mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · VA · Published 2012-07-11 · Effective 2012-07-11 · 77 FR 40793
Document
Document number
2012-16847
Federal Register citation
77 FR 40793
CFR reference
30 CFR 948
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule with request for comments.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
VA
Publication date
2012-07-11
Effective date
2012-07-11
Interior docket
WV-119-FOR
Abstract
We are approving, on an interim basis, an amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). West Virginia revised its Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA) to effect changes concerning the special reclamation tax and apportionment of this tax. This amendment is intended to increase and extend the special reclamation tax. Moreover, a specific portion of this tax will be allocated to the Special Reclamation Water Trust Fund for the purpose of designing, constructing and maintaining water treatment systems on forfeited mine sites. We are approving the reinstatement of the special reclamation tax, its increase to twenty- seven and nine-tenths cents per ton of clean coal mined, as well fifteen cents of the amount collected allocated for deposit to the Special Reclamation Water Trust Fund.