# Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Plan
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2015-03-30 · Effective 2015-03-30 · 80 FR 16562
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-06958
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** MS
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 16562
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 924
- **Publication date:** 2015-03-30
- **Effective date:** 2015-03-30
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. MS-024-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan (hereinafter, the Mississippi Plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Mississippi requested concurrence from the Secretary of the Department of the Interior with its certification of completion of all coal- related reclamation objectives. Mississippi intends to request Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation funds to pursue projects in accordance with section 411 of SMCRA, 30 U.S.C. 1240a.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/03/30/2015-06958/mississippi-abandoned-mine-land-plan)
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