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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. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26656 Filed 11–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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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addresses listed below during normal 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. You may also 

receive one free copy of the amendment 

by contacting OSMRE’s Casper Area 

Office. 

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, (307) 261–6547, 

jfleischman@osmre.gov. 

Todd Parfitt, Director, Wyoming 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

Herschler Building, 122 West 25th 

Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, 

(307) 777–7555, todd.parfitt@wyo.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Fleischman, Telephone: (307) 

261–6547. Internet: jfleischman@

osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Wyoming Program 

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

I. Background on the Wyoming 

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 Wyoming 

program on November 26, 1980. You 

can find background information on the 

Wyoming program, including the 

Secretary’s findings, the disposition of 

comments, and the conditions of 

approval of the Wyoming program in 

the November 26, 1980, Federal 

Register (45 FR 78637). You can also 

find later actions concerning Wyoming’s 

program and program amendments at 30 

CFR 950.15, 950.16, and 950.20. 

II. Description of the Proposed 

Amendment 

By letter dated September 30, 2014, 

Wyoming sent us a proposed 

amendment to its approved regulatory 

program (Administrative Record Docket 

ID No. OSM–2014–0007) under SMCRA 

(30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). Wyoming 

submitted the amendment to address 

deficiencies that OSMRE previously 

identified during its review of formal 

valid existing rights (WY–044–FOR; 

Docket ID No. OSM–2013–0001) and 

ownership and control (WY–045–FOR; 

Docket ID No. OSM–2013–0002) 

amendments. The amendment also 

revises a provision concerning periodic 

monitoring of blasting in response to a 

concern that the Casper Area Office 

identified during its annual oversight 

review of the Wyoming program. 

Specifically, Wyoming proposes to 

amend the Land Quality Division Coal 

Rules and Regulations at Chapter 1, 

Section 2(aa) (definition of ‘‘Control or 

controller’’); the title of Chapter 2 

(permit application requirements for 

surface coal mining operations); Chapter 

2, Section 2(a)(i)(B) (ownership and 

control permit application information 

including a complete identification of 

interests); Chapter 2, Section 

2(a)(ii)(A)(I) (ownership and control 

permit application information 

including a complete statement of 

compliance); Chapter 6, Section 

4(b)(i)(A) (blasting standards; periodic 

monitoring of blasting); Chapter 12, 

Section 1(a)(vii)(F) (permitting 

procedures; availability of records); 

Chapter 12, Section 1(a)(viii)(B) 

(permitting procedures; final 

compliance review); Chapter 12, Section 

1(a)(x)(D)(I) (permitting procedures; 

unanticipated events or conditions at 

remining sites); Chapter 12, Section 

1(a)(xiv)(C) (permitting procedures; 

challenges to ownership or control 

listings in AVS); Chapter 12, Section 

1(a)(xiv)(F) (permitting procedures; 

written agency decision on challenges to 

ownership or control listings or 

findings); Chapter 12, Section 1(b)(ii) 

(permitting procedures; transfer, 

assignment or sale of permit rights); and 

Chapter 16, Section 4(c)(i)(A) 

(individual civil penalties; amount of 

civil penalty). The full text of the 

program amendment is available for you 

to read at the locations listed above 

under ADDRESSES. 

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 Wyoming 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 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 above (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 in the 

electronic docket for this rulemaking at 

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 

4:00 p.m., m.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 

the hearing. If only one person 

expresses an interest, a public meeting 

rather than a hearing may be held, with 

the results included in the docket for 

this rulemaking. 

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 only one person requests an 

opportunity to speak, we may hold a 


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1Petition of the United States Postal Service for 

the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed 

Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Ten), 

November 3, 2014 (Petition). 

