[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15010]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 943

[SPATS No. TX-033-FOR]


Texas Regulatory Program

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal of proposed amendment.

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SUMMARY: OSM is announcing the withdrawal of a proposed amendment to 
the Texas regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Texas program'') under 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The 
proposed amendment concerned codification of the Texas Coal Mining 
Regulations in the Texas Administrative Code at Part 16, Economic 
Regulation, Chapter 12. Texas is withdrawing the amendment at its own 
initiative.

DATES: The proposed amendment is withdrawn June 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael C. Wolfrom, Director, Tulsa 
Field Office, Telephone: (918) 581-6430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated January 30, 1997, 
(Administrative Record No. TX-633), Texas submitted a proposed 
amendment to its program pursuant to SMCRA. The amendment concerned 
codification of the Texas Coal Mining Regulations in the Texas 
Administrative Code at Part 16, Economic Regulation, Chapter 12. Texas 
submitted the proposed amendment at its own initiative.
    On February 21, 1997, OSM announced receipt of and solicited public 
comment on the proposed amendment in the Federal Register (62 FR 7965). 
The public comment period ended on March 24, 1997.
    On May 27, 1997 (Administrative Record No. TX-633.05), Texas 
requested that the proposed amendment be withdrawn. Texas intends to 
incorporate several recently approved amendments into the withdrawn 
proposed amendment, and then resubmit the amendment. Therefore, the 
proposed amendment announced in the February 21, 1997, Federal Register 
is withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 943

    Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.

    Dated: June 3, 1997.
Deborah Watford,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center.
[FR Doc. 97-15010 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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