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West Virginia 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 an amendment to the West Virginia regulatory 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 House Bill 4758 of 2022. The revisions require the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to develop and maintain a database to track reclamation liabilities, including water treatment, at coal mining operations in the state of West Virginia that were permitted after August 3, 1977, and for which the SMCRA permit has yet to be completely released. The database of reclamation liabilities will serve to inform management and operation of WVDEP's Special Reclamation Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14193
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; 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. WV-128-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2022-0004; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 242S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 24XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 948
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 5
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