61366 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 5, 2010 / Proposed Rules 

1Revisions to Forms and Statements, and 

Reporting Requirements for Natural Gas Pipelines, 

131 FERC ¶ 61,245 (2010). 

Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 

(202) 502–8672, E-mail: 

robert.sheldon@ferc.gov. 

Gary D. Cohen (Legal Information), 

Office of the General Counsel, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426, Telephone: (202) 502–8321, Email: gary.cohen@ferc.gov. 

Notice Regarding Reply Comments 

On June 17, 2010, the Commission 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NOPR) (75 FR 35700) in the abovereferenced proceeding 1 proposing to 

revise certain financial reporting forms 

required by natural gas companies 

(FERC Form Nos. 2, 2–A and 3–Q). 

Initial comments on this NOPR were 

due on August 23, 2010. The 

Commission is providing interested 

parties with an opportunity to file reply 

comments on the NOPR. 

By this notice, reply comments 

should be filed on or before October 25, 

2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24943 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 926 

[SATS No. MT–031–FOR; Docket ID OSM– 

2010–0010] 

Montana 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 are announcing receipt of 

a proposed amendment to the Montana 

regulatory program (hereinafter, the 

‘‘Montana program’’) under the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

1977 (‘‘SMCRA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’). Montana 

proposes revisions to the Administrative 

Rules of Montana (ARM) at Chapter 

17.24.1109 (BONDING: LETTERS OF 

CREDIT). Montana intends to revise its 

program to incorporate the additional 

flexibility afforded by the revised 

Federal regulations and SMCRA, as 

amended, and to improve operational 

efficiency. 

This document gives the times and 

locations that the Montana program and 

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 

p.m., m.d.t. November 4, 2010. If 

requested, we will hold a public hearing 

on the amendment on November 1, 

2010. We will accept requests to speak 

until 4 p.m., m.d.t. on October 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by ‘‘SATS No. MT–031–FOR’’ 

or ‘‘Docket ID No. OSM–2010–0010,’’ by 

any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: chulsman@osmre.gov. 

Please Include ‘‘Docket ID No. OSM– 

2010–0010’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Jim 

Fulton, Director, Denver Field Division, 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement, 1999 Broadway, Suite 

3320, Denver, CO 80202. 

• Fax: (307) 261–6552. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket ID No. OSM–2010–0010. 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: Access to the docket, to 

review copies of the Montana program, 

this amendment, a listing of any 

scheduled public hearings, and all 

written comments received in response 

to this document, may be obtained at 

the addresses listed below during 

normal business hours, Monday through 

Friday, excluding holidays. You may 

receive one free copy of the amendment 

by contacting Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM’s) 

Casper Field Office. In addition, you 

may review a copy of the amendment 

during regular business hours at the 

following locations: 

Jeffrey Fleischman, Chief, Casper 

Field Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Dick 

Cheney Federal Building POB 11018, 

150 East B Street, Room 1018, Casper, 

Wyoming 82601.7032, (307) 261–6550, 

jfleischman@osmre.gov. 

Edward L. Coleman, Bureau Chief, 

Industrial and Energy Minerals Bureau, 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620– 

0901, (406) 444–2544, 

ecoleman@mt.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffery Fleischman, Field Office 

Director, Casper Field Office; 

Telephone: (307) 261–6550; Internet 

address: jfleischman@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Montana Program 

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

I. Background on the Montana 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 State program 

includes, among other things, ‘‘a State 

law which provides for the regulation of 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations in accordance with the 

requirements of this Act * * *; 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 Montana 

program on April 1, 1980. You can find 

background information on the Montana 

program, including the Secretary’s 

findings, the disposition of comments, 

and conditions of approval of the 

Montana program in the April 1, 1980, 

Federal Register (45 FR 21560). You can 

also find later actions concerning 

Montana’s program and program 

amendments at 30 CFR 926.15, 926.16, 

and 926.30. 

II. Description of the Proposed 

Amendment 

By letter dated July 14, 2010, Montana 

sent us a proposed amendment to its 

program (Administrative Record Docket 

ID No. OSM–2010–0010) under SMCRA 

(30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Montana sent 

the amendment to include the changes 

made at its own initiative. The full text 

of the program amendment is available 

for you to read at the locations listed 

above under ADDRESSES. 

Montana proposes revisions to the 

Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) 

at Chapter 17.24.1109 (BONDING: 

LETTERS OF CREDIT. 

Montana proposes to change a 

condition for irrevocable letters of credit 

issued by banks as collateral in order to 

correct an error in the definition. 

Specifically, in ARM 

17.24.1109(1)(e)(iii), Montana proposes 

to (1) substitute ‘‘capital stock’’ for 

‘‘shareholders equity’’ to tailor the 


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definition of ‘‘total stockholders equity’’ 

to that used by the banking industry; 

and (2) delete the criterion to evaluate 

the financial strength of a bank issuing 

a letter of credit set forth in ARM 

17.24.1109(1)(f). Upon deletion of 

subsection (f), (g) through (j)(iii) will 

remain the same, but will be 

renumbered (f) through (i)(iii). 

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 Montana 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 Tribal 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 above (see 

ADDRESSES) will be included in the 

docket for this rulemaking and 

considered. 

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 in the 

electronic docket for this rulemaking at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 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. 

Public Hearing 

If you wish to speak at the public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

4 p.m., m.d.t. on October 20, 2010. 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 

the hearing. 

To assist the transcriber and ensure an 

accurate record, we request, if possible, 

that each person who speaks at a 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 there is only limited interest in 

participating in a public hearing, we 

may hold a public meeting rather than 

a public hearing. If you wish to meet 

with us to discuss the submission, 

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. 

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 

(Regulatory Planning and Review). 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSM 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 926 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: July 30, 2010. 

Allen D. Klein, 

Regional Director, Western Region . 

[FR Doc. 2010–24851 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2010–0613; FRL–9210–1] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, South Coast Air 

Quality Management District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District (SCAQMD) portion 

of the California State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). These revisions concern 

volatile organic compound (VOC) 

emissions from Architectural Coatings. 

We are approving a local rule that 

regulates these emission sources under 

the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 

(CAA or the Act). We are taking 

comments on this proposal and plan to 

follow with a final action. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

November 4, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2010–0613, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. http://

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send e-mail 

directly to EPA, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 


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