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West Virginia Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 22, 2026. It took effect on July 22, 2026.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving two 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). West Virginia proposed revisions to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), codified at Title 22, Article 3, of the West Virginia Code (W. Va. Code), along with revisions to its administrative regulations promulgated in the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR) that relate to electronic permit filing, pre-subsidence surveys, and issuance of show cause orders, certain fees for surface mining permits and related authorizations, and other miscellaneous topics. We tentatively approved the provisions relating to permitting fees through an interim rule we promulgated on June 29, 2011, which became effective on July 14, 2011. With this rule, our approval of those provisions is now final.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-12482
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; approval of amendment with two provisions receiving qualified approval
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- June 22, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 22, 2026
- Dates
- This rule is effective July 22, 2026.
- Docket
- SATS No. WV-118-FOR; OSM-2011-0009; and WV-117-FOR; OSM-2011-0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 267S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 26XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 948
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 8
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