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West Virginia Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 18, 2024. It took effect on April 17, 2024.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). These amendments make changes to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-05682
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; approval of amendment in part, disapproval of amendment in part
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- March 18, 2024
- Takes effect
- April 17, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective April 17, 2024.
- Docket
- SATS No. WV-118-FOR (partial); Docket ID: OSM-2011-0009; SATS No. WV-126-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2019-0012; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 220S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 220XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 948
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 12
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