mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · VA · Published 2000-12-21 · 65 FR 80308
Document
Document number
00-32428
Federal Register citation
65 FR 80308
CFR reference
30 CFR 948
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
VA
Publication date
2000-12-21
Interior docket
WV-086-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 concerning Homestead postmining land use. 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.).