Notice2021-23998
Grant Notification for Fiscal Year 2022
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Published
November 4, 2021
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Interior DepartmentSurface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Abstract
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are notifying the public that we intend to grant funds to eligible applicants for purposes authorized under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) Title IV Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program (30 U.S.C. 1231-1244) and Title V Regulatory Program (30 U.S.C. 1251-1279). We will award these grants during fiscal year 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60912-60913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23998]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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Grant Notification for Fiscal Year 2022
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSMRE), are notifying the public that we intend to grant funds to
eligible applicants for purposes authorized under the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) Title IV Abandoned Mine
Land (AML) Reclamation Program (30 U.S.C. 1231-1244) and Title V
Regulatory Program (30 U.S.C. 1251-1279). We will award these grants
during fiscal year 2022.
DATES: Single points of contact or other interested State, Tribal, or
local entities may submit written comments regarding AML Reclamation
Program and Regulatory Program funding until December 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic mail: Send your comments to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#205952494348415244534f4e604f534d52450e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e09992898388819284938f8ea08f938d9285ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Mail, hand-delivery, or courier: Send your comments to
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Attn: Grants
Notice, Room 4551, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yetunde Richardson, Office of Surface
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Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW, MS 4551,
Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 208-2766.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Grant Notification
We are notifying the public that we intend to grant funds to
eligible applicants for purposes authorized under SMCRA's Title IV AML
Reclamation Program and Title V Regulatory Program. We will award these
grants during fiscal year 2022. Eligible applicants are those States
and Tribes with an existing AML reclamation program and/or a regulatory
program approved pursuant to SMCRA, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.,
and, as provided in 30 U.S.C. 1295, those States and Tribes that are
seeking to develop a regulatory program. Consistent with Executive
Order 12372, we are providing State and Tribal officials the
opportunity to review and comment on these proposed Federal financial
assistance activities. Of the eligible applicants, eighteen States or
Tribes do not have single points of contact; therefore, we are
publishing this notice as an alternate means of notification.
Description of the AML Reclamation Program
SMCRA established the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to receive
the AML fees that, along with funds from other sources, are used to
finance reclamation of AML coal mine sites and for certain other
purposes. Title IV of SMCRA authorizes OSMRE to provide grants, funded
from permanent (mandatory) appropriations, to eligible States and
Tribes. Recipients use these funds: To reclaim the highest priority AML
coal mine sites that were abandoned prior to the enactment of SMCRA in
1977; to reclaim eligible non-coal sites; for projects that address the
impacts of mineral development; and for non-reclamation projects.
Description of the Regulatory Program
Title V of SMCRA authorizes OSMRE to provide grants to States and
Tribes to develop, administer, and enforce State and Tribal regulatory
programs that address, among other things, the disturbances from coal
mining operations. Additionally, upon our approval of a State or Tribal
regulatory program, Title V authorizes that State or Tribe to assume
regulatory primacy and act as the regulatory authority within the State
or Tribe, and to administer and enforce its approved regulatory
program. These provisions of SMCRA are implemented by our regulations
at Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter VII.
Glenda H. Owens,
Deputy Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2021-23998 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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