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  • West Virginia Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 06/06/2002.

    We are announcing a proposed amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program (the ``West Virginia program'') under the Surface Mining Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The program amendment consists of changes to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act as contained in House Bill 4163. The amendment provides...

  • Kentucky Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 06/19/2002.

    We are announcing a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (the ``Kentucky program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kentucky proposes additions to its statutes about permittees' access to land to abate violations and intends to revise its program to be consistent with SMCRA. This...

  • Wyoming Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 06/19/2002.

    We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Wyoming program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Wyoming proposes revisions to its Coal Rules regarding placement of spoil outside of the mined-out area, clarification of self-bonding...

  • Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Notices

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 06/19/2002.

    Currently regulations require us to publish a Federal Register notice whenever we receive a State or tribal application to build public facilities using Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Funds. We propose to change this requirement so that we would publish a notice only when the Director of the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) finds it necessary. We...

  • Kentucky Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 07/15/2002.

    We are proposing the removal of two instructions to the State of Kentucky pertaining to required amendments to the Kentucky regulatory program (the ``Kentucky program''). The Kentucky program was established under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act) and authorizes Kentucky to regulate surface coal mining and...

  • Montana Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 07/15/2002.

    We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Montana program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana proposes revisions, additions, and deletions to rules and statutes about the definitions, ownership and control, baseline information,...

  • Iowa Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/13/2002.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Iowa abandoned mine land reclamation plan (Iowa plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation...

  • Iowa Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/13/2002.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Iowa regulatory program (Iowa program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Iowa proposes revisions to rules about inspections and enforcement. Iowa intends to revise its program to...

  • Texas Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/13/2002.

    The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of revisions to a previously proposed amendment to the Texas regulatory program (Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The revisions concern corrections of incorrect reference citations and the addition of two...

  • Kentucky Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/16/2002.

    We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (the ``Kentucky program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kentucky proposes additions to its rules about sedimentation ponds and intends to revise its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal...

  • West Virginia Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/16/2002.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) are reopening the public comment period on an amendment to the West Virginia surface mining regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The program amendment consists of changes to the Code of...

  • Oklahoma Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 08/27/2002.

    OSM is announcing receipt of revisions to a previously proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The revisions concern employment and financial interests of state employees and members of advisory boards and commissions. It also concerns...

  • Mississippi Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 09/06/2002.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of revisions to a previously proposed amendment to the Mississippi regulatory program (Mississippi program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The revisions pertain to the definition of ``immediate mining area'' and...

  • Kansas Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 09/23/2002.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Kansas regulatory program (Kansas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kansas proposes to revise its regulatory program by updating its adoption by reference of applicable...

  • West Virginia Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 11/06/2002.

    We are reopening the public comment period on an amendment to the West Virginia surface mining regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The program amendment consists of changes to the Code of West Virginia (W. Va. Code) as contained in Senate Bill 603. We are...

  • Utah Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 01/06/2003.

    We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Utah regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Utah program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The State proposes to revise provisions of the Utah Code Annotated (UCA) that pertain to submitting permit applications and reclamation plans, and to...

  • Pennsylvania Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 01/07/2003.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing the proposed removal of a required amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the ``Pennsylvania program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). OSM is proposing to remove the required amendment because the...

  • Alabama Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 01/16/2003.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alabama regulatory program (Alabama program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to its rules about forms and license applications. Alabama intends to...

  • Kansas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 01/16/2003.

    We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of an addition to a previously proposed amendment to the Kansas regulatory program and abandoned mine land reclamation (AMLR) plan (Kansas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The addition concerns abandoned mine...

  • Maryland Regulatory Program

    by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 01/16/2003.

    We are announcing the receipt of a proposed amendment to the Maryland regulatory program (the ``Maryland program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Maryland proposes revisions to and additions of rules about the definition of ``material damage,'' the definition of ``replacement of water supply,''...