97-5038. Ohio Regulatory Program  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 9076-9080]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-5038]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
    
    30 CFR Part 935
    
    [OH-239; Amendment Number 73]
    
    
    Ohio Regulatory Program
    
    AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), 
    Interior.
    
    ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
    
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    SUMMARY: OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Ohio regulatory 
    program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Ohio program'') under the 
    Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The 
    proposed amendment consists of regulatory changes to implement the 
    remining standards of the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992. The 
    amendment is intended to revise the Ohio program to be consistent with 
    the corresponding Federal regulations as amended on November 27, 1995. 
    (60 FR 58480).
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1997.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    George Rieger, Field Branch Chief, Appalachian Regional Coordinating 
    Center, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 3 Parkway 
    Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Telephone: (412) 937-2153.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Background on the Ohio Program
    II. Submission of the Proposed Amendment
    III. Director's Findings
    IV. Summary and Disposition of Comments
    V. Director's Decision
    VI. Procedural Determinations
    
    I. Background on the Ohio Program
    
        On August 16, 1982, the Secretary of the Interior conditionally 
    approved the Ohio program. Background information on the Ohio program, 
    including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and 
    the conditions of approval can be found in the August 10, 1982, Federal 
    Register (47 FR 34688). Subsequent actions concerning conditions of 
    approval and program amendments can be found at 30 CFR 935.11, 935.15, 
    and 935.16.
    
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    II. Submission of the Proposed Amendment
    
        By letter dated July 23, 1996, (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-
    00) Ohio submitted a proposed amendment to its program pursuant to 
    SMCRA. Ohio submitted the proposed amendment at its own initiative. The 
    Ohio amendment proposes to implement the remining standards of the 
    Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the corresponding Federal 
    regulations as amended on November 27, 1995. (60 FR 58480). OSM 
    announced receipt of the proposed amendment in the August 26, 1996, 
    Federal Register (61 FR 43696) and in the same document opened the 
    public comment period and provided an opportunity for a public hearing 
    on the adequacy of the proposed amendment. The public comment period 
    closed on September 25, 1996. However, a complete description of 
    certain amendments concerning permit application requirements and 
    revegetation time frames was inadvertently omitted from that notice. 
    Also, Ohio submitted corrections to its proposed amendments by letter 
    dated October 4, 1996, (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-07). 
    Therefore, OSM announced these items in the October 18, 1996, Federal 
    Register (61 FR 54375) and reopened the public comment period until 
    November 4, 1996. On January 23, 1997, Ohio submitted additional 
    changes (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-12) as a result of 
    discussions with OSM.
    
    III. Director's Findings
    
        Set forth below, pursuant to SMCRA and the Federal regulations at 
    30 CFR 732.15 and 732.17, are the Director's findings concerning the 
    proposed amendment. Revisions not specifically discussed below concern 
    nonsubstantive wording changes, or revised cross-references and 
    paragraph notations to reflect organizational changes resulting from 
    this amendment.
    
    A. Revisions to Ohio Regulations That Are Substantively Identical to 
    the Corresponding Federal Regulations
    
        1. OAC 1501:13-1-02 Definitions.
        (a) New paragraph (OOO) ``Lands eligible for remining'' has been 
    added to mean those lands that would otherwise be eligible for 
    expenditures under section 1513.37 of the Revised Code.
        (b) New paragraph (JJJJJJ) ``Unanticipated event or conditions'' 
    has been added to mean (as used in 1501:13-5-01 of the Administrative 
    Code) an event or condition related to prior mining activity which 
    arises from a surface coal mining and reclamation operation on lands 
    eligible for remining and was not contemplated in the applicable 
    permit.
        The proposed changes are found to be substantively identical to the 
    corresponding Federal Regulations at 30 CFR 701.5.
        2. OAC 1501:13-5-01 Review, public participation, and approval or 
    disapproval of permit applications and permit terms and conditions.
        (a) New paragraph (D)(7) has been added to provide that subsequent 
    to the effective date of this rule, the prohibitions of paragraph 
    (D)(3) of this section regarding the issuance of a new permit, shall 
    not apply to any violation that occurs after that date; is unabated; 
    and results from an unanticipated event or condition that arises from a 
    surface coal mining and reclamation operation on lands that are 
    eligible for remining under a permit issued pursuant to OAC 1501:13-4-
    12(L) and held by the person making application for the new permit.
        (b) New paragraph (D)(7)(D) provides that for permits issued under 
    OAC 1501:13-4-12(L), an event or condition shall be presumed to be 
    unanticipated for the purposes of this paragraph if it: arose after 
    permit issuance; was related to prior mining; and was not identified in 
    the permit.
        (c) New paragraph (E)(19) and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), are 
    added to require that, for operations which will include remining areas 
    under 1501:13-4-12(L) of the Administrative Code, the application 
    includes (A) Lands eligible for remining; (B) an identification of the 
    potential environmental and safety problems related to prior mining 
    activity which could reasonably be anticipated to occur at the site; 
    and (C) mitigation plans to sufficiently address these potential 
    environmental and safety problems so that reclamation as required by 
    the applicable requirements of Chapter 1513 of the Revised Code can be 
    accomplished. Additionally, a semicolon and the word ``and'' are added 
    at the end of paragraph (E)(18).
        The proposed changes are found to be substantively identical to the 
    corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 773.15(b) and (c)(13).
        3. OAC 1501:13-9-15 Revegetation.
        Paragraph (F)(2) is revised, and subparagraph (F)(2)(A) is added, 
    to provide that the required period of extended responsibility on lands 
    eligible for remining shall be not less than two full years for permits 
    issued pursuant to the requirements of OAC 1501:13-4-12 and renewals 
    thereof.
        The Director finds that these revisions are substantively identical 
    to portions of the corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 816 and 
    817.116(c)(2)(i) and (ii).
    
