[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9076-9080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 935

[OH-239; Amendment Number 73]


Ohio Regulatory Program

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

ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.

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SUMMARY: OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Ohio regulatory 
program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Ohio program'') under the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The 
proposed amendment consists of regulatory changes to implement the 
remining standards of the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992. The 
amendment is intended to revise the Ohio program to be consistent with 
the corresponding Federal regulations as amended on November 27, 1995. 
(60 FR 58480).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Rieger, Field Branch Chief, Appalachian Regional Coordinating 
Center, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 3 Parkway 
Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Telephone: (412) 937-2153.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Ohio Program
II. Submission of the Proposed Amendment
III. Director's Findings
IV. Summary and Disposition of Comments
V. Director's Decision
VI. Procedural Determinations

I. Background on the Ohio Program

    On August 16, 1982, the Secretary of the Interior conditionally 
approved the Ohio program. Background information on the Ohio program, 
including the Secretary's findings, the disposition of comments, and 
the conditions of approval can be found in the August 10, 1982, Federal 
Register (47 FR 34688). Subsequent actions concerning conditions of 
approval and program amendments can be found at 30 CFR 935.11, 935.15, 
and 935.16.

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II. Submission of the Proposed Amendment

    By letter dated July 23, 1996, (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-
00) Ohio submitted a proposed amendment to its program pursuant to 
SMCRA. Ohio submitted the proposed amendment at its own initiative. The 
Ohio amendment proposes to implement the remining standards of the 
Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the corresponding Federal 
regulations as amended on November 27, 1995. (60 FR 58480). OSM 
announced receipt of the proposed amendment in the August 26, 1996, 
Federal Register (61 FR 43696) and in the same document opened the 
public comment period and provided an opportunity for a public hearing 
on the adequacy of the proposed amendment. The public comment period 
closed on September 25, 1996. However, a complete description of 
certain amendments concerning permit application requirements and 
revegetation time frames was inadvertently omitted from that notice. 
Also, Ohio submitted corrections to its proposed amendments by letter 
dated October 4, 1996, (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-07). 
Therefore, OSM announced these items in the October 18, 1996, Federal 
Register (61 FR 54375) and reopened the public comment period until 
November 4, 1996. On January 23, 1997, Ohio submitted additional 
changes (Administrative Record No. OH-2168-12) as a result of 
discussions with OSM.

III. Director's Findings

    Set forth below, pursuant to SMCRA and the Federal regulations at 
30 CFR 732.15 and 732.17, are the Director's findings concerning the 
proposed amendment. Revisions not specifically discussed below concern 
nonsubstantive wording changes, or revised cross-references and 
paragraph notations to reflect organizational changes resulting from 
this amendment.

A. Revisions to Ohio Regulations That Are Substantively Identical to 
the Corresponding Federal Regulations

    1. OAC 1501:13-1-02 Definitions.
    (a) New paragraph (OOO) ``Lands eligible for remining'' has been 
added to mean those lands that would otherwise be eligible for 
expenditures under section 1513.37 of the Revised Code.
    (b) New paragraph (JJJJJJ) ``Unanticipated event or conditions'' 
has been added to mean (as used in 1501:13-5-01 of the Administrative 
Code) an event or condition related to prior mining activity which 
arises from a surface coal mining and reclamation operation on lands 
eligible for remining and was not contemplated in the applicable 
permit.
    The proposed changes are found to be substantively identical to the 
corresponding Federal Regulations at 30 CFR 701.5.
    2. OAC 1501:13-5-01 Review, public participation, and approval or 
disapproval of permit applications and permit terms and conditions.
    (a) New paragraph (D)(7) has been added to provide that subsequent 
to the effective date of this rule, the prohibitions of paragraph 
(D)(3) of this section regarding the issuance of a new permit, shall 
not apply to any violation that occurs after that date; is unabated; 
and results from an unanticipated event or condition that arises from a 
surface coal mining and reclamation operation on lands that are 
eligible for remining under a permit issued pursuant to OAC 1501:13-4-
12(L) and held by the person making application for the new permit.
    (b) New paragraph (D)(7)(D) provides that for permits issued under 
OAC 1501:13-4-12(L), an event or condition shall be presumed to be 
unanticipated for the purposes of this paragraph if it: arose after 
permit issuance; was related to prior mining; and was not identified in 
the permit.
    (c) New paragraph (E)(19) and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), are 
added to require that, for operations which will include remining areas 
under 1501:13-4-12(L) of the Administrative Code, the application 
includes (A) Lands eligible for remining; (B) an identification of the 
potential environmental and safety problems related to prior mining 
activity which could reasonably be anticipated to occur at the site; 
and (C) mitigation plans to sufficiently address these potential 
environmental and safety problems so that reclamation as required by 
the applicable requirements of Chapter 1513 of the Revised Code can be 
accomplished. Additionally, a semicolon and the word ``and'' are added 
at the end of paragraph (E)(18).
    The proposed changes are found to be substantively identical to the 
corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 773.15(b) and (c)(13).
    3. OAC 1501:13-9-15 Revegetation.
    Paragraph (F)(2) is revised, and subparagraph (F)(2)(A) is added, 
to provide that the required period of extended responsibility on lands 
eligible for remining shall be not less than two full years for permits 
issued pursuant to the requirements of OAC 1501:13-4-12 and renewals 
thereof.
    The Director finds that these revisions are substantively identical 
to portions of the corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 816 and 
817.116(c)(2)(i) and (ii).

