mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · NM · Published 2012-01-30 · Effective 2012-01-30 · 77 FR 4461
Document
Document number
2012-1956
Federal Register citation
77 FR 4461
CFR reference
30 CFR 931
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
NM
Publication date
2012-01-30
Effective date
2012-01-30
Interior docket
SATS No. NM-048-FOR
Abstract
We are approving an amendment to the New Mexico regulatory program (the "New Mexico program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA" or "the Act"). New Mexico proposed non-substantive editorial revisions to its rules; substantive revisions and additions to rules concerning ownership and control; and substantive revisions to one rule about retention of sedimentation ponds. New Mexico revised its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and to clarify ambiguities.