    B. Revisions to Ohio Regulations That Are Not Substantively Identical 
    to the Corresponding Federal Regulations
    
        1. OAC 1501:13-4-12 Requirements for permits for special categories 
    of mining.
        (a) New paragraph (L) has been added to include the requirements 
    for any person who submits a permit application to conduct a surface 
    coal mining operation on lands eligible for remining. The requirements 
    of paragraph (L) shall apply until September 30, 2004, or any later 
    date authorized by federal law. The permit application must include: 
    (1) A description of the proposed lands eligible for remining and a 
    demonstration, to the satisfaction of the Chief, how such lands meet 
    the eligibility requirements specified by Revised Code Section 1513.37; 
    (2) Identification, to the extent not otherwise addressed in the permit 
    application, of any potential environmental and safety problems related 
    to the prior mining activity at the site which could be reasonably 
    expected to occur. This identification shall be based on a due 
    diligence investigation which shall include visual observations at the 
    site, a record review of past mining at the site, and environmental 
    sampling tailored to current site conditions; and (3) A description, 
    with regard to potential environmental and safety problems identified 
    in paragraph (2), of the mitigative measures that will be taken to 
    ensure that the applicable reclamation requirements of Revised Code 
    Chapter 1513 and these rules can be met.
        The federal regulation at 30 CFR 785.25(b) requires that the 
    remining application permit be made in accordance with the requirements 
    of subchapter G, which are the permitting requirements. The Ohio rule 
    at OAC 1501:13-4-12(L) does not include this requirement, however, OAC 
    1501:13-4-12(A) does require all special categories of mining to comply 
    with the general permitting requirements of OAC 1501:13-4, therefore 
    the Director finds that the proposed change at paragraph (L) is no less 
    effective than the corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 785.25 
    (b) and (c) when read in conjunction with OAC 1501:13-4-12(A).
        (b) The Director also finds that paragraphs (L)(1) and (L)(3) are 
    substantively identical to 30 CFR 785.25(a) and (b)(2), respectively. 
    Paragraph (L)(2) is nearly identical to 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) except that 
    Ohio did
    
