WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: General Reclamation Requirements.
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 language requiring compliance with the regulations when funding reclamation projects with prior balance replacement funds, which are moneys from the United States Treasury's General Fund that replaced State or Tribal share funds that were allocated before October 1, 2007, but never appropriated by Congress.
For more information, contact James Tyree, Chief, Division of Regulatory Support, 202/208-4479, ...