OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES RULE: APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Applicability of Federal Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 28 by Leslie Shockley Beyer, Assistant Secretary, Land Minerals Management.

Summary: This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to rescind obsolete regulations related to the applicability of the Federal regulations implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act).

For more information, contact James Tyree, Chief, Division of Regulatory Support, 202/208-4479, [e-mail] in the United States who are deaf, deafblin...