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West Virginia Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 3, 2025. It took effect on January 2, 2026.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve in part 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 Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR). We approve 12 provisions, approving with understanding 5 provisions, and not approving 1 provision.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-21782
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; partial approval of amendment with 12 approved provisions, 5 provisions receiving qualified approval, and 1 not approved provision
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- December 3, 2025
- Takes effect
- January 2, 2026
- Dates
- This rule is effective January 2, 2026.
- Docket
- WV-116-FOR; OSM-2009-0008; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 245S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 24XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 948
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 14
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