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Authority: 15 USC 80a–6(c) and 80a–

37(a).

Title: Rule 26a–1 (payment of

administrative fees to the depositor or

principal underwriter of a unit

investment trust; exemptive relief for

separate accounts).

Citation: 17 CFR 270.26a–1.

Authority: 15 USC 80a–6(c), 80a–

26(a), and 80a–37(a).

Title: Rule 26a–2 (exemptions from

certain provisions of sections 26 and 27

for registered separate accounts and

others regarding custodianship of and

deduction of certain fees and charges

from the assets of such accounts).

Citation: 17 CFR 270.26a–2.

Authority: 15 USC 80a–6(c) and 80a–

37(a).

Title: Form N–3 (registration

statement of separate accounts

organized as management investment

companies).

Citation: 17 CFR 274.11b.

Authority: 15 USC 77g, 77j, 77s, 80a–

8, 80a–29, and 80a–37.

Title: Form N–4 (registration

statement of separate accounts

organized as unit investment trusts).

Citation: 17 CFR 274.11c.

Authority: 15 USC 77g, 77j, 77s, 80a8, 80a-29, and 80a-37.

Title: Rule 7 (companies deemed not

to be electric gas utility companies).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.7.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79b.

Title: Rule 14 (exemption of

acquisitions of securities of power

supply companies from section 9(a)(2)

of the Act).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.14.

Authority: l5 U.S.C. 79i(a)(2).

Title: Rule 15 (exemption of holding

company and subsidiary companies

under section 3(a)(2) of the Act).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.15.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79c(a)(2).

Title: Rule 16 (exemption of nonutility subsidiaries and affiliates).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.16.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79b(a)(8) and

79b(a)(11).

Title: Rule 20 (prescribed forms and

amendments).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.20.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79f.

Title: Rule 21 (filing of documents).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.21.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77a et. seq., 78a

et. seq., and 77aaa et.seq.

Title: Rule 22 (applications and

declarations).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.22.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77s, 78m, 78o,

78w, 79o, 77eee, 77ggg, 77nnn, 77sss,

80a–37, 80a–38, 79c and 79t, 80b–3,

80b–4, and 80b–11.

Title: Rule 41 (exemption of public

utility subsidiaries with respect to

limited subsidiaries with respect to

limited acquisition of utility assets).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.41.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78m.

Title: Rule 52 (exemption of issue and

sale of certain securities).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.52.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79f and 79h.

Title: Rule 53 (certain registered

holding company financings in

connection with the acquisition of one

or more exempt wholesale generators).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.53.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79z–5a.

Title: Rule 54 (effect of exempt

wholesale generators on other

transactions).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.54.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79c, 79f(b), and

79-i(c)(3).

Title: Notices and reports to be filed

under Section 33.

Citation: 17 CFR 250.57.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79z–5b.

Title: Rule 63 (Approval of

reorganization fees.

Citation: 17 CFR 250.63.

Authority: 11 U.S.C. 608.

Title: Rule 64 (scope of applications

for approval of reorganization plans).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.64.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79k.

Title: Rule 72—Filing of statements

pursuant to Section 17(a).

Citation: 17 CFR 250.72.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79q.

Rules To Be Reviewed by the Division

of Market Regulation

Title: Exemption of certain direct

participation program securities from

Sections 7(c) and 11(d)(1).

Citation: 17 CFR 240.3a12–9.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12), 78g,

78k and 78w.

Title: Options disclosure document.

Citation: 17 CFR 240.9b–1.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77b, 77g, 77j,

77s(a), 78i, 78(o) and 78w(a).

Title: Exemptions from Section 12(g).

Citation: 17 CFR 240.12g–1.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78l, 78m, 78o

and 78w.

Title: Tender offers by issuers.

Citation: 17 CFR 240.13e–4; 17 CFR

240.14e-1.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78c(b), 78i(a)(6),

78j(b), 78m(e), 78n(e), 78w(a) and 80a–

23(c).

Title: Annual reporting requirements

for registered transfer agents.

Citation: 17 CFR 240.17Ac2–2.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78q, 78q–1 and

78w(a).

Title: Depository shipment control list

transfer instructions; Definition of item.

Citation: 17 CFR 240.17Ad–1.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78b, 781, 78q–1

and 78w.

Title: Written inquiries and requests.

Citation: 17 CFR 240.17Ad–5.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78c, 78q–1 and

78w.

Rule To Be Reviewed by the Office of

the Chief Accountant

Title: Article 4 of Regulation S–X

(Rules of General Application).

