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Positioning System (GPS) Standard

Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP)

to Runway (RWY) 35 and an amended

Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB)

SIAP to RWY 35 at Pauls Valley

Municipal Airport has made this

proposal necessary. The intended effect

of this proposal is to provide adequate

controlled airspace for aircraft executing

the GPS and NDB SIAP to RWY 35 at

Pauls Valley, OK.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to Manager,

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Docket No. 96–

ASW–09, Fort Worth, TX 76193–0530.

The official docket may be examined

in the Office of the Assistant Chief

Counsel, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX,

between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. An informal docket may also

be examined during normal business

hours at the Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, 2601

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald J. Day, Operations Branch, Air

Traffic Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region, Fort

Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone: (817)

222–5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested parties are invited to

participate in this proposed rulemaking

by submitting such written data, views,

or arguments as they may desire.

Comments that provide the factual basis

supporting the views and suggestions

presented are particularly helpful in

developing reasoned regulatory

decisions on the proposal. Comments

are specifically invited on the overall

regulatory, aeronautical, economic,

environmental, and energy-related

aspects of the proposal.

Communications should identify the

airspace docket number and be

submitted in triplicate to the address

listed under the caption ADDRESSES.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

on this notice must submit, with those

comments, a self-addressed, stamped,

postcard containing the following

statement: ‘‘Comments to Airspace

Docket No. 96–ASW–09.’’ The postcard

will be date and time stamped and

returned to the commenter. All

communications received on or before

the specified closing date for comments

will be considered before taking action

on the proposed rule. The proposal

contained in this notice may be changed

in the light of comments received. All

comments submitted will be available

for examination in the Office of the

Assistant Chief Counsel, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort

Worth, TX, both before and after the

closing date for comments. A report

summarizing each substantive public

contact with FAA personnel concerned

with this rulemaking will be filed in the

docket.

Availability of NPRM’s

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the

Operations Branch, Air Traffic Division,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX

76193–0530. Communications must

identify the notice number of this

NPRM. Persons interested in being

placed on a mailing list for future

NPRM’s should also request a copy of

Advisory Circular No. 11–2A that

describes the application procedure.

The Proposal

The FAA is considering an

amendment to part 71 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to

revise the Class E airspace, controlled

airspace extending upward from 700

feet AGL, at Pauls Valley Municipal

Airport, Pauls Valley, OK. A new GPS

and an amended NDB SIAP’s to RWY 35

have made this proposal necessary. The

intended effect of this proposal is to

provide adequate Class E airspace for

aircraft executing the GPS and NDB

SIAP to Rwy 35 at Pauls Valley, OK.

The coordinates for this airspace

docket are based on North American

Datum 83. Designated Class E airspace

areas extending upward from 700 feet or

more above ground level are published

in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order

7400.9C, dated August 17, 1995, and

effective September 16, 1995, which is

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR

71.1. The Class E airspace designation

listed in this document would be

published subsequently in the order.

The FAA has determined that this

proposed regulation only involves an

established body of technical

regulations that need frequent and

routine amendments to keep them

operationally current. It, therefore—(1)

Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

regulatory evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule, when

promulgated, will not have a significant

impact on a substantial number of small

entities under the criteria of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as

follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

part 17 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40103, 40113, 40120;

E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–1963

Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9C, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated August 17, 1995, and effective

September 16, 1995, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ASW OK E5 Pauls Valley, OK [Revised]

Pauls Valley Municipal Airport, OK

(Lat. 34°42′45′′ N., long. 97°13′31′′ W.)

Pauls Valley NBD

(Lat. 34°42′55′′ N., long. 97°13′44′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile

radius of Pauls Valley Municipal Airport and

within 2.6 miles each side of the 169° bearing

from the Pauls Valley NDB extending from

the 6.6-mile radius to 7.6 miles south of the

airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Fort Worth, TX on June 11, 1996.

Albert L. Viselli,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 96–15425 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 946

[VA–108–FOR]

Virginia Regulatory Program

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM),

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment

period and opportunity for public

hearing.

