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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,
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would have a return linked to the

inflation rate in prices or wages. The

advance notice of proposed rulemaking

was published in the Federal Register

on May 20, 1996 (61 FR 25164) and

comments were to be received on or

before June 19, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Government Securities Regulations

Staff, Bureau of the Public Debt,

Department of the Treasury, 999 E

Street, NW., Room 515, Washington, DC

20239–0001. Comments received will be

available for public inspection and

copying at the Treasury Department

Library, Room 5030, Main Treasury

Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Norman Carleton, Director, Office of

Federal Finance Policy Analysis, Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Financial

Markets, at 202–622–2680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of the Treasury (Department

or Treasury) announced its intention to

issue a new type of marketable bookentry security with a nominal return

linked to the inflation rate in prices or

wages, as officially published by the

United States Government. In the

advance notice of proposed rulemaking

that was published May 20, 1996, the

Treasury specifically requested

comments concerning the choice of

index, structure of the security, auction

technique, offering sizes, and maturities.

The Treasury also invited comments on

other specific issues raised, as well as

on any other issues relevant to the new

type of security.

Given the importance of this issue

and the desire to provide sufficient time

for parties to evaluate and consider

Treasury’s inflation-protection security

proposal, particularly since a series of

public meetings to describe further the

Department’s current thinking on the

subject and to obtain potential investor

input just concluded on June 12, 1996,

the Department believes that additional

time is appropriate for market

participants and other interested parties

to provide written comments. Therefore,

the Department is extending the

comment period for 14 days until

Wednesday, July 3, 1996.

Dated: June 14, 1996.

Roger L. Anderson,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance.

[FR Doc. 96–15658 Filed 6–14–96; 3:58 pm]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[LA–16–1–7165b; FRL–5522–7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Plans; Louisiana; Revision to

the State Implementation Plan (SIP);

Addressing Ozone Monitoring

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve a revision to Louisiana’s SIP for

ozone. This action is based upon a

revision request which was submitted

by the State to satisfy the requirements

of the Clean Air Act, as amended

November 15, 1990, and the

Photochemical Assessment Monitoring

Stations (PAMS) regulations. The PAMS

regulations require the State to provide

for the establishment and maintenance

of an enhanced ambient air quality

monitoring network in the form of

PAMS by November 12, 1993.

In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the State’s SIP revision as a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

amendment and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this rule. If the EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn, and all

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this action. Any parties

interested in commenting on this action

should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by July 19,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Mr.

Thomas H. Diggs, Chief, Air Planning

Section (6PD–L), at the EPA Regional

Office listed below. Copies of the

documents relevant to this proposed

rule are available for public inspection

during normal business hours at the

following locations. Interested persons

wanting to examine these documents

should make an appointment with the

appropriate office at least 24 hours

before the visiting day.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 6, Multimedia Planning and

Permitting Divison, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas

75202–2733, telephone (214) 665–

7214.

Louisiana Department of Environmental

Quality, Office of Air Quality and

Radiation Protection, H. B. Garlock

Building, 7290 Bluebonnet Blvd.,

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jeanne McDaniels, Air Planning Section

(6PD–L), Multimedia Planning and

Permitting Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,

telephone (214) 665–7254.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

action of the same title which is located

in the rules section of the Federal

Register.

Dated: June 10, 1996.

Allyn M. Davis,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–15590 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

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40 CFR Part 180

[PP 2E4042/P661; FRL–5374–6]

RIN 2070–AC18

Chlorothalonil; Pesticide Tolerance for

Use in or on Asparagus

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to establish a

tolerance for combined residues of the

fungicide chlorothalonil and its

metabolite in or on the raw agricultural

commodity asparagus. The proposed

regulation to establish a maximum

permissible level for residues of the

fungicide was requested in a petition

submitted by the Interregional Research

Project No. 4 (IR-4).

DATES: Comments, identified by the

docket number [PP 2E4042/P661], must

be received on or before July 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202.

Comments and data may also be

submitted to OPP by sending electronic

mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an