# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2003-12-10 · 68 FR 68724
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-30550
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 68724
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2003-12-10
- **Interior docket:** WV-095-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving, with one exception, amendments to the West Virginia surface coal mining regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendments we are approving concern blasting, and amend the Code of State Regulations (CSR) by adding the Surface Mining Blasting Rule, and amend the Code of West Virginia (W. Va. Code) blasting provisions as contained in Enrolled Senate Bill 689. The amendments are intended to improve the operational efficiency of the West Virginia program, and to render the West Virginia program consistent with SMCRA and the Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/12/10/03-30550/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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