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    not include the word ``review'' in OAC 1501:13-4-12(L)(2) when 
    describing the evaluation of past mining at the site that is required 
    during the permitting process. 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) requires a record 
    review of past mining at the site. Ohio has addressed this item by 
    including the word ``review'' in the version of OAC 1510:13-4-12(L)(2) 
    that was officially filed through the Ohio rule promulgation process 
    with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission on January 16, 1997. Ohio 
    provided a copy of this letter to OSM on January 23, 1997. Therefore 
    the amendment is found to be as effective as 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) based 
    on this revision.
        2. OAC 1501:13-9-15 Revegetation.
        (a) Ohio's revegation performance standards for lands eligible for 
    remining generally cross-reference the performance standards for 
    previously undisturbed lands, thus, to avoid confusion, Ohio deleted 
    the references to ``five years'' for the period of responsibility. 
    While the period of responsibility will remain five years for most 
    mining operations, the deletions are consistent with the change in 30 
    CFR 816/817.116(c)(2)(i) which allows remining operations to have a 
    shorter period of responsibility. Affected paragraphs and subparagraphs 
    are: (F)(3), (F)(3)(a), (G)(3)(a), (I)(6), (J)(1)(b), (F)(4)(d), 
    (H)(2), (L)(2), and (M)(4).
        (b) Subparagraph (H)(2) is further amended by adding the words 
    ``and hay crops also meet, at a minimum, the ground cover standards of 
    paragraph (G)(3)(B) during the last year of the period of extended 
    responsibility.'' The current rule could have been interpreted to allow 
    cropland with hay as the approved crop to only meet productivity 
    requirements without a ground cover. Ohio is adding a ground cover 
    requirement on cropland when hay is the required crop. While the 
    federal rules at 30 CFR 816.116(b)(2) only require a success standard 
    approved by the regulatory authority for cropland, the Director finds 
    the success standard to be consistent with the revegetation 
    requirements of 30 CFR 816/817.111.
        (c) Paragraph (L) is amended by deleting the words ``undeveloped 
    land'' from the revegetation success standards for forest land, fish 
    and wildlife habitat and other postmining land uses that have woody 
    vegetation. Specific revegetation success standards for undeveloped 
    land are provided under in OAC 1510:13-9-15(M). OSM previously approved 
    Ohio's program amendment #67 to change OAC 1501:13-9-17(B)(2) to allow 
    undeveloped land as a post mining land use only if the pre-mining land 
    use was undeveloped. That amendment also eliminated OAC 1501:13-9-
    17(D)(8) which provided that proposals for a post mining land use of 
    undeveloped land would be treated as if the post mining land use were 
    forest land/fish and wildlife habitat. Therefore, including undeveloped 
    land with the forest land/fish and wildlife land use revegetation 
    standards in OAC 1501:13-9-15(L) is no longer necessary. The deletion 
    of ``undeveloped land'' in paragraph (L) is consistent with the earlier 
    deletion that was approved by OSM on July 27, 1994 (59 FR 38123, 
    38124). Thus, the Director finds that this deletion is not inconsistent 
    with 30 CFR 816./817.116(b).
        (d) New paragraph (O) is added to include revegetation standards 
    for areas eligible for remining in each land use category. New 
    subparagraph (1)(A) includes standards for revegetation of pasture and 
    grazing lands and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
    standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
    unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
    III bond release, however, new subparagraph (1)(B) requires that 
    remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
    exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
    no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
    of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
        New subparagraph (2)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
    agricultural cropland, other than prime farmland, and requires that for 
    Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are the 
    same as those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph 
    (G)(2) of this rule. New subparagraph (2)(B) includes for Phase III 
    bond release, crop yield data must at a minimum equal the average 
    county yield for any year of the responsibility period except the first 
    year and, hay crops also must have ground cover equal to or exceeding 
    seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with no single 
    area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser of three 
    thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
        New subparagraph (3)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
    industrial, residential, or commercial land use, other than commercial 
    forest land, and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
    standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
    unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
    III bond release, however, new subparagraph (3)(B) requires that 
    remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
    exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
    no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
    of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
        New subparagraph (4)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
    forest land, fish and wildlife habitat, or other land which requires 
    the establishment of woody vegetation, and requires that for Phase II 
    bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are the same as 
    those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph (L)(1) of 
    this rule. For Phase III bond release, however, new subparagraph (4)(B) 
    requires that remined lands in this category must meet the requirements 
    of paragraph (L)(2) of this rule except that, of the minimum countable 
    trees per acre, eighty (80) percent have been in place for at least two 
    (2) years, on each acre on which trees or shrubs are to be planted.
        New subparagraph (5)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
    undeveloped land and requires that for determining success of 
    revegetation and for Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for 
    remined lands are the same as those for previously unmined lands as 
    required by paragraph (M)(1), (2) and (3) of this rule. For Phase III 
    bond release, however, new subparagraph (5)(B) requires that remined 
    lands in this category must meet the requirements of paragraph (M)(3) 
    of this rule except that the herbaceous ground cover on areas not 
    planted with trees or shrubs must have ground cover equal to or 
    exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
    no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
    of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
        New subparagraph (6)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
    recreational areas where herbaceous vegetation comprises the ground 
    cover, and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
    standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
    unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
    III bond release, however, new subparagraph (6)(B) requires that 
    remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
    exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
    no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
    of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land.
        New subparagraph (6)(C) includes standards for revegetation of 
    recreation
    
