OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES RULE: MINIMUM PROGRAM MAKE UP FUNDS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Minimum Program Make Up Funds.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 24 by Leslie Shockley Beyer, Assistant Secretary, Land Minerals Management.

Summary: This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to remove references to prior balance replacement funds and to rescind the phase-in schedule for minimum program make up fund distributions between October 1, 2007, and October 1, 2010.

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