94-3008. Petition To Initiate Rulemaking; Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations; Permanent Regulatory Program; Citizen Complaints and State and Federal Inspection and Enforcement Authority

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Parts 840, 842, and 843

 

Petition To Initiate Rulemaking; Surface Coal Mining and 
Reclamation Operations; Permanent Regulatory Program; Citizen 
Complaints and State and Federal Inspection and Enforcement Authority

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), 
Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Withdrawal of petition to initiate rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: At the request of the petitioners, the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is withdrawing a petition for 
rulemaking submitted by the Interstate Mining Compact Commission that 
was published in the August 17, 1993 Federal Register (58 FR 43594).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Stocker, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240: Telephone: 202-208-
2550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 17, 1993 (58 FR 43594), OSM 
published in the Federal Register a notice of availability and request 
for comment on a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Interstate 
Mining Compact Commission (IMCC). The petition, submitted under section 
201(g) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
requested that the Federal regulations at 30 CFR parts 840, 842 and 843 
be amended to address the oversight role of OSM in States where a 
regulatory program approved by the Secretary of the Interior is in 
effect. The petition focused on the treatment of citizen complaints 
alleging violations at surface coal mining and reclamation operations 
and on citizen complaints alleging that a State permitting decision 
does not conform to applicable regulatory program requirements.

    The IMCC in a letter to OSM dated January 24, 1994, withdrew the 
petition for rulemaking without prejudice, prior to any decision by OSM 
with respect to the petition. Therefore, OSM is terminating further 
action on a decision to grant or deny the petition.

    Dated: February 3, 1994.
Anne H. Shields,
Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 94-3008 Filed 2-9-94; 8:45 am]
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