[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2217]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 19 / Friday, January 29, 1999 /
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Part 917
[KY-219-FOR]
Kentucky Regulatory Program
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM),
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: OSM is withdrawing the notice of a proposed amendment to the
Kentucky regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) that was published on Wednesday,
January 6, 1999 (64 FR 816, FR Doc. 99-190). The proposed notice was
inadvertently published by OSM and incorrectly announces amendments to
the Kentucky program that the State has not made. The notice relates to
silviculture or managed woodland, and fish and wildlife, postmining
land uses on mountaintop removal mining operations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Kovacic, Director,
Lexington Field Office, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, 2675 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503. Telephone:
(606) 233-2494.
Background
By letter dated December 3, 1998 (Administrative Record No. KY-
1445), Kentucky requested that OSM review some language that the State
is considering as a proposed program amendment. The State had intended
that if OSM finds the language to be acceptable, the State would amend
the Kentucky program and submit the amendments to OSM for publication
in the Federal Register as a proposed amendment. OSM inadvertently
published the language as if it were an actual amendment to the
Kentucky program. Therefore, the proposed program amendment published
in the Federal Register dated January 6, 1999 (64 FR 816, FR Doc. 99-
190), relating to silviculture or managed woodland, and fish and
wildlife, postmining land uses on mountaintop removal mining
operations, is withdrawn and Part 917 Title 30 of the Code of Federal
Regulations is not amended.
Dated: January 20, 1999.
Tim L. Dieringer,
Acting, Regional Director, Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center.
[FR Doc. 99-2217 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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