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West Virginia Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 12, 2024. It took effect on February 12, 2024.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving, with one deferral, an amendment to the West Virginia statutory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment revises the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA) as contained in Senate Bill 687 of 2017. These revisions modify the WVSCMRA requirements related to the release of bonds and provisions related to the use of money from the Special Reclamation Water Trust Fund. We are deferring our decision on the removal of provisions pertaining to the long-range planning process for the selection and prioritization of sites to be reclaimed.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00530
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; approval of amendment with deferral
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- January 12, 2024
- Takes effect
- February 12, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective February 12, 2024.
- Docket
- SATS No. WV-125-FOR; Docket ID: OSMRE-2017-0003 S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 2340S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 23XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 948
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 7
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