B. Revisions to Ohio Regulations That Are Not Substantively Identical 
to the Corresponding Federal Regulations

    1. OAC 1501:13-4-12 Requirements for permits for special categories 
of mining.
    (a) New paragraph (L) has been added to include the requirements 
for any person who submits a permit application to conduct a surface 
coal mining operation on lands eligible for remining. The requirements 
of paragraph (L) shall apply until September 30, 2004, or any later 
date authorized by federal law. The permit application must include: 
(1) A description of the proposed lands eligible for remining and a 
demonstration, to the satisfaction of the Chief, how such lands meet 
the eligibility requirements specified by Revised Code Section 1513.37; 
(2) Identification, to the extent not otherwise addressed in the permit 
application, of any potential environmental and safety problems related 
to the prior mining activity at the site which could be reasonably 
expected to occur. This identification shall be based on a due 
diligence investigation which shall include visual observations at the 
site, a record review of past mining at the site, and environmental 
sampling tailored to current site conditions; and (3) A description, 
with regard to potential environmental and safety problems identified 
in paragraph (2), of the mitigative measures that will be taken to 
ensure that the applicable reclamation requirements of Revised Code 
Chapter 1513 and these rules can be met.
    The federal regulation at 30 CFR 785.25(b) requires that the 
remining application permit be made in accordance with the requirements 
of subchapter G, which are the permitting requirements. The Ohio rule 
at OAC 1501:13-4-12(L) does not include this requirement, however, OAC 
1501:13-4-12(A) does require all special categories of mining to comply 
with the general permitting requirements of OAC 1501:13-4, therefore 
the Director finds that the proposed change at paragraph (L) is no less 
effective than the corresponding Federal regulations at 30 CFR 785.25 
(b) and (c) when read in conjunction with OAC 1501:13-4-12(A).
    (b) The Director also finds that paragraphs (L)(1) and (L)(3) are 
substantively identical to 30 CFR 785.25(a) and (b)(2), respectively. 
Paragraph (L)(2) is nearly identical to 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) except that 
Ohio did

