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accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 

737–29A1119, dated August 4, 2015. Do all 

applicable corrective actions before further 

flight. 

(2) Install new clamps and an optional 

spacer between the wire bundles and 

hydraulic tube in the right side of the MLG 

wheel well, in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Alert 

Service Bulletin 737–29A1119, dated August 

4, 2015. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the 

authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if 

requested using the procedures found in 14 

CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, 

send your request to your principal inspector 

or local Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the manager of the ACO, send it to the 

attention of the person identified in 

paragraph (i)(1) of this AD. Information may 

be emailed to: 9–ANM-Seattle-ACO-AMOCRequests@faa.gov. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/

certificate holding district office. 

(3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable 

level of safety may be used for any repair, 

modification, or alteration required by this 

AD if it is approved by the Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes Organization 

Designation Authorization (ODA) that has 

been authorized by the Manager, Seattle 

ACO, to make those findings. To be 

approved, the repair method, modification 

deviation, or alteration deviation must meet 

the certification basis of the airplane and the 

approval must specifically refer to this AD. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Sean J. Schauer, Aerospace Engineer, 

Systems and Equipment Branch, ANM–130S, 

FAA, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office 

(ACO), 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; phone: 425–917–6479; fax: 425– 

917–6590; email: sean.schauer@faa.gov. 

(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Boeing Commercial 

Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services 

Management, P. O. Box 3707, MC 2H–65, 

Seattle, WA 98124–2207; telephone 206– 

544–5000, extension 1; fax 206–766–5680; 

Internet https://www.myboeingfleet. You may 

view this referenced service information at 

the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on January 

27, 2016. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 936 

[SATS No. OK–037–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– 

2015–0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 16XS501520] 

Oklahoma Regulatory Program 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment 

period and opportunity for public 

hearing on proposed amendment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a 

proposed amendment to the Oklahoma 

regulatory program (Oklahoma program) 

under the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the 

Act). Oklahoma proposes revisions to its 

regulations regarding: Permit eligibility 

for permits with violations on lands 

eligible for remining; permit suspension 

or rescission posting locations and 

appeal procedures; requiring GPS 

coordinates for aspects of permit maps; 

topsoil removal distances; blasting 

records requirements; annual reporting 

requirements; temporary cessation of 

operations requirements; casing and 

sealing temporary underground 

openings; right of entry requirements; 

surface drainage associated with auger 

mining; correcting reference errors; 

updating addresses; and correcting 

spelling and grammatical errors. 

Oklahoma intends to revise its program 

to be no less effective than the Federal 

regulations and to improve operational 

efficiency. 

This document gives the times and 

locations that the Oklahoma program 

and this 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: We will accept written 

comments on this amendment until 4:00 

p.m., central time, March 9, 2016. If 

requested, we will hold a public hearing 

on the amendment on March 4, 2016. 

We will accept requests to speak at a 

hearing until 4:00 p.m., central time on 

February 23, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by SATS No. OK–037–FOR, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Director, Tulsa 

Field Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645 

South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145, 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629. 

• Fax: (918) 581–6419. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: The 

amendment has been assigned Docket 

ID OSM–2015–0006. If you would like 

to submit comments go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. For 

detailed instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

review copies of the Oklahoma program, 

this amendment, a listing of any 

scheduled public hearings, and all 

written comments received in response 

to this document, you must go to the 

address listed below during normal 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. You may receive 

one free copy of the amendment by 

contacting OSMRE’s Tulsa Field Office 

or the full text of the program 

amendment is available for you to read 

at www.regulations.gov. 

Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field 

Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1645 

South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145, 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128–4629. 

Telephone: (918) 581–6430. 

Email: eramsey@osmre.gov. 

In addition, you may review a copy of 

the amendment during regular business 

hours at the following location: 

Oklahoma Department of Mines, 2915 

N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213, Oklahoma 

City, Oklahoma 73106–5406. 

Telephone: (405) 427–3859. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine Ramsey, Director, Tulsa Field 

Office. Telephone: (918) 581–6430. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Oklahoma Program 

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

I. Background on the Oklahoma 

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 program 

includes, among other things, ‘‘. . . 

State law which provides for the 

regulation of surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations in accordance 

with the requirements of this Act . . .; 


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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 Oklahoma 

program on January 19, 1981. You can 

find background information on the 

Oklahoma program, including the 

Secretary’s findings, the disposition of 

comments, and the conditions of 

approval of the Oklahoma program in 

the January 19, 1981, Federal Register 

(46 FR 4902). You can also find later 

actions concerning the Oklahoma 

program and program amendments at 30 

CFR 936.10, 936.15, and 936.16. 

II. Description of the Proposed 

Amendment 

By letter dated September 25, 2015 

(Administrative Record No. OK–1003), 

Oklahoma sent us an amendment to its 

program under SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201 

et seq.). Oklahoma submitted the 

proposed amendment on its own 

initiative. Below is a summary of 

Oklahoma’s proposed changes. The full 

text of the program amendment is 

available for you to read at the locations 

listed above under ADDRESSES or at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Oklahoma proposes to make 

substantive changes to Title 460. 

Department of Mines: Chapter 20, The 

Permanent Regulations Governing the 

Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, in the 

following subchapters. Additionally, 

Oklahoma plans on making several nonsubstantive changes throughout its 

regulations regarding updating 

addresses, correcting reference errors, 

grammatical corrections, and spelling 

errors. 

1. Subchapter 15. Requirements for 

Permits and Permit Processing 

Oklahoma proposes to revoke section 

460:20–15–6.7(a)(2)(A) regarding 

permits issued before September 30, 

2004. 

