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Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 16, 2024. It took effect on September 16, 2024.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan (Pennsylvania Plan or Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Pennsylvania proposed to modify its Plan by adding Reclamation Plan Amendment No. 3 to allow the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to administer a State Emergency Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program (Program). The amendment to the Pennsylvania Plan covers coordination of emergency reclamation work between Pennsylvania and OSMRE as well as procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and other Pennsylvania procedures.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-18260
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- August 16, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 16, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective September 16, 2024.
- Docket
- SATS No. PA-165-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2016-0013; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 245S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 24XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 938
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 5
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