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not include the word ``review'' in OAC 1501:13-4-12(L)(2) when 
describing the evaluation of past mining at the site that is required 
during the permitting process. 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) requires a record 
review of past mining at the site. Ohio has addressed this item by 
including the word ``review'' in the version of OAC 1510:13-4-12(L)(2) 
that was officially filed through the Ohio rule promulgation process 
with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission on January 16, 1997. Ohio 
provided a copy of this letter to OSM on January 23, 1997. Therefore 
the amendment is found to be as effective as 30 CFR 785.25(b)(1) based 
on this revision.
    2. OAC 1501:13-9-15 Revegetation.
    (a) Ohio's revegation performance standards for lands eligible for 
remining generally cross-reference the performance standards for 
previously undisturbed lands, thus, to avoid confusion, Ohio deleted 
the references to ``five years'' for the period of responsibility. 
While the period of responsibility will remain five years for most 
mining operations, the deletions are consistent with the change in 30 
CFR 816/817.116(c)(2)(i) which allows remining operations to have a 
shorter period of responsibility. Affected paragraphs and subparagraphs 
are: (F)(3), (F)(3)(a), (G)(3)(a), (I)(6), (J)(1)(b), (F)(4)(d), 
(H)(2), (L)(2), and (M)(4).
    (b) Subparagraph (H)(2) is further amended by adding the words 
``and hay crops also meet, at a minimum, the ground cover standards of 
paragraph (G)(3)(B) during the last year of the period of extended 
responsibility.'' The current rule could have been interpreted to allow 
cropland with hay as the approved crop to only meet productivity 
requirements without a ground cover. Ohio is adding a ground cover 
requirement on cropland when hay is the required crop. While the 
federal rules at 30 CFR 816.116(b)(2) only require a success standard 
approved by the regulatory authority for cropland, the Director finds 
the success standard to be consistent with the revegetation 
requirements of 30 CFR 816/817.111.
    (c) Paragraph (L) is amended by deleting the words ``undeveloped 
land'' from the revegetation success standards for forest land, fish 
and wildlife habitat and other postmining land uses that have woody 
vegetation. Specific revegetation success standards for undeveloped 
land are provided under in OAC 1510:13-9-15(M). OSM previously approved 
Ohio's program amendment #67 to change OAC 1501:13-9-17(B)(2) to allow 
undeveloped land as a post mining land use only if the pre-mining land 
use was undeveloped. That amendment also eliminated OAC 1501:13-9-
17(D)(8) which provided that proposals for a post mining land use of 
undeveloped land would be treated as if the post mining land use were 
forest land/fish and wildlife habitat. Therefore, including undeveloped 
land with the forest land/fish and wildlife land use revegetation 
standards in OAC 1501:13-9-15(L) is no longer necessary. The deletion 
of ``undeveloped land'' in paragraph (L) is consistent with the earlier 
deletion that was approved by OSM on July 27, 1994 (59 FR 38123, 
38124). Thus, the Director finds that this deletion is not inconsistent 
with 30 CFR 816./817.116(b).
    (d) New paragraph (O) is added to include revegetation standards 
for areas eligible for remining in each land use category. New 
subparagraph (1)(A) includes standards for revegetation of pasture and 
grazing lands and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
III bond release, however, new subparagraph (1)(B) requires that 
remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
    New subparagraph (2)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
agricultural cropland, other than prime farmland, and requires that for 
Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are the 
same as those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph 
(G)(2) of this rule. New subparagraph (2)(B) includes for Phase III 
bond release, crop yield data must at a minimum equal the average 
county yield for any year of the responsibility period except the first 
year and, hay crops also must have ground cover equal to or exceeding 
seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with no single 
area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser of three 
thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
    New subparagraph (3)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
industrial, residential, or commercial land use, other than commercial 
forest land, and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
III bond release, however, new subparagraph (3)(B) requires that 
remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
    New subparagraph (4)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
forest land, fish and wildlife habitat, or other land which requires 
the establishment of woody vegetation, and requires that for Phase II 
bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are the same as 
those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph (L)(1) of 
this rule. For Phase III bond release, however, new subparagraph (4)(B) 
requires that remined lands in this category must meet the requirements 
of paragraph (L)(2) of this rule except that, of the minimum countable 
trees per acre, eighty (80) percent have been in place for at least two 
(2) years, on each acre on which trees or shrubs are to be planted.
    New subparagraph (5)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
undeveloped land and requires that for determining success of 
revegetation and for Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for 
remined lands are the same as those for previously unmined lands as 
required by paragraph (M)(1), (2) and (3) of this rule. For Phase III 
bond release, however, new subparagraph (5)(B) requires that remined 
lands in this category must meet the requirements of paragraph (M)(3) 
of this rule except that the herbaceous ground cover on areas not 
planted with trees or shrubs must have ground cover equal to or 
exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land affected.
    New subparagraph (6)(A) includes standards for revegetation of 
recreational areas where herbaceous vegetation comprises the ground 
cover, and requires that for Phase II bond release, revegetation 
standards for remined lands are the same as those for previously 
unmined lands as required by paragraph (G)(2) of this rule. For Phase 
III bond release, however, new subparagraph (6)(B) requires that 
remined lands in this category must have ground cover equal to or 
exceeding seventy percent cover and be adequate to control erosion with 
no single area with less than thirty percent cover exceeding the lesser 
of three thousand square feet or .3 percent of the land.
    New subparagraph (6)(C) includes standards for revegetation of 
recreation