Citation: 17 CFR 210.4.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77s(a),

77aa(25) to (26), 78l, 78m, 78o(d),

78w(a), 79e(b), 79n, 79t(a), 80a–8, and

80a–29.

The Commission invites public

comment on both the list and the rules

to be reviewed.

Dated: December 12, 1995.

By the Commission.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30659 Filed 12–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 950

[SPATS No. WY–022]

Wyoming Regulatory Program

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM),

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment

period and opportunity for public

hearing on proposed amendment.

SUMMARY: OSM is announcing receipt of

a proposed amendment to the Wyoming

regulatory program (hereinafter, the

‘‘Wyoming program’’) under the Surface

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of

1977 (SMCRA). The proposed

amendment consists of the addition and

revision of statutes and rules pertaining

to shrub density stocking requirements

and wildlife habitat. The amendment is

intended to revise the Wyoming

program to be consistent with SMCRA

and the corresponding Federal

regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by 4:00 p.m., m.s.t., January 17,

1996. If requested, a public hearing on

the proposed amendment will be held

on January 12, 1996. Requests to present

oral testimony at the hearing must be
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received by 4:00 p.m., m.s.t., January 2,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or hand delivered to Guy V.

Padgett at the address listed below.

Copies of the Wyoming program, 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 normal business hours, Monday

through Friday, excluding holidays.

Each requester may receive one free

copy of the proposed amendment by

contacting OSM’s Casper Field Office.

Guy V. Padgett, Director, Casper Field

Office, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement,

Federal Building, Room 2128, 100

East ‘‘B’’ Street, Casper, Wyoming

82601–1918

Dennis Hemmer, Director, Department

of Environmental Quality, Herschler

Building—4th Floor West, 125 West

25th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming

82002, Telephone: (307) 777–7938

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guy

V. Padgett, Telephone: (307) 261–5824.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Wyoming

Program

On November 26, 1980, the Secretary

of the Interior conditionally approved

the Wyoming program. General

background information on the

Wyoming program, including the

Secretary’s findings, the disposition of

comments, and the conditions of

approval of the Wyoming program can

be found in the November 26, 1980,

Federal Register (45 FR 78637).

Subsequent actions concerning

Wyoming’s program and program

amendments can be found at 30 CFR

950.12, 950.15, 950.16, and 950.20.

II. Proposed Amendment

By letter dated November 29, 1995,

Wyoming submitted a proposed

amendment to is program

(administrative record No. WY–031–1)

pursuant to SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1201 et

seq.). Wyoming submitted the proposed

amendment in response to the required

program amendments at 30 CFR

950.16(q) and (bb) through (gg). The

provisions of the Wyoming

Environmental Quality Act that

Wyoming proposes to revise are:

Wyoming Statue (W.S.) 35–11–103,

definitions, and W.S. 35–11–402,

establishment of reclamation standards.

The provisions of the coal rules and

regulations of the Department of

Environmental Quality, Land Quality

Division, that Wyoming proposes to

revise are: chapter I, section 2,

definitions; chapter II, section 2, permit

application requirements for surface

coal mining operations; chapter IV,

section 2, general environmental

protection performance standards for

surface coal mining operations; chapter

X, section 4, coal exploration and

reclamation performance standards;

chapter XI, section 5, self-bonding;

chapter XIII, section 3, notice and

opportunity for public hearing on

surface coal mining permit revisions;

chapter XVII, section 1, definitions for

designation of areas unsuitable for

surface coal mining; and appendix A,

vegetation sampling methods and

reclamation success standards for

surface coal mining operations.

Specifically, Wyoming proposes to

delete the definitions for ‘‘Agricultural

lands,’’ ‘‘Critical habitat,’’ and

‘‘Important habitat’’ or ‘‘crucial habitat’’

at W.S. 35–11–103(e) (xxviii), (xxix),

and (xxx).

Wyoming proposes to revise W.S. 35–

11–402(b) to indicate that this statutory

provision addresses, to the extent

required by Federal law or regulations,

State wildlife agencies’ approval, rather

than consultation and approval, of

reclamation standards for fish and

wildlife habitat. It proposes to further

revise W.S. 35–11–402(b) to require that

the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department shall consider ‘‘fish and

wildlife habitat’’ to be that defined at

W.S. 35–11–103(e)(xxvi) and not to

include grazing land as defined in W.S.

35–11–103(e) (xxvii) ‘‘unless the

grazingland has been designated as

critical habitat by the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service’’ or ‘‘crucial habitat

by the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department prior to submittal of the

initial permit application or any

subsequent amendments to the permit

application.’’ Wyoming proposes to

revise W.S. 35–11–402(c) to require that

native shrubs shall be reestablished on

grazing land and that no shrub species

shall be required to be more than onehalf of the shrubs in the postmining

standard.