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    areas which require the planting of woody vegetation, and requires that 
    for Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are 
    the same as those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph 
    (L)(1) of this rule. For Phase III bond release, new subparagraph 
    (6)(D) requires that remined lands must meet the same requirements of 
    paragraph (L)(2) of this rule which pertain to previously unmined lands 
    in this category.
        The proposed rules discussed above pertaining to Phase II bond 
    release for each appropriate land use category for remined areas are 
    the same rules that Ohio applies for Phase II bond release for 
    previously unmined areas. The proposed rules in (O)(1)(B), (O)(2)(B), 
    (O)(3)(B), (O)(5)(B) and (O)(6)(B) pertaining to Phase III bond release 
    for each appropriate land use category require ground cover to equal or 
    exceed 70 percent and adequately control erosion in the last year of 
    the extended responsibility period on remining sites. The corresponding 
    Federal rule at 816.116(b)(5) requires the vegetative ground cover 
    shall be not less than the ground cover existing before redisturbance 
    and shall be adequate to control erosion. The Federal rule does not 
    specify required percentages of ground cover. The question is whether 
    or not 70 percent cover is adequate, especially if the ground cover was 
    greater than 70 percent before remining. To evaluate the adequacy of 
    the proposed rule it is necessary to look at the entire Ohio rule as it 
    pertains to revegetation success standards. Ohio's general requirements 
    in OAC 1501:13-9-15(B)(3) and (4) require vegetation to be at least 
    equal in extent of cover to the natural vegetation of the area; and 
    control surface erosion. When OAC 1501:13-9-15(O) is considered in 
    conjunction with these provisions of the Ohio rule, the proposed 
    success standards for remining meet the requirements of the Federal 
    rule at 30 CFR 816.116(b)(5). Therefore, in the rare case of an area 
    being eligible for remining having greater than 70 percent ground cover 
    before remining, the mining operator would be held to the general 
    requirements of OAC 1501:13-9-15(B)(3) & (4) that vegetation be at 
    least equal to the natural vegetation of the area and capable of 
    controlling surface erosion. Additionally, the requirements that ground 
    cover meet or exceed 70 percent in the last year of the period of 
    extended responsibility is consistent with the Federal rule at 30 CFR 
    816.116/817.116(c)(2)(ii).
        The Director finds that Ohio's proposed rules listed above are no 
    less effective than the corresponding Federal Regulations at 30 CFR 
    816.116 and 30 CFR 817.116.
        The following non-substantive changes are also proposed by Ohio:
        (d) Paragraph (M) is further amended by separating the first 
    sentence into two items with the second item being labeled as (1) and 
    re-numbering the subsequent items accordingly. No word changes were 
    made to these items.
        (e) Definitions of ``abatement plan'', ``base line pollution 
    load'', ``best available technology economically achievable'', 
    ``pollution abatement area'', ``pre-existing discharge'', and 
    ``remining NPDES permit'' are relocated from OAC 1501:13-4-15 to OAC 
    1501:13-1-02, without revision, and remaining paragraphs in both 
    sections are re-lettered accordingly.
    
    C. Revisions to Ohio's Regulations With No Corresponding Federal 
    Regulations
    
        1. OAC 1501:13-4-08 Hydrologic map and cross-sections.
        New paragraph (A)(15) has been added to include in the hydrologic 
    map any land determined to be eligible for remining.
        2. OAC 1501:13-4-10 Uniform color code and map symbols.
        New paragraph (A)(6) has been added to include any area determined 
    to be eligible for remining shall have its perimeter designated with a 
    dashed black line and the areas therein clearly labeled ``Remine''.
        3. OAC 1501:13-4-15.
        (a) The title of this section is changed from ``Authorization to 
    conduct coal mining on previously mined areas'' to ``Authorization to 
    conduct coal mining on pollution abatement areas''.
        While there are no direct Federal counterparts to these revisions, 
    the Director finds that they are not inconsistent with SMCRA or its 
    corresponding Federal regulations, and do not render the State program 
    any less effective than the federal regulations.
    
    IV. Summary and Disposition of Comments
    
        The Director solicited public comments and provided an opportunity 
    for a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Because no one 
    requested an opportunity to speak at a public hearing, no hearing was 
    held. Comments were received from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office 
    in a letter dated September 13. The commenter stated that ongoing 
    coordination with the Ohio Historical Preservation Office is necessary 
    to address preservation concerns. The Director notes that OAC 1501:13-
    4-01(B) requires coordination of review and issuance of permits with 
    other federal or state laws which includes the National Historic 
    Preservation Act of 1966 and that OAC 1501:13-5-01(A)(3) requires that 
    a written notification of a permit application, renewal or revision be 
    sent to all federal, state and local governmental agencies that have an 
    interest in the area of the proposed operations. There are no remining 
    operations that are not included in the permit application process. The 
    program amendment does not propose to change any coordination that 
    currently exists between OHPO and DMR concerning review of cultural and 
    historical resources. Additionally, the commenter was concerned that 
    remining permit applications will not be reviewed by Ohio to determine 
    if the proposed permit area is included within an area designated as 
    unsuitable for mining. The Director disagrees with the commenter. 
    Pursuant to OAC 1501:13-5-01(E)(4), all mining applications, including 
    remining sites, cannot be approved if the proposed permit area is 
    included within an area designated unsuitable for coal mining 
    operations.
    
