# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; partial approval of amendment. · Published 2010-08-10 · Effective 2010-08-10 · 75 FR 48526
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-19276
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 48526
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2010-08-10
- **Effective date:** 2010-08-10
- **Interior docket:** PA-153
## Abstract

OSM is announcing its partial approval of a program amendment submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of addressing the need for financial guarantees to cover the costs of treatment of post-mining pollutional discharges and land reclamation for those surface coal mining sites that were originally bonded under the Commonwealth's now defunct alternative bonding system (ABS). OSM is requiring that Pennsylvania ensure that its program provides suitable, enforceable funding mechanisms sufficient to guarantee coverage of land reclamation at all original ABS sites.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/08/10/2010-19276/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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