Wyoming also proposes several

revisions to its rules and regulations. In

chapter I, Wyoming proposes to revise

the definition for ‘‘Critical habitat’’ at

section 2(v) to be ‘‘those areas essential

to the survival and recovery of species

listed by the Secretary of the Interior or

Commerce as threatened or endangered;

(50 CFR Parts 17 and 226).’’ It proposes

to add a definition for ‘‘Crucial habitat’’

at section 2(w) to be ‘‘those areas,

designated as such by the Wyoming

Game and Fish Department, which

determine a population’s ability to

maintain and reproduce itself at a

certain level over a long term.’’ It

proposes to add a definition for

‘‘Eligible land’’ at section 2(ac) to be

All land to be affected by a mining operation

after the shrub standard set forth at Chapter

IV, Section 2.(d)(x)(E) is approved by the

Office of Surface Mining. Cropland,

pastureland, or treated grazingland approved

by the Administrator which is to be affected

by a mining operation after the shrub

standard set forth at chapter IV, section

2.(d)(x)(E) is approved by the Office of

Surface Mining is not ‘eligible land’.

Wyoming proposes to revise the

definition for ‘‘Important habitat’’ at

recodified section 2(ax) to be

That habitat which, in limited availability,

supports or encourages a maximum diversity

of wildlife species or fulfills one or more

living requirements of a wildlife species.

Examples of important habitat include, but

are not limited to, wetlands, riparian areas,

rimrocks, areas offering special shelter or

protection, reproduction and nursery areas,

and wintering areas.

It proposes to revise section 2(bc)(iii) to

indicate that ‘‘Grazingland includes

rangelands and forest lands where the

indigenous native vegetation is actively

managed for grazing, browsing, and

occasionally hay production, and

occasional use by wildlife.’’ Wyoming

proposes to revise section 2(bc)(viii) to

indicate that ‘‘Fish and wildlife habitat

means land dedicated wholly or

partially to the production, protection or

management of species of fish or

wildlife.’’ It proposes to add at section

2(bc)(xi) a provision to indicate that

‘‘Treated grazingland’’ means grazingland

which has been altered to reduce or eliminate

shrubs provided such treatment was applied

at least five years prior to submission of the

state program permit application. However,

grazingland altered more than five years prior

to submission of the state program permit

application on which full shrubs have

reestablished to a density of at least one per

nine square meters does not qualify as treated

grazingland.

Wyoming proposes to recodify the

definitions in chapter 1, section 2, to

reflect the additions of new terms as

discussed above.

In chapter II, Wyoming proposes to

revise section 2(a)(vi)(G)(II) to require

that, if crucial habitat, in addition to

critical or important habitat, disruption

is likely, the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department shall be contacted to

determine the types and numbers of

wildlife likely to be disturbed or

displaced. It also proposes to revise

section 2(b)(iv)(C), regarding

revegetation plans, to require that (1) the

Wyoming Game and Fish Department

shall be consulted, and its approval

received, for minimum stocking and

planting arrangements of trees and

shrubs, including species composition
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and ground cover for crucial and critical

habitat, (2) the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department shall be consulted for

minimum stocking and planting

arrangements of trees and shrubs,

including species composition and

vegetative ground cover for important

habitat, and (3) the Wyoming

Department of Agriculture shall be

consulted on cropland and erosion

control techniques.

In chapter IV, Wyoming proposes to

revise section 2(d)(x)(E) to include a

requirement that the postmining

density, composition, and distribution

of shrubs shall be based upon sitespecific evaluation of premining

vegetation and wildlife use. It proposes

to revise section 2(d)(x)(E)(I) to require

that (1) except where a lesser density is

justified from premining condition in

accordance with appendix A, at least 20

percent of the eligible land shall be

restored to shrub patches supporting an

average density of one shrub per square

meter, (2) patches shall be no less than

.05 acres each and shall be arranged in

a mosaic that will optimize habitat

interspersion and edge effect, (3) criteria

and procedures for establishing the

standard are specified in appendix A,

and (4) this standard shall apply upon

approval by OSM to all lands affected

thereafter. It also proposes to revise

section 2(d)(x)(E)(II) to require that

approved shrub species and seeding

techniques shall be applied to all

remaining grazingland. Finally, it

proposes to revise section 2(d)(x)(E)(III)

to require that (1) for areas containing

designated critical or crucial habitat, the

Wyoming Game and Fish Department

shall be consulted about, and its

approval received for, minimum

stocking and planting arrangements of

shrubs, including species composition,

and (2) for areas determined to be

important habitat, the Wyoming Game

and Fish Department shall be consulted

for recommended minimum stocking

and planting arrangements of shrubs,

including species composition, that may

exceed the programmatic standard

discussed above.

