# Wyoming Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2005-04-04 · Effective 2005-04-04 · 70 FR 16945
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-6602
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** WY
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 16945
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 950
- **Publication date:** 2005-04-04
- **Effective date:** 2005-04-04
- **Interior docket:** WY-032-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving, with one exception, a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (the "Wyoming program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Wyoming proposed to remove rules pertaining to soft rock surface mining and to revise and add rules about highwalls and coal exploration. Wyoming intended to revise or revised its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations, provide additional safeguards, clarify ambiguities, and to enhance and diversify reclamation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/04/04/05-6602/wyoming-regulatory-program)
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