# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2000-08-18 · 65 FR 50409
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-20800
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 50409
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2000-08-18
- **Interior docket:** WV-085-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is announcing its approval, with certain exceptions, of an amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The program amendment consists of changes to the West Virginia regulations (38 CSR 2) contained in House Bill 4223, and changes to Sec. 22-3 of the Code of West Virginia contained in Senate Bill 614. The amendment is intended to comply with the Consent Decree that was agreed to by the plaintiffs and the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) and approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on February 17, 2000, in the matter of Bragg v. Robertson, Civil Action No. 2:98-0636 (S.D.W.Va.).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/08/18/00-20800/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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