In chapter X, Wyoming proposes to

revise section 4(e) to require that coal

exploration operations that will

substantially disturb the natural land

surface shall not disturb critical or

crucial habitats and that they shall

consult the Wyoming Game and Fish

Department prior to disturbing

important habitat.

In chapter XI, Wyoming proposes to

revise section 5(a) to require that the

Administrator of the Division of Land

Quality shall require the substitution of

a corporate surety for a self-bond if the

financial information submitted or

requested under section 4(a)(ii), rather

than section 3(a)(ii), indicates that the

operator no longer qualifies under the

self-bonding program.

In Chapter XIII, Wyoming proposes to

revise section 3(a) to require that (1) the

operator’s newspaper notice of

application for permit revision shall

include the information required by

W.S. 35–11–406(j) and the permit

number and date approved, and (2) the

operator shall mail a copy of the

application mine plan map to the

Wyoming Oil and Gas Commission in

accordance with W.S. 35–11–406(j).

In chapter XVII, Wyoming proposes to

revise its rules concerning designation

of areas unsuitable for surface coal

mining at section 1(a) to define ‘‘Fragile

lands’’ to include crucial habitats for

fish or wildlife.

In appendix A, Wyoming proposes to

revise section II.C.3, suggested sampling

procedures for ‘‘shrub habitat

characteristics,’’ to indicate that (1) the

postmining density composition and

distribution of shrubs shall be based

upon site-specific evaluation of the

premining vegetation and wildlife use,

(2) except where a lesser density is

justified from premining conditions, at

least 20 percent of the eligible land shall

be restored to shrub patches supporting

an average density of one shrub per

square meter, (3) the baseline vegetation

‘‘shall,’’ instead of ‘‘should,’’ include

premining shrub distribution data, (4)

shrub density and cover data ‘‘shall,’’

instead of ‘‘should,’’ be components of

the shrub distribution information, (5)

when shrub density data are estimated,

they ‘‘shall,’’ instead of ‘‘should,’’ be

gathered from each community, but not

from control areas, reference areas, or

extended reference areas, (6) ‘‘shrubs’’

‘‘shall,’’ instead of ‘‘should,’’ be divided

into woody species (full shrubs) and

suffrutescent species (subshrubs) for

sampling purposes, (7) shrub density

counts shall be performed within a 50

square meter area using a plot shape

appropriate to the community, (8) data

‘‘shall,’’ instead of ‘‘should,’’ be

recorded by species, (9) data ‘‘shall,’’

instead of ‘‘should,’’ be reported as

number per square meter and per acre,

(10) all shrub density data collected

after the effective date specified in

chapter IV, section 2(d)(x)(E) of the rules

and regulations shall be subject to the

sample adequacy tests specified in

appendix A, section IV, although all

shrub density data collected on land

affected prior to the effective date shall

not be subject to sample adequacy tests

unless that shrub density data is being

used to fulfill the 20 percent shrub

density standard, and (11) when

sampling, which is not subject to

sample adequacy, is conducted, the

number of shrub density sample points

should correspond to the number of

cover samples in each community type.

In appendix A, Wyoming proposes to

revise table 1 to include parameter

values to be used for 50 square meter

shrub density plots in assessing sample

adequacy, (2) to revise table 2,

minimum and maximum sample sizes

for various sampling methods, to delete

the belt transect sampling method, and

(3) to revise table 2 to require, for 50

square meter shrub density plots, a

minimum of 15 samples and to indicate

that, if sample adequacy cannot be

achieved after sampling 50 shrub

density plots, the operator shall contact

the Land Quality Division for guidance.

In appendix A, Wyoming proposes to

revise section IV.D to require that, with

respect to maximum and minimum

sampling sizes, shrub density be

estimated using a 50 square meter plot.

In appendix A, Wyoming proposes to

revise section VII.F, restoration of

shrubs, subshrubs, and trees, to require

that (1) the postmining density,

composition, and distribution of shrubs

shall be based upon site-specific

evaluation of the premining vegetation

and wildlife use and (2) except where a

lesser density is justified from

premining conditions, at least 20

percent of the eligible land shall be

restored to shrub patches supporting an

average density of one shrub per square

meter. In this section, Wyoming also

proposes to delete various shrub density

criteria.

In Appendix A, Wyoming proposes to

add in section VIII.E various and

numerous standards and criteria for the

evaluation of shrub density.

