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Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Jay Guerber at 

the previously mentioned address in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

A 15-day comment period is provided 

to allow interested persons to respond 

to this proposed rule. Fifteen days is 

deemed appropriate because: (1) The 

2008–09 fiscal period began on April 1, 

2008, and the order requires that the 

assessment rate for each fiscal period 

apply to all assessable apricots handled 

during such fiscal period; (2) the 

Washington apricot harvest and 

shipping season is expected to begin as 

early as the last week of June; (3) the 

Committee needs to have sufficient 

funds to pay its expenses, which are 

incurred on a continuous basis; and (4) 

handlers are aware of this action, which 

was recommended by the Committee at 

a public meeting and is similar to other 

assessment rate actions issued in past 

years. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 922 

Apricots, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 922 is proposed to 

be amended as follows: 

PART 922—APRICOTS GROWN IN 

DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN 

WASHINGTON 

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 922 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

2. Section 922.235 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 922.235 Assessment rate. 

On or after April 1, 2008, an 

assessment rate of $2.00 per ton is 

established for the Washington Apricot 

Marketing Committee. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19018 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Parts 700, 724, 773, 785, 816, 

817, 845, 846, 870, 872, 873, 874, 875, 

876, 879, 880, 882, 884, 885, 886, and 

887 

[Docket Id: OSM–2008–0003] 

RIN 1029–AC56 

Abandoned Mine Land Program 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

(OSM), are extending the comment 

period on a proposed rule that would 

revise the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) 

program. The proposed rule would 

revise our regulations to be consistent 

with the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), as 

amended by the Tax Relief and Health 

Care Act of 2006, Public Law 109–432, 

signed into law on December 20, 2006. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

must be received on or before August 

29, 2008, in order to ensure our 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. The rule is 

listed under the agency name ‘‘OFFICE 

OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION 

AND ENFORCEMENT.’’ The proposed 

rule has been assigned Docket ID: OSM–

2008–0003. 

If you would like to submit comments 

through the Federal e-Rulemaking 

Portal, go to www.regulations.gov and 

do the following. Click on the 

‘‘Advanced Docket Search’’ button on 

the right side of the screen. Type in the 

Docket ID OSM–2008–0003 and click 

the ‘‘Submit’’ button at the bottom of the 

page. The next screen will display the 

Docket Search Results for the 

rulemaking. If you click on OSM–2008–

0003, you can view the proposed rule 

and submit a comment. You can also 

view supporting material and any 

comments submitted by others. 

• Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier to: 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement, Administrative 

Record, Room 252–SIB, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240. Please include the rule 

Docket ID (OSM–2008–0003) with your 

comment. 

We cannot ensure that comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking and 

considered. Comments sent to an 

address other than those listed above 

(see ADDRESSES) will not be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see ‘‘Public Comment Procedures’’ in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

If you wish to comment on the 

information collection aspects of this 

proposed rule, you may submit your 

comments to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Interior 

Desk Officer, via e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov, or via 

facsimile to 202–365–6566. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny Lytton, Chief, Reclamation 

Support Division, 1951 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20240; 

Telephone: 202–208–2788. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background on the Reclamation Fee 

and the Abandoned Mine Land 

Program 

On June 20, 2008, we published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register 

(73 FR 35214) that would revise our 

regulations governing the AML program. 

We have received two requests to 

extend the comment period on the 

proposed rule. In response, we are 

extending the comment period to 

August 29, 2008. 

As discussed in greater detail in the 

June 20, 2008, Federal Register notice, 

the proposed rule would revise our 

regulations to be consistent with the Tax 

Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, 

Public Law 109–432, enacted on 

December 20, 2006, which included the 

Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006 

(the ‘‘2006 amendments’’). The 

proposed rule reflects the extension of 

our statutory authority to collect 

reclamation fees for an additional 

fourteen years and to reduce the fee 

rates. The proposal also updates the 

regulations in light of the statutory 

amendments that change the activities 

State and Tribal reclamation programs 

may perform under the AML program, 

funding for reclamation grants to States 

and Indian tribes, and transfers to the 

United Mine Workers of America 

(UMWA) Combined Benefit Fund, the 

UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan, and the 

UMWA Multiemployer Health Benefit 

Plan. Finally, our proposed rule extends 


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incentives reauthorized by the 2006 

amendments pertaining to the remining 

of certain lands and water adversely 

affected by past mining. 

Public Comment Procedures 

Written Comments: If you submit 

written comments, they should be 

specific, confined to issues pertinent to 

the proposed rule, and explain the 

reason for any recommended changes. 

We appreciate all comments, but those 

most useful and likely to influence 

decisions on any revisions will be those 

that either involve personal experience 

or include citations to and analyses of 

SMCRA, its legislative history, its 

implementing regulations, the 2006 

amendments, case law, or other 

pertinent State or Federal laws or 

regulations. 

We cannot ensure that comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking and 

considered. Comments sent to an 

address other than those listed above 

(see ADDRESSES) will not be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made 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. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

C. Stephen Allred, 

Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–19088 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2008–0738] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulations for Marine 

Events; Wrightsville Channel, 

Wrightsville Beach, NC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

establish Temporary special local 

regulations for the swim portions of 

‘‘Beach 2 Battleship Full and Half Iron 

Distance Triathlon’’, to be held on the 

waters of Banks Channel, adjacent to 

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. 

These special local regulations are 

necessary to provide for the safety of life 

on navigable waters during the event. 

This action is intended to restrict vessel 

traffic in Wrightsville Channel during 

the swimming portion of this event. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Coast Guard on or before 

September 17, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number USCG–2008–0738 to the Docket 

Management Facility at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. To avoid 

duplication, please use only one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this proposed 

rule, call Christopher D. Humphrey, 

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, 

Atlantic Beach, NC, (252) 247–4571. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. All 

comments received will be posted, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2008–0738), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and give the reason for each 

comment. We recommend that you 

include your name and a mailing 

address, an e-mail address, or a phone 

number in the body of your document 

so that we can contact you if we have 

questions regarding your submission. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by electronic means, mail, fax, 

or delivery to the Docket Management 

Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; 

but please submit your comments and 

material by only one means. If you 

submit them by mail or delivery, submit 

them in an unbound format, no larger 

than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit them by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. We may 

change this proposed rule in view of 

them. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Enter the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2008–0738) in the 

Search box, and click ‘‘Go >>.’’ You may 

also visit either the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays; or U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

North Carolina, 2301 East Fort Macon 

Rd., Atlantic Beach, North Carolina 

28512 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received into any 

of our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act system of records notice regarding 

our public dockets in the January 17, 

2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 

FR 3316). 

Public Meeting 

We do not now plan to hold a public 

meeting. But you may submit a request 

for one to the Docket Management 

Facility at the address under ADDRESSES

explaining why one would be 

beneficial. If we determine that one 

would aid this rulemaking, we will hold 

one at a time and place announced by 

a later notice in the Federal Register. 


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