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950.16—Required program amendments.

Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17 Wyoming is required to submit for OSMRE's approval the following proposed program amendments by the dates specified.

(a) -(c) [Reserved]

(d) By September 24, 1990, Wyoming shall submit a revision to its permanent program rules at chapter IV, section 3(i) or otherwise propose to amend its program to require a quarterly ground water monitoring for surface and underground coal mining operations.

(e) By September 24, 1990, Wyoming shall submit a revision to its permanent program rules at chapter IV, section 3(u) or otherwise propose to amend its program to give the State the authority to require additional preventive, remedial, or monitoring measures to assure that material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the permit area is prevented with regard to both surface and underground coal mining operations.

(f) By June 30, 1987, Wyoming shall submit rules requiring the name, address, and telephone number of the operator if different from the applicant, or otherwise propose to amend its program in a manner no less effective than 30 CFR 778.13(b).

(h) By June 30, 1987, Wyoming shall submit revisions of the LQD rules at Chapter II section 3(a)(vi)(J)(II) or otherwise propose to amend its program to provide that the groundwater quality description in a permit application must include pH.

(i) By June 30, 1987, Wyoming shall submit revisions to the LQD rules at Chapter II section 3(b)(ix)(D) or otherwise propose to amend its program to specify the minimum groundwater quality parameters that must be monitored.

(j) -(k) [Reserved]

(l) By June 30, 1987, Wyoming shall submit revisions to Appendix A of the LQD rules or otherwise propose to amend its program to specify the sampling techniques which operators will be allowed to use to evaluate the parameters of ground cover, production and stocking.

(m) By June 30, 1987, Wyoming shall submit revisions to Part VIII.D of Appendix A of the LQD rules or otherwise propose to amend its program to clarify that operators must meet cropland success standards during at least the last two consecutive crop years of the responsibility period.

(n) -(o) [Reserved]

(p) By September 8, 1992, Wyoming shall submit a proposed revision to chapter II, section 3(b)(iv)(A) of the Rules and Regulations of the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality, or otherwise propose to amend its program, to specify that, when fish and wildlife enhancement measures are not included in a proposed permit application, the applicant must provide a statement explaining why such measures are not practicable. In addition, this rule must be revised to clarify that fish and wildlife enhancement measures are not limited to revegetation efforts.

(r) By December 28, 1992, Wyoming shall submit revisions to the LQD Rule at Chapter II, Section 3(a)(v)(A)(II), to either reinstate the removed cited reference “disposal of non-coal wastes shall be in accordance with the standards set out in Section 11, paragraph c., Solid Waste Management Rules and Regulations (1980)” or otherwise amend its program to render it no less effective than the Federal regulations at 30 CFR 816.89 and 817.89.

(s) By December 28, 1992, Wyoming shall submit revisions to the LQD Rules at Chapter II, Section 3(b)(xxii) and Chapter IV, Section 3(c)(iii)(D), to include specific performance standards for non-coal waste disposal that are no less effective than the Federal regulations at 30 CFR 816.89 and 817.89.

(t) By December 28, 1992, Wyoming shall submit revisions to the LQD Rules at Chapter II, Section 2(b)(iii)(I); Chapter II, Section 3(b)(xxi); Chapter IV, Section 2(c)(v); and Chapter IV, Section 3(c)(iii)(C), to provide standards for non-coal waste disposal that are no less effective than the Federal regulation requirements at 30 CFR 816.89 and 817.89.

(u) By December 28, 1992, Wyoming shall submit revisions to the LQD Rules at Chapter II, Section 3(a)(vi)(M), to amend its regulations regarding procedures, including notice and opportunity to be heard for persons seeking disclosure, to ensure confidentiality of qualified information, which shall be clearly identified by the applicant and submitted separately from the remainder of the application, to be no less effective than the Federal regulations 30 CFR 773.13(d)(3).

(w) -(ll) [Reserved]

[51 FR 10832, Mar. 31, 1986]

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Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 950.16 , see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.