Lastly, in appendix A, Wyoming

proposes to revise the glossary at

appendix VII to define ‘‘dominant’’ as

the species with the greatest density

relative to all other species sampled and

‘‘primary shrub species’’ as

All full shrub species which comprise at least

10 percent of the relative density of full

shrubs. However, if an operator selects

option IV, the community-specific full shrub

and approved subshrub density standard,

then ‘primary shrub species’ means all full

shrub and approved subshrub species which

comprise at least 10 percent of the relative

density of full shrubs. It is further provided

under option IV that in order to be

considered as a ‘‘primary shrub species,’’

fringed sagewort must comprise at least 20

percent of the relative shrub and approved

subshrub species composition.

III. Public Comment Procedures

In accordance with the provisions of

30 CFR 732.17(h), OSM is seeking

comments on whether the proposed

amendment satisfies the applicable
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program approval criteria of 30 CFR

732.15. If the amendment is deemed

adequate, it will become a part of the

Wyoming program.

1. Written Comments

Written comments should be specific,

pertain only to the issues proposed in

this rulemaking, and include

explanations in support of the

commenter’s recommendations.

Comments received after the time

indicated under ‘‘DATES’’ or at

locations other than the Casper Field

Office will not necessarily be

considered in the final rulemaking or

included in the administrative record.

2. Public Hearing

Persons wishing to testify at the

public hearing should contact the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by 4:00 p.m.,

m.s.t., January 2, 1996. 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 location and time of the

hearing will be arranged with those

persons requesting the hearing. If no one

requests an opportunity to testify 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.

The public hearing will continue on

the specified date until all persons

scheduled to testify have been heard.

Persons in the audience who have not

been scheduled to testify, and who wish

to do so, will be heard following those

who have been scheduled. The hearing

will end after all persons scheduled to

testify and persons present in the

audience who wish to testify have been

heard.

3. Public Meeting

If only one person requests an

opportunity to testify 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 meeting 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

1. Executive Order 12866

This rule is exempted from review by

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under Executive Order 12866

(Regulatory Planning and Review).

2. Executive Order 12778

The Department of the Interior has

conducted the reviews required by

section 2 of Executive Order 12778

(Civil Justice Reform) and has

determined that 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 regulatory

programs and program amendments

since each program is drafted and

promulgated by a specific State, not by

OSM. Under sections 503 and 505 of

SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1253 and 1255) and

the Federal regulations at 30 CFR

730.11, 732.15, and 732.17(h)(10),

decisions on proposed State regulatory

programs and program amendments

submitted by the States must be based

solely on a determination of whether the

submittal is consistent with SMCRA and

its implementing Federal regulations

and whether the other requirements of

30 CFR Parts 730, 731, and 732 have

been met.

3. National Environmental Policy Act

No environmental impact statement is

required for this rule since section

702(d) of SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1292(d))

provides that agency decisions on

proposed State regulatory program

provisions do not constitute major

Federal actions within the meaning of

section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).

4. 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.).

5. 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 State submittal

that is the subject of this rule is based

upon counterpart 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 by the State. In making the

determination as to whether this rule

would have a significant economic

impact, the Department relied upon the

data and assumptions for the

counterpart Federal regulations.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 950

Intergrovernmental relations, Surface

mining, Underground mining

Dated: December 7, 1995.

Russell F. Price,

Acting Regional Director, Western Regional

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 95–30649 Filed 12–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. RM95–4; Order No. 1094]

39 CFR Part 3001

Rules of Practice and Procedure

AGENCY: Postal Rate Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; extension

of time.

SUMMARY: The Commission is extending

the time for the filing of comments on

draft rules of practice and procedure

published at 60 FR 54981–89.

DATES: Comments on the draft rules of

practice and procedure must be

submitted on or before January 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and

correspondence should be sent to

Margaret P. Crenshaw, Secretary of the

Commission, 1333 H Street, N.W., Suite

300, Washington, D.C. 20268–0001

(telephone 202/789–6840).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen L. Sharfman, Legal Advisor,

Postal Rate Commission, 1333 H Street,

N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C.

20268–0001 (telephone 202/789–6820).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 27, 1995, Order No. 1084, a

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, was

published at 60 FR 54981–89. This

Notice presented draft rules that were

founded on rules initially proposed by

the United States Postal Service in a

Petition filed April 13, 1995. However,

the Commission’s draft rules

incorporated views expressed and

suggestions made in comments filed by

twenty-one participants. The deadline

established for comments on the

Commission’s draft rules was December

26, 1995. Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing comments on the

draft rules is extended to January 8,

1996.