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screw spinal system that was in 

commercial distribution before May 28, 

1976. Any other dynamic stabilization 

system shall have an approved PMA or 

a declared completed PDP in effect 

before being placed in commercial 

distribution. 

Dated: November 6, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 924 

[SATS No. MS–024–FOR; Docket No. 

OSMRE–2014–0005; S1D1SS S08011000 

SX066A00067F144S180110; S2D2SS 

S08011000SX066A00033F14XS501520] 

Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land 

Plan 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment 

period and opportunity for public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

(OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a 

proposed amendment to the Mississippi 

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation 

(AMLR) Plan (hereinafter, the 

Mississippi Plan) under the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Mississippi 

has requested concurrence from the 

Secretary of the Department of the 

Interior with its certification of 

completion of all coal-related 

reclamation objectives. If the Secretary 

concurs with the certification, 

Mississippi intends to request AMLR 

funds to pursue projects in accordance 

with section 411 of SMCRA. 

This document gives the times and 

locations that the Mississippi Plan and 

this proposed amendment to that plan 

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 4:00 

p.m., c.d.t., December 12, 2014. If 

requested, we will hold a public hearing 

on the amendment on December 8, 

2014. We will accept requests to speak 

at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., c.d.t. on 

November 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by SATS No. MS–024–FOR, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Sherry Wilson, 

Director, Birmingham Field Office, 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement, 135 Gemini Circle, 

Suite 215, Homewood, Alabama 35209; 

Telephone: (205) 290–7282. 

• Fax: (205) 290–7280. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. 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: For access to the docket to 

review copies of the Mississippi Plan, a 

listing of any scheduled public hearings, 

and all written comments received in 

response to this document, you must go 

to the address of our Birmingham Field 

Office listed above during normal 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. You may receive 

one free copy of the amendment by 

contacting OSMRE’s Birmingham Field 

Office or going to www.regulations.gov. 

Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham 

Field Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 135 

Gemini Circle, Suite 215, Homewood, 

Alabama 35209, Telephone: (205) 290– 

7282, Email: swilson@osmre.gov. 

In addition, you may review a copy of 

the amendment during regular business 

hours at the following location: 

Mississippi Office of Geology, 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

700 N. State Street Jackson, Mississippi 

39202, Telephone: (601) 961–5519. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham 

Field Office. Telephone: (205) 290– 

7282. Email: swilson@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on Mississippi Plan 

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

I. Background on the Mississippi Plan 

The Abandoned Mine Land 

Reclamation Program was established 

by Title IV of the Act, (30 U.S.C. 1201 

et seq.) in response to concerns over 

extensive environmental damage caused 

by past coal mining activities. The 

program is funded by a reclamation fee 

collected on each ton of coal that is 

produced. The money collected is used 

to finance the reclamation of abandoned 

coal mines and for other authorized 

activities. Section 405 of the Act allows 

States and Indian tribes to assume 

exclusive responsibility for reclamation 

activity within the State or on Indian 

lands if they develop and submit to the 

Secretary of the Interior for approval, a 

program (often referred to as a plan) for 

the reclamation of abandoned coal 

mines. On September 27, 2007, the 

Secretary of the Interior approved the 

Mississippi plan. You can find 

background information on the 

Mississippi Plan, including the 

Secretary’s findings, the disposition of 

comments, and the approval of the plan 

in the September 27, 2007, Federal 

Register (72 FR 54832). No amendments 

have previously been made to the 

Mississippi Plan. 

II. Description of the Proposed 

Mississippi Amendment 

By letter dated August 11, 2014 

(Administrative Record No. MS–0424), 

Mississippi indicated to OSMRE that it 

has instituted the necessary processes to 

reclaim the remaining coal related 

problems within the State. As such, 

Mississippi seeks certification of 

completion of all coal-related problems. 

If this request is approved by OSMRE, 

it will mark the addressing, for the 

present, of all known existing coalrelated problems within the State that 

are eligible for funding under 

Mississippi’s AMLR Program. 

If approved, the certificate of 

completion will be codified at 30 CFR 

924.25. In accordance with 30 CFR 

875.13(c), Mississippi may then 

implement a program under Section 411 

of SMCRA. 

OSMRE is seeking public comment on 

the adequacy of Mississippi’s 

certification that it has addressed all 

reclamation relating to abandoned coal 

mine lands. In addition, OSMRE is 

aware of the potential for problems to 

occur in the future related to pre-August 

3, 1977, coal mining. In accordance with 

30 CFR 875.13(a)(3), Mississippi agrees 

to acknowledge and give top priority to 

any coal-related problem(s) that may be 

found or occur after submission of the 

certificate of completion. 

The full text of the plan amendment 

is available for you to read at the 

locations listed above under ADDRESSES

or at www.regulations.gov. 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

Under the provisions of 30 CFR 

884.15(a), we are seeking your 

comments on whether Mississippi’s 

proposed amendment satisfies the 

applicable reclamation plan approval 

criteria of 30 CFR 884.14. If we approve 


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the amendment, it will become part of 

the Mississippi Plan. 

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 State 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 (see ADDRESSES) 

will be included in the docket for this 

rulemaking and considered. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Public Hearing 

If you wish to speak at the public 

hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

4:00 p.m., c.d.t. on November 28, 2014. 

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 

a hearing. 

To assist the transcriber and ensure an 

accurate record, we request, if possible, 

that each person who speaks at the 

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 only one person requests an 

opportunity to speak, we may hold a 

public meeting rather than a public 

hearing. If you wish to meet with us to 

discuss the amendment, please request 

a meeting by contacting the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All such meetings are open to 

the public; 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. 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

The Federal regulations at 30 CFR 

884.14(a) list the requirements that must 

be met in order for OSMRE to approve 

a State reclamation plan amendment or 

revision if it changes the objectives, 

scope, or major policies followed by the 

State in the conduct of its reclamation 

program. Following our review of the 

proposed amendment or revision, 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 924 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: August 28, 2014. 

William L. Joseph, 

Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent 

Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 950 

[SATS No. WY–046–FOR; Docket ID OSM– 

2014–0007; S1D1SSS08011000SX066 

A00067F144S180110; S2D2SSS08011000 

SX066A00033F14XS501520] 

Wyoming 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 Wyoming 

regulatory program (hereinafter, the 

‘‘Wyoming program’’) under the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

1977 (‘‘SMCRA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’). 

Wyoming proposes both revisions of 

and additions to its coal rules and 

regulations concerning valid existing 

rights and ownership and control, and 

revises a provision concerning periodic 

monitoring of blasting. Wyoming 

intends to revise its program to be 

consistent with the corresponding 

Federal regulations and SMCRA, clarify 

ambiguities, and improve operational 

efficiency. 

This document gives the times and 

locations that the Wyoming 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 4:00 

p.m., m.d.t. December 12, 2014. If 

requested, we will hold a public hearing 

on the amendment on December 8, 

2014. We will accept requests to speak 

until 4:00 p.m., m.d.t. on November 28, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following two methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. This proposed 

rule has been assigned Docket ID: OSM– 

2014–0007. If you would like to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, go to 

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

instructions. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Jeffrey 

Fleischman, Director, Casper Area 

Office, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Dick 

Cheney Federal Building, POB 11018, 

150 East B Street, Casper, Wyoming 

82601–1018. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the ‘‘III. Public Comment 

Procedures’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

In addition to viewing the docket and 

obtaining copies of documents at 

www.regulations.gov, you may review 

copies of the Wyoming 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 


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