Oklahoma proposes to add new a 

requirement that suspension or 

rescission notices be posted at the field 

office closest to the permit area at 

460:20–15–10.1(c)(2) 

Oklahoma proposes to clarify the 

suspension and rescission appeal 

process at 460:20–15–10.1(d) and (e). 

2. Subchapter 29. Underground Mining 

Permit Applications: Minimum 

Requirements for Information on 

Environmental Resources 

Oklahoma proposes to add the 

requirements for GPS coordinates for 

each building on permit application 

maps at section 460:20–29–10(4). 

Oklahoma proposes to add the 

permitting requirement to list the depth 

to mined coal in section 460:20–29– 

11(a)(5). 

3. Subchapter 43. Permanent Program 

Performance Standards: Surface Mining 

Standards 

Oklahoma proposes to add language 

regarding minimum topsoil removal 

distance from the active pit in section 

460:20–43–7(a)(1). 

Oklahoma proposes to add new 

language regarding blasting records in 

section 460:20–43–23. 

Oklahoma proposes to add new 

language regarding annual reporting 

requirements for contemporaneous 

reclamation in section 460:20–43–37(2). 

Oklahoma proposes to add new 

language regarding qualification 

standards for temporary cessation of 

operations in section 460:20–43–49(a) 

and (c). 

4. Subchapter 45. Permanent Program 

Performance Standards: Underground 

Mining Activities 

Oklahoma proposes to add language 

regarding casing and sealing 

underground openings during 

temporary cessation of operations in 

section 460:20–45–5(c). 

Oklahoma proposes to add language 

regarding right of entry information in 

section 460:20–45–17(b). 

5. Subchapter 47. Special Permanent 

Program Performance Standards: Auger 

Mining 

Oklahoma proposes to add new 

language regarding surface drainage 

during auger mining operations in 

section 460:20–47–4(d). 

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 State 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 (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 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment including 

your personally identifiable 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold your 

personally identifiable 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., central time on February 23, 

2016. 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 a hearing. 

To assist the transcriber and ensure an 

accurate record, we request, if possible, 

that each person who speaks at the 

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 and, 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. 


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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. 

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 936 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: October 15, 2015. 

Ervin J. Barchenger, 

Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region. 

Note: This document was received by the 

Office the Federal Register on February 3, 

2016. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 946 

[SATS No. VA–127–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– 

2015–0003; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

67F 167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 33F 16XS501520] 

Virginia Regulatory Program 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the public 

comment period on the proposed 

amendment to the Virginia regulatory 

program (the Virginia program) 

published on October 22, 2015. The 

comment period is being reopened in 

order to afford the public more time to 

comment. Virginia is proposing to revise 

its regulations in light of legislative 

changes made by the General Assembly 

of Virginia. If approved, the proposed 

amendment would incorporate these 

legislative changes into the approved 

State program. Additionally, the state 

regulations would be amended to revise 

the language of the public participation 

regulations to clarify proof of 

publication, remove the self-bonding 

instrument, and remove duplicate pool 

bond regulations already addressed 

under the Code of Virginia. 

DATES: We will accept written 

comments on this amendment until 4:00 

p.m., Eastern Standard Time (E.S.T.), 

March 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by SATS No. VA–127–FOR, 

Docket ID: OSM–2015–003 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mr. Earl 

Bandy, Field Office Director, Knoxville 

Field Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 710 

Locust Street, 2nd Floor, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. For 

detailed instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ heading 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of the proposed rule published 

in the Federal Register on October 22, 

2015, (80 FR 63933). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

review copies of the Virginia program, 

this amendment, a listing of any 

scheduled public hearings, and all 

written comments received in response 

to this document, you must go to the 

address listed below during normal 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. You may receive 

one free copy of the amendment by 

contacting OSMRE’s Knoxville Field 

Office or the full text of the program 

amendment is available for you to read 

at www.regulations.gov. 

Mr. Earl Bandy, Field Office Director, 

Knoxville Field Office, Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement, 710 Locust Street, 2nd 

Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. 

Telephone: (865) 545–4103 ext 186. 

Email: ebandy@osmre.gov. 

In addition, you may review a copy of 

the amendment during regular business 

hours at the following location: Mr. 

Harve A. Mooney, Legal Services 

Officer, Virginia Department of Mines, 

Minerals and Energy, 3405 Mountain 

Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 

24219. Telephone: (276) 523–8271. 

Email: harve.mooney@

dmme.virginia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Earl Bandy, Field Office Director, 

Knoxville Field Office. Telephone: (865) 

545–4103 ext 186. Email: ebandy@

osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 22, 2015, we published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register 

that would revise the Virginia program 

(80 FR 63933) (Administrative Record 

No. VA 2026). The amendment involves 

statutory provisions of the Virginia Coal 

Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1979 (VASMCRA) 

and regulation changes that revise the 

language of the public participation 

regulations to clarify proof of 

publication, remove the self-bonding 

instrument, and remove duplicate pool 

bond regulations already addressed 

under the Code of Virginia. 

On November 18, 2015, we received 

a request from an attorney representing 

Southern Appalachian Mountain 

Stewards and the Sierra Club to extend 

the public comment period 

(Administrative Record No. VA 2027). 

We are granting the request to afford the 

public more time to comment on the 

amendment. 

The full text of the program 

amendment is available for you to read 

at the locations listed above under 

ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: December 9, 2015. 

Thomas D. Shope, 

Regional Director, Appalachian Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 17 

RIN 2900–AP42 

Prescriptions in Alaska and U.S. 

Territories and Possessions 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is proposing to remove its 

medical regulation that governs 

medications provided in Alaska and 

territories and possessions of the United 

States because this regulation is 

otherwise subsumed by another VA 

medical regulation related to provision 

of medications that are prescribed by 

non-VA providers. 


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