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Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 28, 2025. It took effect on August 27, 2025.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving in part an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment addresses regulations regarding water replacement provisions that were disapproved by us in 2005.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14245
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; partial approval of amendment
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- July 28, 2025
- Takes effect
- August 27, 2025
- Dates
- The effective date is August 27, 2025.
- Docket
- SATS No. PA-173-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2021-0005; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 938
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 11
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