920 (June 25, 

2014), and the revised Commission 

Handbook on E-filing, available from the 

Commission’s website at https://

edis.usitc.gov. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the rules, each document 

filed by a party to the review must be 

served on all other parties to the review 

(as identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Determination.—The Commission has 

determined these reviews are 

extraordinarily complicated and 

therefore has determined to exercise its 

authority to extend the review period by 

up to 90 days pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 

1675(c)(5)(B). 

Authority: This review is being conducted 

under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act 

of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to 

section 207.62 of the Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 27, 2017. 

Katherine M. Hiner, 

Supervisory Attorney. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28339 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–592 and 731– 

TA–1400 (Preliminary)] 

Plastic Decorative Ribbon from China; 

Institution of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations and 

Scheduling of Preliminary Phase 

Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–592 

and 731–TA–1400 (Preliminary) 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’) to determine whether there is a 

reasonable indication that an industry 

in the United States is materially 

injured or threatened with material 

injury, or the establishment of an 

industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports of plastic decorative ribbon 

from China, provided for in subheadings 

3920.10.00, 3920.20.00, 3920.30.00, 

3920.43.50, 3920.49.00, 3920.62.00, 

3920.69.00, 3921.90.11, 3921.90.15, 

3921.90.19, 3921.90.40, 3926.40.00, 

3926.90.99, 4601.99.90, 4602.90.00, 

5404.90.00, 5609.00.30, 5609.00.40, 

9505.10.25, and 9505.90.40 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, that are alleged to be sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value and alleged to be subsidized by 

the Government of China. Unless the 

Department of Commerce extends the 

time for initiation, the Commission 

must reach a preliminary determination 

in antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations in 45 days, or in this case 

by February 12, 2018. The 

Commission’s views must be 

transmitted to Commerce within five 

business days thereafter, or by February 

20, 2018. 

DATES: December 27, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Calvin Chang ((202) 205–3062), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 


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