mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · VA · Published 2003-03-04 · 68 FR 10178
Document
Document number
03-4969
Federal Register citation
68 FR 10178
CFR reference
30 CFR 948
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
VA
Publication date
2003-03-04
Interior docket
WV-088-FOR
Abstract
We are correcting our decision on an amendment submitted by the State of West Virginia as a modification to its permanent regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). On May 1, 2002, we published our decision on the provisions submitted by West Virginia. We are correcting our decisions on four of the State's responses that were intended to satisfy required program amendments. The decisions being corrected concern the use of an unjust hardship criterion in support of granting temporary relief of an order, economic feasibility related to appeals to the Environmental Quality Board concerning the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA) and, water supply replacement waivers, and coal removal incidental to development. This correction is intended to comply with the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.