SUMMARY: OSM is announcing receipt of

a proposed amendment to the Virginia

regulatory program (hereinafter referred

to as the Virginia program) under the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The

proposed amendment consists of

regulatory changes to implement the

remining standards of the Federal

Energy Policy act of 1992. The

amendment is intended to revise the

State program to be consistent with the

Federal regulations as amended on

November 27, 1995 (60 FR 58480).

DATES: Written comments must be

received by 4:00 p.m., on July 19, 1996.

If requested, a public hearing on the

proposed amendment will be held on

July 15, 1996. Requests to speak at the

hearing must be received by 4:00 p.m.,

on July 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests to speak at the hearing should

be mailed or hand delivered to Mr.

Robert A. Penn, Director, Big Stone Gap

Field Office at the First address listed

below.

Copies of the Virginia program, the

proposed amendment, a listing of any

scheduled public hearings, 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 requestor may receive

one free copy of the proposed

amendment by contacting OSM’s Big

Stolen Gap Field Office.

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, Big Stone Gap Field Office,

1941 Neeley Road, Suite 201 Compartment

116, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219,

Telephone: (703) 523–4303

Virginia Division of Mined Land

Reclamation, P.O. Drawer 900, Big Stone

Gap, Virginia 24219, Telephone: (703) 523–

8100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert A. Penn, Director, Big Stone

Gap Field Office, Telephone: (703) 523–

4303.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background on the Virginia Program

On December 15, 1981, the Secretary

of the Interior conditionally approved

the Virginia program. Background

information on the Virginia program,

including the Secretary’s findings, the

disposition of comments, and the

conditions of approval can be found in

the December 15, 1981, Federal Register

(46 FR 61085–61115). Subsequent

actions concerning the conditions of

approval and program amendments can

be found at 30 CFR 946.12, 946.13,

946.15, and 946.16.

II. Discussion of the Proposed

Amendment

By letter dated May 28, 1996

(Administrative Record No. VA–885),

Virginia submitted amendments to the

Virginia program concerning remining.

The amendments are intended to make

the Virginia program consistent with the

Federal regulations as amended on

November 27, 1995 (60 FR 58480).

Virginia stated that the proposed

amendments implement the remining

standards of the Federal Energy Policy

Act of 1992.

The proposed amendments are as

follows:

1. § 480–03–19.700.5 Definitions

(a) ‘‘Lands eligible for remining’’ has

been added to mean those lands that

would otherwise be eligible for

expenditures under section 404 or

under section 402(g)(4) of the Federal

Act.

(b) ‘‘Unanticipated event or

condition’’ has been added to mean (as

used in § 480–03–19.773.15), an event

or condition related to prior mining

activity which arises from a surface coal

mining and reclamation operation on

lands eligible for remining and was not

contemplated by the applicable permit.

2. § 480–03–19.773.15 Review of

Permit Applications

(a) New subsection (b)(4) has been

added to provide, at (b)(4)(I) that

subsequent to October 24, 1992, the

prohibitions of paragraph (b) of this

section regarding issuance of a new

permit shall not apply to any violation

that: Occurs after that date; is unabated;

and results from an unanticipated event

or condition that arises from a surface

coal mining and reclamation operation

on lands that are eligible for remining

under a permit—issued before

September 30, 2004, or any renewals

thereof, and held by the person making

application for the new permit.

New subsection (b)(4)(ii) provides that

for permits issued under § 480–03–

19.785.25 of this chapter, an event or

condition shall be presumed to be

unanticipated for the purpose of this

paragraph if it: arose after permit

issuance; was related to prior mining;

and was not identified in the permit.

(b) New subsection (c)(14) has been

added to provide that for permits to be

issued under § 480–03–19.785.25 of this

chapter, the permit application must

contain: lands eligible for remining; an

identification of the potential

environmental and safety problems

related to prior mining activity which

could reasonably be anticipated to occur

at the site; and mitigation plans to

sufficiently address these potential

environmental and safety problems so

that reclamation as required by the

applicable requirements of this chapter

can be accomplished.

