[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48678-48680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16628]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Excess Spoil Minimization--Stream Buffer Zones Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement, OSM-EIS-34

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSM), are announcing the availability of a draft environmental impact 
statement (DEIS). The DEIS analyzes the potential impacts of a proposed 
rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and stream buffer zones. 
The proposed rule, which is being published for review and comment in 
this edition

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of the Federal Register, would, if implemented, revise the permanent 
program regulations implementing the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977.

DATES: Electronic or written comments must be received on or before 
October 23, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
The DEIS is listed under the agency name ``OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING 
RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT.''
     Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier to: David Hartos, Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Appalachian Region, 3 
Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Please identify the comments as 
pertaining to OSM-EIS-34.
    If you wish to testify at a public hearing, you must submit your 
request by contacting the person listed under the heading FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT before 4 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 24, 2007. 
We will hold a public hearing only if there is sufficient interest. 
Hearing arrangements, dates and times, if any, will be announced in a 
subsequent Federal Register notice. If you are a disabled individual 
who needs reasonable accommodation to attend a public hearing, please 
make this known to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Hartos, Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, 3 Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220; 
Telephone: 412-937-2909; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to provide written 
comments on the DEIS during the 60-day comment period. Please see 
ADDRESSES and DATES for more information.

Comment Procedures

    Your written comments should be specific and include explanations 
in support of your recommendations. We will make every attempt to log 
all comments into the docket for the DEIS, but comments delivered to an 
address other than the those listed above or received after the close 
of the comment period may not be logged in and considered.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Public hearings on the draft environmental impact statement will be 
held if there is sufficient interest. You may request a public hearing 
on the DEIS by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Requests for public hearings must be received 
within 30 days of the publication date of this announcement. See DATES.

Finding a Copy of the DEIS

    The DEIS is being mailed to known interested parties and can be 
viewed and downloaded from the internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 
At that internet address, the document is listed under ``Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.'' The DEIS may also be 
inspected at the OSM headquarters in Washington and regional offices in 
Pittsburgh, Alton, and Denver, and in selective local libraries in 
eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and 
southern West Virginia. The addresses follow.
    OSM Headquarters, Administrative Record, Room 101, 1951 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Phone: (202) 208-2823.
    OSM Appalachian Region, 3 Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220; 
Phone: (412) 937-2909.
    OSM Mid-Continent Region, Alton Federal Bldg., 501 Belle Street, 
Room 216, Alton, IL 62002; Phone: (618) 463-6460.
    OSM Western Region, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, CO 80201; 
Phone: (303) 844-1401.
    The DEIS has also been sent to the following libraries in the 
central Appalachian coal fields:

Kentucky

Middlesboro-Bell County Public Library, Middlesboro, KY.
Boyd County Public Library, Ashland, KY.
Breathitt County Public Library, Jackson, KY.
Clark County Public Library, Winchester, KY.
Clay County Public Library, Manchester, KY.
Elliott County Public Library, Sandy Hook, KY.
Floyd County Public Library, Prestonsburg, KY.
Greenup County Public Library, Greenup, KY.
Harlan County Public Library, Harlan, KY.
Jackson County Public Library, McKee, KY.
Johnson County Public Library, Paintsville, KY.
Knott County Public Library, Hindman, KY.
Knox County Public Library, Barbourville, KY.
Laurel County Public Library, London, KY.
Lawrence County Public Library, Louisa, KY.
Lee County Public Library, Beattyville, KY.
Leslie County Public Library, Hyden, KY.
Martin County Public Library, Inez, KY.
McCreary County Public Library, Whitley City, KY.
Menifee County Public Library, Frenchburg, KY.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Public Library, West Liberty, KY.
Owsley County Public Library, Booneville, KY.
Perry County Public Library, Hazard, KY.
Pike County Public Library District, Pikeville, KY.
Powell County Public Library, Stanton, KY.
Pulaski County Public Library, Somerset, KY.
Rock Castle County Public Library, Mount Vernon, KY.
Wayne County Public Library, Monticello, KY.
Whitley County Public Library, Williamsburg, KY.
Wolfe County Public Library, Campton, KY.

Tennessee

Briceville Public Library, Briceville, TN.
Clinton Public Library, Clinton, TN.
Clinch-Powell Regional Library Center, Clinton, TN.
Lake City Public Library, Lake City, TN.
Betty Anne Jolly Norris Community Library, Norris, TN.
Oak Ridge Public Library, Oak Ridge, TN.
Altamont Public Library, Altamont, TN.
Beersheba Springs Public Library, Beersheba Springs, TN.
Coalmont Public Library, Coalmont, TN.
Monteagle (May Justus Memorial Library), Monteagle, TN.
Palmer Public Library, Palmer, TN.
Tracy City Public Library, Tracy City, TN.
Sequatchie County Public Library, Dunlap, TN.
Jasper Public Library, Jasper, TN.
Beene-Pearson Public Library, South Pittsburg, TN.
Orena Humphreys Public Library, Whitwell, TN.
Bledsoe County Public Library, Pikeville, TN.
Barbara Reynolds Carr Memorial Library, Tazewell, TN.

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Caryville Public Library, Caryville, TN.
Jacksboro Public Library, Jacksboro, TN.
Jellico Public Library, Jellico, TN.
LaFollette Public Library, LaFollette, TN.
Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville, TN.
Oneida Public Library, Oneida, TN.
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, TN.
Coalfield Public Library, Coalfield, TN.
Deer Lodge Public Library, Deer Lodge, TN.
Oakdale Public Library, Oakdale, TN.
Petros Public Library, Petros, TN.
Sunbright Public Library, Sunbright, TN.
Wartburg Public Library, Wartburg, TN.
Art Circle Public Library, Crossville, TN.
Fentress County Public Library, Jamestown, TN.

Virginia

Buchanan County Public Library, Grundy, VA.
Wise County Public Library, Wise, VA.
Russell County Public Library, Lebanon, VA.
Tazewell County Public Library, Tazewell, VA.
Scott County Public Library, Gate City, VA.
Lee County Public Library, Pennington Gap, VA.

West Virginia

Ansted Public Library, Ansted, WV.
Boone--Madison Public Library, Madison, WV.
Bradshaw Public Library , Davy, WV.
Clay Co. Public Library, Clay, WV.
Fort Gay Public Library, Fort Gay, WV.
Gilbert Public Library, Gilbert, WV.
Glasgow Public Library, Glasgow, WV.
Graigsville Public Library, Graigsville, WV.
Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, WV.
Fayette County Public Libraries, Oak Hill, WV.
Hamlin--Lincoln Co., Hamlin WV.
Kanawha Co. Public, Charleston, WV.
Kermit Public Library, Kermit, WV.
Logan Area Public Library, Logan, WV.
Mingo County Public Library, Delbarton, WV.
McDowell County Public Library, Welch, WV.
Oceana Public Library, Oceana, WV.
Raleigh Public Library, Beckley, WV.
Sutton Public Library, Sutton, WV.
Wayne County Public Library, Kenova, WV.
Branch of Wayne County Public Library, Wayne, WV.
Whitesville Public Library, Whitesville, WV.

    Dated: July 27, 2007.
Sterling Rideout,
Assistant Director, Program Support.
 [FR Doc. E7-16628 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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