# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2004-12-09 · Effective 2004-12-09 · 69 FR 71528
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-26928
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 71528
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2004-12-09
- **Effective date:** 2004-12-09
- **Interior docket:** PA-143-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Pennsylvania proposed to revise its program at 25 Pa. Code Chapters 86 and 89 regarding bonding and repair or compensation for damage to certain structures caused by subsidence due to underground mining operations and for replacement or restoration of water supplies impacted by subsidence due to underground mining operations. Through our approval of this amendment, we are also removing forty-seven required amendments to the Pennsylvania program. We required these amendments in a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2001 (66 FR 67010), in which we reviewed changes Pennsylvania made to its Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (BMSLCA) and implementing regulations. Pennsylvania revised its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and SMCRA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/12/09/04-26928/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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