[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1546-1549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-646]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 914
[SPATS No. IN-132-FOR; Amendment No. 95-10]
Indiana Regulatory Program
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM),
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public
hearing.
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SUMMARY: OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the
Indiana regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Indiana program'') under
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The
proposed amendment consists of the recodification of the Indiana
Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act. The proposed amendment
represents the Indiana Legislative Services Agency's
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effort to streamline and simplify Indiana natural resources law by
placing all such provisions in Title 14, including those pertaining to
surface coal mining.
DATES: Written comments must be received by 4:00 p.m., e.s.t., February
21, 1996. If requested, a public hearing on the proposed amendment will
be held on February 13, 1996. Requests to speak at the hearing must be
received by 4:00 p.m., e.s.t., on February 6, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests to speak at the hearing should
be mailed or hand delivered to Mr. Roger W. Calhoun, Director,
Indianapolis Field Office, at the address listed below.
Copies of the Indiana program, the proposed amendment, a listing of
any scheduled public hearings, and all written comments received in
response to this document will be available for public review at the
addresses listed below during normal business hours, Monday through
Friday, excluding holidays. Each requester may receive one free copy of
the proposed amendment by contacting OSM's Indianapolis Field Office.
Roger W. Calhoun, Director, Indianapolis Field Office, Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Minton-Capehart Federal
Building, Room 301, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-1521, Telephone: (317)
226-6700).
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 402 West Washington Street,
Room C256, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, Telephone: (317) 232-1547.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Roger W. Calhoun, Director, Indianapolis Field Office, Telephone:
(317) 226-6700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Indiana Program
On July 29, 1982, the Secretary of the Interior conditionally
approved the Indiana program. General background information on the
Indiana program, including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of
comments, and the conditions of approval can be found in the July 26,
1982, Federal Register (47 FR 32071). Subsequent actions concerning the
Indiana program can be found at 30 CFR 914.10, 914.15, and 914.16.
II. Description of the Proposed Amendment
By letter dated September 11, 1995 (Administrative Record No. IND-
1508), Indiana submitted a proposed amendment to its program pursuant
to SMCRA. Indiana submitted the proposed amendment at its own
initiative. The proposed amendment concerns the recodification of the
Indiana Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (ISCMRA), Title 13 of
the Indiana Code (IC) 13-4.1, as enacted by the Indiana General
Assembly under 1995 House Enrolled Act 1047 (HEA 1047). HEA 1047 was
signed into law by Governor Evan Bayh on May 10, 1995. HEA repealed IC
13-4.1 and recodified its substantive provisions at Title 14 of the
Indiana Code (IC) 14-34. Editorial changes, including minor structural
and grammatical changes, were made throughout the recodified statutes.
Indiana, also, submitted IC 14-8 which contains several definitional
sections including some previously contained in IC 13-4.1, and savings
provisions which state that HEA 1047 is not intended to enact a
substantive change to pre-existing law, nor affect any rules
promulgated, or rights or liabilities accrued, under the authority of
prior law. There were not substantive revisions proposed by Indiana.
Listed below are the existing IC 13-4.1 section numbers with the
new corresponding IC 14-8 and/or IC 14-34 section numbers.
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IC 13-4.1 IC 14-8/IC 14-34
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13-4.1-1-2................................ 14-34-1-3
13-4.1-1-3(1)............................. 14-8-2-11, 14-34-10-1
13-4.1-1-3(2)............................. 14-8-2-48
13-4.1-1-3(3)............................. 14-8-2-71
13-4.1-1-3(3.5)........................... 14-8-2-122, 14-34-10-2
13-4.1-1-3(4)............................. 14-8-2-130, 14-34-15-6(a)
13-4.1-1-3(5)............................. 14-8-2-190(3), 14-34-4-8, 14-
34-8-4
13-4.1-1-3(6)............................. 14-8-2-199
13-4.1-1-3(7)............................. 14-8-2-200
13-4.1-1-3(8)............................. 14-8-2-201
13-4.1-1-3(9)............................. 14-8-2-202(g)
