WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- 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 Feb. 20 by Doug Burgum, Secretary, Department of the Interior.
Summary: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are publishing this final rule to amend the existing Federal Lands Cooperative Agreement between West Virginia and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Department). The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act) and the Federal regulations authorize a State with an approved permanent regulatory program to enter into an agreement for the State regulation of surface coal mining and reclamatio...