# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule. · Published 2003-03-04 · 68 FR 10178
## Document
- **Document number:** 03-4969
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 68 FR 10178
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/03/04/03-4969/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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