13-4.1-1-3(10)............................ 14-8-2-213
13-4.1-1-3(10.5).......................... 14-8-2-269, 14-34-18-2
13-4.1-1-3(11)............................ 14-8-2-272
13-4.1-1-3(12)............................ 14-8-2-273
13-4.1-1-3(13)............................ 14-8-2-291, 14-34-15-7(a)
13-4.1-1-4................................ 14-34-1-2
13-4.1-1-5................................ 14-34-1-4
13-4.1-1-6................................ 14-34-1-1(2)
13-4.1-1-7................................ 14-34-1-1(1)
13-4.1-1-8................................ 14-34-1-5
13-4.1-2-1(a)............................. 14-34-2-1
13-4.1-2-1(b)-(e)......................... 14-34-2-2
13-4.1-2-2(a)............................. 14-34-2-3
13-4.1-2-2(b)............................. 14-34-2-4
13-4.1-2-2(c)............................. 14-34-2-5
13-4.1-2-2.5.............................. 14-34-2-3(7)
13-4.1-2-3................................ 14-34-2-6
13-4.1-2-4................................ 14-34-2-7
13-4.1-3-1................................ 14-34-3-1
13-4.1-3-2(a)............................. 14-34-3-2
13-4.1-3-2(b)............................. 14-34-13-1
13-4.1-3-2(c)............................. 14-34-13-2
13-4.1-3-2(d)............................. 14-34-13-3
13-4.1-3-2(e)............................. 14-34-14-2
13-4.1-3-2(f)............................. 14-34-14-4
13-4.1-3-2(g)............................. 14-34-14-5
13-4.1-3-3(a)............................. 14-34-3-3
13-4.1-3-3(b)............................. 14-34-3-4
13-4.1-3-3(c)............................. 14-34-3-5
13-4.1-3-3(d)............................. 14-34-3-6 and 7
13-4.1-3-3(e)............................. 14-34-3-8
13-4.1-3-3(f)............................. 14-34-3-9
13-4.1-3-3.1.............................. 14-34-3-10
13-4.1-3-3.5.............................. 14-34-3-11
13-4.1-3-4................................ 14-34-3-12
13-4.1-3-5................................ 14-34-3-13
13-4.1-3-6................................ 14-34-3-14
13-4.1-4-1(a)............................. 14-34-4-1
13-4.1-4-1(b)............................. 14-34-4-2(a)
13-4.1-4-1(c)............................. 14-34-4-2(b)
13-4.1-4-1(d)............................. 14-34-4-3
13-4.1-4-2(a)............................. 14-34-4-4
13-4.1-4-2(b)............................. 14-34-4-5
13-4.1-4-2(c)............................. 14-34-4-6
13-4.1-4-3(a)............................. 14-34-4-7(a)
13-4.1-4-3(b)............................. 14-34-4-7(b)
13-4.1-4-3(c)............................. 14-34-4-8
13-4.1-4-3(d)............................. 14-34-4-9
13-4.1-4-3.1.............................. 14-34-4-10
13-4.1-4-4................................ 14-34-4-11
13-4.1-4-5(a)............................. 14-34-4-12
13-4.1-4-5(b)............................. 14-34-4-13(a)
13-4.1-4-5(c)............................. 14-34-4-13(b)
13-4.1-4-5(d)............................. 14-34-4-13(c)
13-4.1-4-5.1.............................. 14-34-4-14
13-4.1-4-5.2.............................. 14-34-4-15
13-4.1-4-5.3.............................. 14-34-4-16
13-4.1-4-6................................ 14-34-4-17
13-4.1-4-7................................ 14-34-4-18
13-4.1-5-1................................ 14-34-5-1
13-4.1-5-2................................ 14-34-5-2
13-4.1-5-3................................ 14-34-5-3
13-4.1-5-4................................ 14-34-5-4
13-4.1-5-5................................ 14-34-5-5
13-4.1-5-5.1.............................. 14-34-5-6
13-4.1-5-5.2.............................. 14-34-5-7
13-4.1-5-5.3.............................. 14-34-5-8
13-4.1-5-6................................ 14-34-5-9
13-4.1-5-7................................ 14-34-5-10
13-4.1-5-8................................ 14-34-5-11
13-4.1-6-1................................ 14-34-6-1
13-4.1-6-2................................ 14-34-6-2
13-4.1-6-3................................ 14-34-6-3
13-4.1-6-4................................ 14-34-6-4
13-4.1-6-5................................ 14-34-6-5
13-4.1-6-6................................ 14-34-6-6
13-4.1-6-7(a)............................. 14-34-6-7
13-4.1-6-7(b)............................. 14-34-6-8
13-4.1-6-7(c)............................. 14-34-6-9
13-4.1-6-7(d)............................. 14-34-6-10
13-4.1-6-7(e)............................. 14-34-6-11
13-4.1-6-7(f)............................. 14-34-6-12
13-4.1-6-7(g)............................. 14-34-6-13
13-4.1-6-7(h)............................. 14-34-6-14
13-4.1-6-8................................ 14-34-6-15
13-4.1-6-9(a)............................. 14-34-6-16(a)
13-4.1-6-9(b)............................. 14-34-6-16(b)
13-4.1-6-9(c)............................. 14-34-6-16(c)
13-4.1-6-9(d)............................. 14-34-6-16(d)
13-4.1-6-9(e)............................. 14-34-6-16(e)
13-4.1-6-9(f)............................. 14-34-6-16(f)
13-4.1-6.3-1.............................. 14-8-2-9
13-4.1-6.3-2.............................. 14-34-7-4(a)
