# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2001-08-15 · 66 FR 42750
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-20445
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 42750
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2001-08-15
- **Interior docket:** PA-133-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is announcing the approval of a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment references Pennsylvania's anthracite coal mining regulations when describing conditions for meeting Stage 2 bond release where prime farmlands were present prior to mining. The amendment is intended to satisfy the conditions of the required regulatory program amendment at 30 CFR 938.16(p) and make the Pennsylvania program consistent with the corresponding federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/08/15/01-20445/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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