2Notice of Filing of USPS–RM2015–3/1, USPS– 

RM2015–3/NP1, and Application for Nonpublic 

Treatment, November 3, 2014 (Notice). The Notice 

incorporates by reference the Application for NonPublic Treatment of Materials contained in 

Attachment Two to the December 27, 2013 United 

States Postal Service Fiscal Year 2013 Annual 

Compliance Report. Notice at 1. See 39 CFR part 

3007 for information on access to nonpublic 

material. 

3The referenced models are the Standard Mail 

parcel mail processing cost model (USPS–FY13– 

12); the Standard Mail destination entry cost model 

(USPS–FY13–13); the Media Mail-Library Mail mail 

processing cost model (USPS–FY13–15); and the 

Parcel Select/Parcel Return Service mail processing 

cost model (USPS–FY13–NP15). Petition, 

Attachment at 2. 

4The facilities in the 2014 Study include network 

distribution centers (NDCs); auxiliary service 

facilities; processing and distribution centers; and 

delivery units. Id. 

5The two cost models affected by the results of 

the productivity updates are the Bulk Parcel Return 

Service cost model and the Standard Mail 

Enhanced Carrier Route mail processing cost model. 

Id. at 3. 

6See USPS–RM2015–3/ 

NP1,‘PROP.10.IMPACT.NONPUB.xlsx.’ 

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 

(Regulatory Planning and Review). 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSMRE 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 950 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: October 8, 2014. 

Ervin J. Barchenger, 

Acting Regional Director, Western Region. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26660 Filed 11–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3050 

[Docket Nos. RM2015–3; Order No. 2240] 

Periodic Reporting 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing concerning a 

Proposed Rulemaking on Analytical 

Principles Used in Periodic Reporting 

(Proposal Ten). This notice informs the 

public of the filing, invites public 

comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 

26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Summary of Proposal 

III. Initial Commission Action 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On November 3, 2014, the Postal 

Service filed a petition pursuant to 39 

CFR 3050.11 requesting that the 

Commission initiate an informal 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

changes to analytical principles relating 

to periodic reports.1 Text attached to the 

Petition identifies the proposed 

analytical method changes filed in this 

docket as Proposal Ten, A Proposal to 

Incorporate New Field Study Data into 

Three Parcel Mail Processing Cost 

Models and the Standard Mail 

Destination Entry Cost Model. Id. 

Attachment at 1. The Postal Service 

concurrently filed two library 

references, along with an application for 

nonpublic treatment for one.2

II. Summary of Proposal 

New study. Currently, the Postal 

Service uses productivity data from a 

2009 field study to develop cost 

estimates in four models filed as part of 

its Annual Compliance Report.3 Id. The 

Postal Service now has productivity 

data from a new study (2014 Study) 

conducted at several types of facilities, 

and proposes incorporating these results 

into the referenced cost models.4 Id. at 3. 

The Postal Service states that the 

proposed productivity updates affect 

two other models because some of the 

results (from two of the four models) are 

used as inputs to other cost studies.5 Id. 

All six models, as revised by the 

updates, appear in the library 

references. Id. 

The 2014 Study also provides NDC 

data on postal arrival and dispatch 

profiles and mail piece dimension data 

by mail type. Id. at 6–7. The Postal 

Service also proposes incorporating 

these data into the relevant mail 

processing cost models. Id. 

Cost impacts. The Postal Service 

summarizes the cost impacts of the 

proposed modifications on the public 

cost models in Tables 1 through 5. Id. 

at 8. It summarizes the cost impacts of 

the proposed modifications on the 

Parcel Select/Parcel Return Service mail 

processing unit cost estimates in an 

Excel file in the non-public library 

reference.6 Petition, Attachment at 8. 

III. Initial Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2015–3 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. 

Additional information concerning the 

Petition may be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Interested persons may 

submit comments on the Petition no 

later than November 26, 2014. Reply 

comments are due no later than 

December 12, 2014. Pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505, Nina Yeh is designated as 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2015–3 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service for the 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytical 

Principles (Proposal Ten), filed 

November 3, 2014. 


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