mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · OH · Published 2010-11-29 · Effective 2010-11-29 · 75 FR 72947
Document
Document number
2010-29916
Federal Register citation
75 FR 72947
CFR reference
30 CFR 935
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
OH
Publication date
2010-11-29
Effective date
2010-11-29
Interior docket
OH-253-FOR
Abstract
We are approving an amendment to the Ohio regulatory program (the "Ohio program") regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment that we are approving involves changes to Ohio's internal and procedural rules arising from a five-year review of the rules. The changes relate to practice and procedures before the reclamation commission, including definitions, commission meetings, appearance and practice before the commission; appeals to the reclamation commission; filing and service of papers; temporary relief; responsive pleadings; discovery; motions; pre-hearing procedures; notice of hearings and continuance of hearings; site views and location of hearings; conduct of evidentiary hearings; reports and recommendations of the hearing officer; and decisions of the commission.