[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4788]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Advisory 
Board

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

ACTION: Office of Surface mining Reclamation and Enforcement Advisory 
Board; Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 14(b)(1) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 5 U.S.C. App. (1988). 
Following consultation with the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior is renewing the charter of an advisory committee known as the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Advisory Board.
    The purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide a forum to discuss 
a variety of regulatory and reclamation issues of concern to the 
public, primacy States which regulate surface coal mining, Indian 
tribes, environmental groups, coal mine region residents, industry, the 
Congress, and other State and Federal agencies.
    The Secretary of the Interior will appoint members to the Advisory 
Board that represent a cross section of those who are interested in and 
directly affected by regulatory and reclamation activities. OSM will 
carefully monitor membership to ensure that there is a balance among 
those interests affected by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Norman J. Hess, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20240; Telephone 202-208-2635.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal of the charter of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Advisory Board is necessary 
and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed on the Department of the Interior by the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.).

    Dated: February 10, 1997.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 97-4788 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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