13-4.1-6.3-3.............................. 14-34-7-4(b)
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13-4.1-6.3-4.............................. 14-34-7-4(c)
13-4.1-6.3-5.............................. 14-34-7-1
13-4.1-6.3-6.............................. 14-34-7-2
13-4.1-6.3-7.............................. 14-34-7-3
13-4.1-6.3-8.............................. 14-34-7-4(d)
13-4.1-6.3-9.............................. 14-34-7-5
13-4.1-6.3.10............................. 14-34-7-6
13-4.1-6.3-11............................. 14-34-7-7
13-4.1-6.3-12............................. 14-34-7-8
13-4.1-6.3-13............................. 14-34-7-9
13-4.1-6.5-1.............................. 14-34-8-2
13-4.1-6.5-2.............................. 14-34-8-1
13-4.1-6.5-3.............................. 14-34-8-3
13-4.1-6.5-4(a)........................... 14-34-8-4(c)
13-4.1-6.5-4(b)........................... 14-34-8-4(d)
13-4.1-6.5-4(c)........................... 14-34-8-4(e)
13-4.1-6.5-4(d)........................... 14-34-8-4(f)
13-4.1-6.5-4(e)........................... 14-34-8-4(g)
13-4.1-6.5-4(f)........................... 14-34-8-4(h)
13-4.1-6.5-4(g)(1)........................ 14-34-8-4(b)
13-4.1-6.5-4(g)(2)........................ 14-34-8-4(a)
13-4.1-6.5-5.............................. 14-34-8-5
13-4.1-6.5-6.............................. 14-34-8-6
13-4.1-6.5-7.............................. 14-34-8-7
13-4.1-6.5-8.............................. 14-34-8-8
13-4.1-6.5-9.............................. 14-34-8-9
13-4.1-6.5-10............................. 14-34-8-10
13-4.1-6.5-11............................. 14-34-8-11
13-4.1-7-1................................ 14-34-9-1
13-4.1-7-2................................ 14-34-9-2
13-4.1-7-3................................ 14-34-9-3
13-4.1-7-4................................ 14-34-9-4
13-4.1-7-5................................ 14-34-9-5
13-4.1-7-6................................ 14-34-9-6
13-4.1-8-1(1)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(2)
13-4.1-8-1(2)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(3)
13-4.1-8-1(3)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(4)-(b)(6)
13-4.1-8-1(3)(A)-(C)...................... 14-34-10-2(b)(5)(A)-(C)
13-4.1-8-1(3)(i).......................... 14-34-10-2(b)(6)(A)
13-4.1-8-1(3)(ii)......................... 14-34-10-2(b)(6)(B)
13-4.1-8-1(4)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(7)
13-4.1-8-1(5)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(8)
13-4.1-8-1(6)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(9)
13-4.1-8-1(7)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(10)
13-4.1-8-1(8)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(11)
13-4.1-8-1(9)............................. 14-34-10-2(b)(12)
13-4.1-8-1(10)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(13)
13-4.1-8-1(11)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(14)
13-4.1-8-1(12)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(15)
13-4.1-8-1(13)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(16)
13-4.1-8-1(14)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(17)
13-4.1-8-1(15)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(18)
13-4.1-8-1(16)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(19)
13-4.1-8-1(17)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(20)
13-4.1-8-1(18)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(21)
13-4.1-8-1(19)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(22)
13-4.1-8-1(20)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(23)
13-4.1-8-1(21)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(24)
13-4.1-8-1(22)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(25)
13-4.1-8-1(23)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(26)
13-4.1-8-1(24)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(27)
13-4.1-8-1(25)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(28)
13-4.1-8-1(26)............................ 14-34-10-2(b)(29)
13-4.1-8-2(a)............................. 14-34-10-3(b)
13-4.1-8-2(b)............................. 14-34-10-3(a)
13-4.1-8-3................................ 14-34-10-4
13-4.1-8-4................................ 14-34-10-5
13-4.1-9-1................................ 14-34-11-1
13-4.1-9-2................................ 14-34-11-2
13-4.1-9-2.5(a)........................... 14-34-11-3(b)
13-4.1-9-2.5(b)........................... 14-34-11-3(a)
13-4.1-9-2.5(c)........................... 14-34-11-3(a)
13-4.1-9-2.5(d)........................... 14-34-11-3(c)
13-4.1-9-3................................ 14-34-11-4
13-4.1-10-1............................... 14-34-12-1
13-4.1-10-2............................... 14-34-12-2
13-4.1-10-3............................... 14-34-12-3
13-4.1-11-1............................... 14-34-15-1
13-4.1-11-1.5............................. 14-34-15-2
13-4.1-11-2............................... 14-34-15-3
13-4.1-11-3............................... 14-34-15-4
13-4.1-11-4............................... 14-34-15-5
13-4.1-11-5(a)............................ 14-34-15-6(b)