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areas which require the planting of woody vegetation, and requires that 
for Phase II bond release, revegetation standards for remined lands are 
the same as those for previously unmined lands as required by paragraph 
(L)(1) of this rule. For Phase III bond release, new subparagraph 
(6)(D) requires that remined lands must meet the same requirements of 
paragraph (L)(2) of this rule which pertain to previously unmined lands 
in this category.
    The proposed rules discussed above pertaining to Phase II bond 
release for each appropriate land use category for remined areas are 
the same rules that Ohio applies for Phase II bond release for 
previously unmined areas. The proposed rules in (O)(1)(B), (O)(2)(B), 
(O)(3)(B), (O)(5)(B) and (O)(6)(B) pertaining to Phase III bond release 
for each appropriate land use category require ground cover to equal or 
exceed 70 percent and adequately control erosion in the last year of 
the extended responsibility period on remining sites. The corresponding 
Federal rule at 816.116(b)(5) requires the vegetative ground cover 
shall be not less than the ground cover existing before redisturbance 
and shall be adequate to control erosion. The Federal rule does not 
specify required percentages of ground cover. The question is whether 
or not 70 percent cover is adequate, especially if the ground cover was 
greater than 70 percent before remining. To evaluate the adequacy of 
the proposed rule it is necessary to look at the entire Ohio rule as it 
pertains to revegetation success standards. Ohio's general requirements 
in OAC 1501:13-9-15(B)(3) and (4) require vegetation to be at least 
equal in extent of cover to the natural vegetation of the area; and 
control surface erosion. When OAC 1501:13-9-15(O) is considered in 
conjunction with these provisions of the Ohio rule, the proposed 
success standards for remining meet the requirements of the Federal 
rule at 30 CFR 816.116(b)(5). Therefore, in the rare case of an area 
being eligible for remining having greater than 70 percent ground cover 
before remining, the mining operator would be held to the general 
requirements of OAC 1501:13-9-15(B)(3) & (4) that vegetation be at 
least equal to the natural vegetation of the area and capable of 
controlling surface erosion. Additionally, the requirements that ground 
cover meet or exceed 70 percent in the last year of the period of 
extended responsibility is consistent with the Federal rule at 30 CFR 
816.116/817.116(c)(2)(ii).
    The Director finds that Ohio's proposed rules listed above are no 
less effective than the corresponding Federal Regulations at 30 CFR 
816.116 and 30 CFR 817.116.
    The following non-substantive changes are also proposed by Ohio:
    (d) Paragraph (M) is further amended by separating the first 
sentence into two items with the second item being labeled as (1) and 
re-numbering the subsequent items accordingly. No word changes were 
made to these items.
    (e) Definitions of ``abatement plan'', ``base line pollution 
load'', ``best available technology economically achievable'', 
``pollution abatement area'', ``pre-existing discharge'', and 
``remining NPDES permit'' are relocated from OAC 1501:13-4-15 to OAC 
1501:13-1-02, without revision, and remaining paragraphs in both 
sections are re-lettered accordingly.

C. Revisions to Ohio's Regulations With No Corresponding Federal 
Regulations

    1. OAC 1501:13-4-08 Hydrologic map and cross-sections.
    New paragraph (A)(15) has been added to include in the hydrologic 
map any land determined to be eligible for remining.
    2. OAC 1501:13-4-10 Uniform color code and map symbols.
    New paragraph (A)(6) has been added to include any area determined 
to be eligible for remining shall have its perimeter designated with a 
dashed black line and the areas therein clearly labeled ``Remine''.
    3. OAC 1501:13-4-15.
    (a) The title of this section is changed from ``Authorization to 
conduct coal mining on previously mined areas'' to ``Authorization to 
conduct coal mining on pollution abatement areas''.
    While there are no direct Federal counterparts to these revisions, 
the Director finds that they are not inconsistent with SMCRA or its 
corresponding Federal regulations, and do not render the State program 
any less effective than the federal regulations.

IV. Summary and Disposition of Comments

    The Director solicited public comments and provided an opportunity 
for a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Because no one 
requested an opportunity to speak at a public hearing, no hearing was 
held. Comments were received from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office 
in a letter dated September 13. The commenter stated that ongoing 
coordination with the Ohio Historical Preservation Office is necessary 
to address preservation concerns. The Director notes that OAC 1501:13-
4-01(B) requires coordination of review and issuance of permits with 
other federal or state laws which includes the National Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966 and that OAC 1501:13-5-01(A)(3) requires that 
a written notification of a permit application, renewal or revision be 
sent to all federal, state and local governmental agencies that have an 
interest in the area of the proposed operations. There are no remining 
operations that are not included in the permit application process. The 
program amendment does not propose to change any coordination that 
currently exists between OHPO and DMR concerning review of cultural and 
historical resources. Additionally, the commenter was concerned that 
remining permit applications will not be reviewed by Ohio to determine 
if the proposed permit area is included within an area designated as 
unsuitable for mining. The Director disagrees with the commenter. 
Pursuant to OAC 1501:13-5-01(E)(4), all mining applications, including 
remining sites, cannot be approved if the proposed permit area is 
included within an area designated unsuitable for coal mining 
operations.

