[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27870]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Parts 3730, 3820, 3830, 3840, and 3850

[WO-620-1430-00-24 1A]
RIN 1004-AD31


Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests from the public, the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) is extending the comment period on the proposed rule 
to amend regulations on locating, recording, and maintaining mining 
claims or sites. You may comment on this rule for an additional 90 
days.

DATES: You should submit your comments on the proposed rule by January 
24, 2000. In developing a final rule, BLM may not consider comments 
postmarked or received in person or by electronic mail after this date.

ADDRESSES: If you want to comment, you may:
    (1) Hand-deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.;
    (2) Mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, Administrative 
Record, Room 401 LS, 1849 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240; or
    (3) Send comments by way of the Internet to: WOC[email protected]. If 
you submit your comments electronically, please submit them as an ASCII 
file to minimize computer problems and include ``Attn: AD31'' and your 
name and return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive 
a confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet 
message, contact us directly at (202) 452-0350.
    You may review the public comments received on the proposed rule at 
BLM's Regulatory Affairs Group office, 1620 L St., N.W., Room 401, 
Washington, D.C., during regular business hours (7:45 am to 4:15 pm) 
Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Haskins in the Solid Minerals 
Group at (202) 452-0355 or Ted Hudson in Regulatory Affairs at (202) 
452-5042. For assistance in reaching the above contacts, individuals 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-(800) 877-8339 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original proposed rule appeared in the 
Federal Register on August 27, 1999 (64 FR 47023). The initial comment 
period expires on October 26, 1999.

    Dated: October 20, 1999.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior--Designate.
[FR Doc. 99-27870 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
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