mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · PA · Published 2005-09-06 · 70 FR 52916
Document
Document number
05-17613
Federal Register citation
70 FR 52916
CFR reference
30 CFR 938
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; clarification.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
PA
Publication date
2005-09-06
Interior docket
PA-124-FOR
Abstract
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is clarifying its decision with respect to one section of an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment concerned revisions to the Pennsylvania Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (PASMCRA) and implementing regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapters 86-90 with regard to various issues including bonding, remining and reclamation, postmining discharges, and water supply protection/replacement. We approved this amendment, with certain exceptions, in a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2005 (70 FR 25472-25491). This clarification supplements a previous finding made in Section III. OSM's Findings. However, it does not change or otherwise affect our decision made in Section V. OSM's Decision.