Federal Agency Comments

    Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17(h)(11)(I), the Director solicited 
comments on the proposed amendment from various Federal agencies with 
an actual or potential interest in the Ohio program. The U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers responded that the changes were satisfactory. No 
other comments were received.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17(h)(11)(ii), OSM is required to obtain the 
written concurrence of the EPA with respect to those provisions of the 
proposed program amendment that relate to air or water quality 
standards promulgated under the authority of the Clean Water Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). 
None of the revisions that Ohio proposed to make in this amendment 
pertain to air or water quality standards. Therefore, OSM did not 
request EPA's concurrence.

V. Director's Decision

    Based on the above finding(s), the Director approves the proposed 
amendment as submitted by Ohio on July 23, 1996, and revised on October 
4, 1996 and January 23, 1997. The Director is approving the proposed 
regulations with the understanding that they be promulgated in a form 
identical to that submitted to OSM. Any differences between these 
regulations and the State's final regulations will be

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processed as a separate amendment subject to public review at a later 
date.
    The Federal regulations at 30 CFR Part 935, codifying decisions 
concerning the Ohio program, are being amended to implement this 
decision. This final rule is being made effective immediately to 
expedite the State program amendment process and to encourage States to 
bring their programs into conformity with the Federal standards without 
undue delay. Consistency of State and Federal standards is required by 
SMCRA.

VI. Procedural Determinations

Executive Order 12866

    This rule is exempted from review by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and 
Review).

Executive Order 12988

    The Department of the Interior has conducted the reviews by section 
3 of Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform) and has determined 
that, to the extent allowed by law, this rule meets the applicable 
standards of subsections (a) and (b) of that section. However, these 
standards are not applicable to the actual language of State regulatory 
programs and program amendments since each such program is drafted and 
promulgated by a specific State, not by OSM. Under sections 503 and 505 
of SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1253 and 1255) and 30 CFR 730.11, 732.15, and 
732.17(h)(10), decisions on proposed State regulatory programs and 
program amendments submitted by the States must be based solely on a 
determination of whether the submittal is consistent with SMCRA and its 
implementing Federal regulations and whether the other requirements of 
30 CFR Parts 730, 731, and 732 have been met.

National Environmental Policy Act

    No environmental impact statement is required for this rule since 
section 702(d) of SMCRA (30 U.S.C. 1292(d)) provides that agency 
decisions on proposed State regulatory program provisions do not 
constitute major Federal actions within the meaning of section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)).

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not contain information collection requirements that 
require approval by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3507 et seq.).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Department of the Interior has determined that this rule will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
The State submittal which is the subject of this rule is based upon 
corresponding Federal regulations for which an economic analysis was 
prepared and certification made that such regulations would not have a 
significant economic effect upon a substantial number of small 
entities. Accordingly, this rule will ensure that existing requirements 
previously promulgated by OSM will be implemented by the State. In 
making the determination as to whether this rule would have a 
significant economic impact, the Department relied upon the data and 
assumptions for the corresponding Federal regulations.

Unfunded Mandates

    This rule will not impose a cost of $100 million or more in any 
given year on any governmental entity or the private sector.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR 935

    Intergovernmental relations, Surface mining, Underground mining.

    Dated: February 7, 1997.
Allen D. Klein,
Regional Director, Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 30, Chapter VII, 
Subchapter T of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as set forth 
below:

PART 935--OHIO

    1. The authority citation for part 935 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.

    2. Section 935.15 is amended by adding paragraph (eeee) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 935.15  Approval of regulatory program amendments.

* * * * *
    (eeee) The following rules, as submitted to OSM on August 26, 1996, 
and revised on October 4, 1996, and January 23, 1997, are approved 
effective February 28, 1997:

OAC 1501:13-1-02 (000) and (JJJJJJ)....  Definitions.                   
OAC 1501:13-4-08 (A)(15)...............  Hydrologic map and cross       
                                          sections.                     
OAC 1501:13-4-10 (A)(6)................  Uniform color code and map     
                                          symbols.                      
OAC 1501:13-4-12 (L)...................  Requirements for permits for   
                                          special categories of mining. 
OAC 1501:13-4-15 (deletion of (B)).....  Authorization to conduct coal  
                                          mining on pollution abatement 
                                          areas.                        
OAC 1501:13-5-01 (D)(7), (D)(7)(D),      Review, public participation,  
 (E)(19) and (E)(19) (A), (B) and (C).    and approval or disapproval of
                                          permit applications and permit
                                          terms and conditions.         
OAC 1501:13-9-15 (F)(2), (F)(2)(A),      Revegetation.                  
 (F)(3), (F)(3)(a), (F)(4)(d),                                          
 (G)(3)(a), (H)(2), (I)(6), (J)(1)(b),                                  
 (L), (L)(2), (M)(4), (O), and (O) (1)                                  
 through (6).                                                           
                                                                        

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