WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Pennsylvania Regulatory Program.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 15 by Ben H. Owens, Acting Regional Director, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region.
Summary: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment revises the Pennsylvania program by adding language consistent with section 5 of the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conversation Act, which specifies circumstances where a finding of presumptive evidence of potential pollution under the C...