United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2014_register executive 2015-10-22 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f81d9a D09002ee1c7f81eb0 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE or OSM), are amending our regulations concerning stream buffer zones, stream-channel diversions, excess spoil, and coal mine waste to comply with an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 20, 2014, which vacated the stream buffer zone rule that we published December 12, 2008. The court remanded the matter to us for further proceedings consistent with the decision. In relevant part, the Memorandum Decision stated that vacatur of the 2008 stream buffer zone rule resulted in reinstatement of the regulations in effect before the vacated rule took effect. Therefore, the rule that we are publishing today removes the provisions of the vacated 2008 rule and reinstates the corresponding regulations in effect before the effective date of the 2008 rule (January 12, 2009). 79 FR 76227 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-12-22/2014-29864 2014-29864 fr22de14-1 RIN 1029-AC69 4310-05-P Docket ID: OSM-2012-0010 S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A00067F 134S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX066A00 33F 13XS501520 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-12-22/2014-29864 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-22/html/2014-29864.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-22/pdf/2014-29864.pdf Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surface Mining Underground Mining Environmental Protection 7 p. 76227 76233 79 FR 76227 Title 30 Part 780 30 CFR Part 780 Title 30 Part 784 30 CFR Part 784 Title 30 Part 816 30 CFR Part 816 Title 30 Part 817 30 CFR Part 817 RIN 1029-AC69 Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, Diversions, and Buffer Zones for Perennial and Intermittent Streams; Federal Register Vol. 79, Issue RULE 2014-29864 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 2014-12-22 Docket ID: OSM-2012-0010 S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A00067F 134S180110 S2D2S SS08011000 SX066A00 33F 13XS501520 4310-05-P 2014-29864 Final rule.

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE or OSM), are amending our regulations concerning stream buffer zones, stream-channel diversions, excess spoil, and coal mine waste to comply with an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 20, 2014, which vacated the stream buffer zone rule that we published December 12, 2008. The court remanded the matter to us for further proceedings consistent with the decision. In relevant part, the Memorandum Decision stated that vacatur of the 2008 stream buffer zone rule resulted in reinstatement of the regulations in effect before the vacated rule took effect. Therefore, the rule that we are publishing today removes the provisions of the vacated 2008 rule and reinstates the corresponding regulations in effect before the effective date of the 2008 rule (January 12, 2009).

This regulation is effective December 22, 2014. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in 30 CFR 780.25(a)(2) and 784.16(a)(2) was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on December 22, 2014. John Trelease, Division of Regulatory Support, (202) 208-2783, or via email at jtrelease@osmre.gov. Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surface Mining Underground Mining Environmental Protection Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, Diversions, and Buffer Zones for Perennial and Intermittent Streams , jtrelease@osmre.gov http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html http://www.osmre.gov/programs/TDT/damsafety.shtm Vol. 79, no. 245 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2014-12-22 continuing daily deposited born digital 657 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-12-22 P0b002ee18dc8c8c1 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr22de14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-12-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-22/pdf/FR-2014-12-22.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-22/xml/FR-2014-12-22.xml fdlp 76227 76864 DGPO 2015-10-22 2024-06-02 FR-2014-12-22 machine generated eng FR FR-2014-12-22 79 245