[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42535-42536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17307]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

[Docket ID: OSM-2010-0021; S1D1 SS08011000SX064A000156S180110; S2D2 
SS08011000SX064A00015X501520]


Stream Protection Rule; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability; Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSMRE), are announcing that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) for the proposed stream protection rule is available for public 
review and comment.

DATES: Electronic or written comments: We will accept electronic or 
written comments on or before September 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. The Docket 
ID for the DEIS is OSM-2010-0021. Please follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
    Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and

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Enforcement, Administrative Record, Room 252 SIB, 1951 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240. Please include the appropriate Docket 
ID: OSM-2010-0021 for the DEIS.
    You may review the proposed rule, the draft environmental impact 
statement, and the draft regulatory impact analysis online at 
www.osmre.gov. You also may review these documents in person at the 
location listed below and at the addresses listed under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Administrative 
Record, Room 101 SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20240, 202-208-4264

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Ferguson, Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20240. Telephone: 202-208-
2802. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The DEIS evaluates the direct, indirect, and cumulative 
environmental impacts of the proposed stream protection rule and its 
alternatives. Significant advances in scientific knowledge and mining 
and reclamation techniques have occurred in the more than 30 years that 
have elapsed since the enactment of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., and the adoption of 
federal regulations implementing that law. The primary purpose of the 
proposed stream protection rule is to update our regulations and 
provide regulatory certainty to industry using these advances in 
scientific knowledge to minimize the adverse impacts of surface coal 
mining operations on surface water, groundwater, fish, wildlife, and 
related environmental values, with particular emphasis on protecting or 
restoring streams and aquatic ecosystems.

How do I comment on the DEIS?

    In accordance with 43 CFR 46.435(a) and 40 CFR 1503.1(a)(4), we 
invite the public to provide written comments on the DEIS during the 
60-day comment period. Please see ADDRESSES and DATES for more 
information. We will review and consider all comments submitted to 
www.regulations.gov or to the office listed under ADDRESSES by the 
close of the comment period (see DATES). We cannot ensure that comments 
received after the close of the comment period or at a location other 
than the office and Web site listed under ADDRESSES will be included in 
the docket for this DEIS or considered in the development of a final 
EIS.
    Please include the Docket ID ``OSM-2010-0021'' at the beginning of 
all comments on the DEIS. Your comments should refer to a specific 
portion of the DEIS (citation to the chapter, section, page, paragraph, 
and sentence to which your comment applies would be helpful), be 
confined to issues pertinent to the DEIS, explain the reason for any 
recommended change or objection, and include supporting data when 
appropriate. Before including your address, phone number, or other 
personally identifiable information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personally identifiable 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you may 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    You may review the proposed rule, the draft environmental impact 
statement, and the draft regulatory impact analysis online at the Web 
sites listed in ADDRESSES or in person at the headquarters office 
location listed in ADDRESSES and at the following OSMRE regional, 
field, and area office locations:

Appalachian Regional Office, Three Parkway Center, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania 15220, Phone: (412) 937-2828
Mid-Continent Regional Office, William L. Beatty Federal Building, 501 
Belle Street, Room 216, Alton, Illinois 62002, Phone: (618) 463-6460
Western Regional Office, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver, Colorado 
80201, Phone: (303) 844-1401
Charleston Field Office, 1027 Virginia Street, East, Charleston, West 
Virginia 25301, Phone: (304) 347-7158
Knoxville Field Office, 710 Locust Street, 2nd floor, Knoxville, 
Tennessee 37902, Phone: (865) 545-4103
Lexington Field Office, 2675 Regency Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40503, 
Phone: (859) 260-3900
Beckley Area Office, 313 Harper Park Drive, Beckley, West Virginia 
25801, Phone: (304) 255-5265
Harrisburg Area Office, 215 Limekiln Road, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania 
17070, Phone: (717) 730-6985
Albuquerque Area Office, 100 Sun Avenue NE., Pan American Building, 
Suite 330, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109, Phone: (505) 761-8989
Casper Area Office, Dick Cheney Federal Building, 150 East B Street, 
Casper, Wyoming 82601, Phone: (307) 261-6550
Birmingham Field Office, 135 Gemini Circle, Suite 215, Homewood, 
Alabama 35209, Phone: (205) 290-7282
Tulsa Field Office, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Suite 145, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma 74128, Phone: (918) 581-6430

    In addition, a limited number of CD copies of the DEIS are 
available upon request. You may obtain a CD by contacting the person 
identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    If you would like to be placed on the mailing list to receive 
future information on the EIS, please contact the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Public Hearings

    We will hold a public hearing on the proposed rule and the draft 
environmental impact statement in the following cities: Charleston, 
West Virginia; Denver, Colorado; Lexington, Kentucky; Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; and St. Louis, Missouri. OSMRE representatives will 
provide information on the proposed rule at each hearing. A court 
reporter will be available at each hearing to record your comments if 
you wish to provide input in this fashion. The docket for this 
rulemaking will include a written summary of each hearing and the 
transcript provided by the court reporter.
    We will announce arrangements, specific locations, dates, and times 
for each hearing in a Federal Register notice published at least 7 days 
before each hearing. If you are a disabled individual who needs 
reasonable accommodation to attend a public hearing, please contact the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT after we publish 
notice of the specific hearing locations and dates.

    Dated: July 7, 2015.
Sterling Rideout,
Assistant Director, Program Support.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.1.
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