# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2015-10-19 · Effective 2015-10-19 · 80 FR 63125
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-26477
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 63125
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2015-10-19
- **Effective date:** 2015-10-19
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-154-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment that we are approving involves a statutory amendment to Pennsylvania's Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (CRDCA). The amendment adds another category of sites considered as preferred when selecting a location for the placement of coal refuse.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/19/2015-26477/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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