3. § 480–03–19.785.25 Lands Eligible

for Remining

This new section contains permitting

requirements to implement § 480–03–

19.773.15(b)(4), and provides that: (a)

Any persons who submits a permit

application to conduct a surface coal

mining operation on lands eligible for

remining must comply with this section.

(b) any application for a permit under

this section shall be made according to

all requirements of this subchapter

applicable to surface coal mining and

reclamation operations. In addition, the

application shall—(1) to the extent not

otherwise addressed in the permit

application, identify potential

environmental and safety problems

related to prior mining activity at the

site and that could be reasonably

anticipated to occur. This identification

shall be based on a due diligence

investigation which shall include visual

observations at the site, a record review

of past mining at the site, and

environmental sampling tailored to

current site conditions. (2) with regard

to potential environmental and safety

problems referred to in paragraph (b)(1)

of this section, described the mitigative

measures that will be taken to ensure

that the applicable reclamation

requirements of this chapter can be met.

(c) The requirements of this section

shall not apply after September 30,

1004.

4. § 480–03–19.816/817.116

Revegetation: Standards for success

Subsections (c)(2)(I) have been

amended by adding the phrase ‘‘except

as provided in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this

section’’ to the first sentence. This

modification was made in response to

the new language added at subsection

(c)(2)(ii), and that is identified below.
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New subsections (c)(2)(ii) provide that

the responsibility period shall be two

full years for lands eligible for remining

included in permits issued before

September 30, 2004, or any renewals

thereof. To the extent that the success

standards are established by paragraph

(b)(5) of this section, the lands shall

equal or exceed the standards during the

growing season of the last year of the

responsibility period.

III. Public Comment Procedures

In accordance with the provisions of

30 CFR 732.17(h), OSM is now seeking

comments on whether the amendments

proposed by Virginia satisfy the

applicable program approval criteria of

30 CFR 732.15. If the amendments are

deemed adequate, they will become part

of the Virginia program.

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 Big Stone Gap Field

Office will not necessarily be

considered in the final rulemaking or

included in the Administrative Record.

Public Hearing

Persons wishing to comment at the

public hearing should contact the

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by close of

business on July 5, 1996. If no one

requests an opportunity to comment at

a 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 comment have been heard.

Persons in the audience who have not

been scheduled to comment, and who

wish to do so, will be heard following

those scheduled. The hearing will end

after all persons scheduled to comments

and persons present in the audience

who wish to comment have been heard.

Public Meeting

If only one person requests an

opportunity to comment 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 amendments may

request a meeting at the Big Stone Gap

Field Office by contacting the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All such meetings will be

open to the public and, if possible,

notices of meetings will be posted in

advance at the locations listed under

ADDRESSES. A written summary of each

public meeting will be made part of the

Administrative Record.

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.

VI. Procedural Determinations

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).

Executive Order 12988

The Department of the Interior has

conducted the reviews by section 3 of

Executive Order 12778 (Civil Justice

Reform) and has determined that, to the

extent allowed by law, 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 such 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

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.

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 (42 U.S.C.

4332(2)(C)).

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.)

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

which 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.

Unfunded Mandates

This rule will not impose a cost of

$100 million or more in any given year

on any governmental entity or the

private sector.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 946

Intergovernmental relations, Surface

mining, Underground mining.

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Allen D. Klein,

Regional Director, Appalachian Regional

Coordinating Center.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

31 CFR Part 356

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Financial Markets; Amendments to the

Uniform Offering Circular for the Sale

and Issue of Marketable Book-Entry

Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Financial Markets,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time for

submission of comments.

SUMMARY: This document extends until

July 3, 1996, the deadline for the

submission of comments on the

Advance Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking soliciting comments on the

design details, terms and conditions,

and other features of a new type of

marketable book-entry security the

Treasury intends to issue. This security,

an inflation-protection note or bond,