[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17963]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Request for Determination of Valid Existing Rights Within the 
Wayne National Forest

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and reopening of comment period on 
request for determination.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) 
has received a request by the Buckeye Forest Council for a pubic 
hearing on the application by Buckingham Coal Co., Inc. (Buckingham) 
for a determination that the applicant has valid existing rights (VER) 
pursuant to section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 to mine coal by surface methods on 25.2 acres 
of Federal land within the Wayne National Forest in Perry County, Ohio. 
By this notice, OSM is announcing the scheduling of a public hearing 
and the reopening of the comment period. Interested persons are 
reinvited to participate in the proceeding and to submit relevant 
factual information on the matter.

DATES: OSM will hold the public hearing on August 8, 1996 from 7:00 PM 
until 11:00 PM. Requests to speak at the hearing must be received by 
5:00 local time on August 1, 1996. OSM will accept written comments 
until 5:00 p.m. local time on August 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Ball Room of the Ohio 
University Inn, 331 Richland Avenue, Athens, Ohio. Written comments and 
requests to speak at the hearing must be mailed or hand delivered to 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Appalachian 
Regional Coordinating Center, Room 218, Three Parkway Center, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15220.
    The Administrative Record is available for review at both the 
address above and OSM's Columbus Office, Eastland Professional Plaza, 
4480 Refugee Road, Suite 201, Columbus, Ohio 43232 during normal 
business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Michael, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center, Room 218, Three Parkway 
Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Telephone: (412) 937-2867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background information on VER requirements 
for national forest lands and the Buckingham application for VER 
determination is available in the March 1, 1996 Federal Register (61 FR 
8074).

    Dated: July 2, 1996.
Mike Robinson,
Acting Regional Director, Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center.
[FR Doc. 96-17963 Filed 7-15-96; 8:45 am]
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