WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: West Virginia Regulatory Program.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 3 by Ben H. Owens, Acting Regional Director, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region.
Summary: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve in part amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). These amendments make changes to the West Virginia Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR). We approve 12 provisions, approving with...