# North Dakota Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2010-12-27 · Effective 2010-12-27 · 75 FR 81120
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-32414
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** ND
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 81120
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 934
- **Publication date:** 2010-12-27
- **Effective date:** 2010-12-27
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. ND-051-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving an amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (the "North Dakota program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA" or "the Act"). North Dakota proposes revisions to rules and statutes that will allow the revegetation responsibility period to be reduced from ten years to five years for lands eligible for remining. North Dakota intends to revise its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and to improve operational efficiency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/12/27/2010-32414/north-dakota-regulatory-program)
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