# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2004-06-17 · Effective 2004-06-17 · 69 FR 33851
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-13673
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 33851
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2004-06-17
- **Effective date:** 2004-06-17
- **Interior docket:** WV-101-FOR
## Abstract

We are removing a required program amendment from the West Virginia regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The required program amendment concerns tree stocking standards for mountaintop removal mining operations with a variance from the requirement to restore the site after mining to approximate original contour (AOC) and with an approved postmining land use of commercial forestry and forestry. The removal of the required amendment is intended to acknowledge actions taken by the State to render the West Virginia program no less effective than the Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/06/17/04-13673/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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