13-4.1-11-5(b)............................ 14-34-15-6(c)
13-4.1-11-5(c)............................ 14-34-15-6(d)
13-4.1-11-5(d)............................ 14-34-15-6(e)
13-4.1-11-6............................... 14-34-15-7(b)-(i)
13-4.1-11-7(a)............................ 14-34-15-8(a)
13-4.1-11-7(b)............................ 14-34-15-8(b)
13-4.1-11-8............................... 14-34-15-9
13-4.1-11-9............................... 14-34-15-10
13-4.1-11-10.............................. 14-34-15-11
13-4.1-11-11(a)........................... 14-34-15-12(a)
13-4.1-11-11(b)........................... 14-34-15-12(b)
13-4.1-11-11(c)........................... 14-34-15-12(c)
13-4.1-11-11(d)........................... 14-34-15-12(d)
13-4.1-11-11(e)........................... 14-34-15-12(e)
13-4.1-11-11(f)........................... 14-34-15-12(f)
13-4.1-11-11(g)........................... 14-34-15-13
13-4.1-11-11(h)........................... 14-34-15-14
13-4.1-11-11(i)........................... 14-34-15-15
13-4.1-11-12.............................. 14-34-15-16
13-4.1-12-1(a)............................ 14-34-16-1(a)
13-4.1-12-1(b)............................ 14-34-16-1(b), 14-34-16-2
13-4.1-12-1(c)............................ 14-34-16-3
13-4.1-12-1(d)............................ 14-34-16-4
13-4.1-12-1(e)............................ 14-34-16-5
13-4.1-12-2............................... 14-34-16-6
13-4.1-12-3............................... 14-34-16-7
13-4.1-12-4............................... 14-34-16-8
13-4.1-12-6............................... 14-34-16-9
13-4.1-13-1............................... 14-34-17-1
13-4.1-13-2............................... 14-34-17-2
13-4.1-13-3............................... 14-34-17-3
13-4.1-14-1............................... 14-34-18-3
13-4.1-14-2............................... 14-34-18-4
13-4.1-14-3............................... 14-34-18-5
13-4.1-14-4............................... 14-34-18-6
13-4.1-14-5............................... 14-34-18-1
13-4.1-15-1............................... 14-34-19-1
13-4.1-15-2............................... 14-34-19-2
13-4.1-15-3............................... 14-34-19-3
13-4.1-15-4............................... 14-34-19-4
13-4.1-15-5............................... 14-34-19-5
13-4.1-15-6............................... 14-34-19-6
13-4.1-15-7............................... 14-34-19-7
13-4.1-15-8............................... 14-34-19-8
13-4.1-15-9............................... 14-34-19-9
13-4.1-15-10.............................. 14-34-19-10
13-4.1-15-11.............................. 14-34-19-11
13-4.1-15-12(a)........................... 14-34-19-12(a)-(b)
13-4.1-15-12(b)........................... 14-34-19-12(c)
13-4.1-15-12(c)........................... 14-34-19-12(d)
13-4.1-15-13.............................. 14-34-19-13
13-4.1-15-14.............................. 14-34-19-14
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III. Public Comment Procedures
In accordance with the provisions of 30 CFR 732.17(h), OSM is
seeking comments on whether the proposed amendment satisfies the
applicable program approval criteria of 30 CFR 732.15. If the amendment
is deemed adequate, it will become part of the Indiana 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 Indianapolis Field Office
will not necessarily be considered in the final rulemaking or included
in the Administrative Record.
Public Hearing
Persons wishing to speak at the public hearing should contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 4:00 p.m.,
e.s.t. on February 6, 1996. The location and time of the hearing will
be arranged with those persons requesting the hearing. If no one
requests an opportunity to speak at the 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 speak have been heard. Persons in the audience who
have not been scheduled to speak, and who wish to do so, will be heard
following those who have been scheduled. The hearing will end after all
persons scheduled to speak and persons present in the audience who wish
to speak have been heard.
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.
Public Meeting
If only one person requests an opportunity to speak 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
amendment may request a meeting 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 at the
locations listed under ADDRESSES. A written summary of each meeting
will be made a part of the Administrative Record.
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IV. 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 12778
The Department of the Interior has conducted the reviews required
by section 2 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.
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 914
Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.
Dated: January 12, 1996.
Brent Wahlquist,
Regional Director, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center.
[FR Doc. 96-646 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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