mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · TN · Published 2013-02-12 · Effective 2013-02-12 · 78 FR 9803
Document
Document number
2013-03053
Federal Register citation
78 FR 9803
CFR reference
30 CFR 942
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
TN
Publication date
2013-02-12
Effective date
2013-02-12
Interior docket
SATS NO. TN-001-FOR
Abstract
We are approving an amendment to the Tennessee Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Plan (AML Plan). A 2006 amendment to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act), authorized reinstitution of the Tennessee AML program as a minimum funded program state following the suspension of the AML Plan and program after Tennessee's regulatory program was withdrawn in 1984. Pursuant to the authority granted under the Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA), Section 59-8-324(m), Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), has revised the AML Plan to reflect statutory, regulatory, policy, procedural, and organizational changes that have occurred since 1984.