    Federal Agency Comments
    
        Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17(h)(11)(I), the Director solicited 
    comments on the proposed amendment from various Federal agencies with 
    an actual or potential interest in the Ohio program. The U.S. Army 
    Corps of Engineers responded that the changes were satisfactory. No 
    other comments were received.
    
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    
        Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17(h)(11)(ii), OSM is required to obtain the 
    written concurrence of the EPA with respect to those provisions of the 
    proposed program amendment that relate to air or water quality 
    standards promulgated under the authority of the Clean Water Act (33 
    U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). 
    None of the revisions that Ohio proposed to make in this amendment 
    pertain to air or water quality standards. Therefore, OSM did not 
    request EPA's concurrence.
    
    V. Director's Decision
    
        Based on the above finding(s), the Director approves the proposed 
    amendment as submitted by Ohio on July 23, 1996, and revised on October 
    4, 1996 and January 23, 1997. The Director is approving the proposed 
    regulations with the understanding that they be promulgated in a form 
    identical to that submitted to OSM. Any differences between these 
    regulations and the State's final regulations will be
    
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    processed as a separate amendment subject to public review at a later 
    date.
        The Federal regulations at 30 CFR Part 935, codifying decisions 
    concerning the Ohio program, are being amended to implement this 
    decision. This final rule is being made effective immediately to 
    expedite the State program amendment process and to encourage States to 
    bring their programs into conformity with the Federal standards without 
    undue delay. Consistency of State and Federal standards is required by 
    SMCRA.
    
    VI. 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 12988
    
        The Department of the Interior has conducted the reviews by section 
    3 of Executive Order 12988 (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 
    corresponding 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 corresponding Federal regulations.
    
    Unfunded Mandates
    
        This rule will not impose a cost of $100 million or more in any 
    given year on any governmental entity or the private sector.
    
    List of Subjects in 30 CFR 935
    
        Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.
    
        Dated: February 7, 1997.
    Allen D. Klein,
    Regional Director, Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center.
    
        For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 30, Chapter VII, 
    Subchapter T of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as set forth 
    below:
    
    PART 935--OHIO
    
        1. The authority citation for part 935 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
    
        2. Section 935.15 is amended by adding paragraph (eeee) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 935.15  Approval of regulatory program amendments.
    
    * * * * *
        (eeee) The following rules, as submitted to OSM on August 26, 1996, 
    and revised on October 4, 1996, and January 23, 1997, are approved 
    effective February 28, 1997:
    
    OAC 1501:13-1-02 (000) and (JJJJJJ)....  Definitions.                   
    OAC 1501:13-4-08 (A)(15)...............  Hydrologic map and cross       
                                              sections.                     
    OAC 1501:13-4-10 (A)(6)................  Uniform color code and map     
                                              symbols.                      
    OAC 1501:13-4-12 (L)...................  Requirements for permits for   
                                              special categories of mining. 
    OAC 1501:13-4-15 (deletion of (B)).....  Authorization to conduct coal  
                                              mining on pollution abatement 
                                              areas.                        
    OAC 1501:13-5-01 (D)(7), (D)(7)(D),      Review, public participation,  
     (E)(19) and (E)(19) (A), (B) and (C).    and approval or disapproval of
                                              permit applications and permit
                                              terms and conditions.         
    OAC 1501:13-9-15 (F)(2), (F)(2)(A),      Revegetation.                  
     (F)(3), (F)(3)(a), (F)(4)(d),                                          
     (G)(3)(a), (H)(2), (I)(6), (J)(1)(b),                                  
     (L), (L)(2), (M)(4), (O), and (O) (1)                                  
     through (6).                                                           
                                                                            
    
    [FR Doc. 97-5038 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4310-05-M
    
    
    

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Effective Date:
2/28/1997
Published:
02/28/1997
Department:
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Document Number:
97-5038
Dates:
February 28, 1997.
Pages:
9076-9080 (5 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OH-239, Amendment Number 73
PDF File:
97-5038.pdf
CFR: (1)
30 CFR 935.15