# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2017-07-10 · Effective 2017-08-09 · 82 FR 31715
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-14376
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 31715
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2017-07-10
- **Effective date:** 2017-08-09
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-164-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). This amendment revises the Pennsylvania program to further define the implementation process for the reclamation of alternative bonding system (ABS) "Legacy Sites," and to clearly identify the current list of Legacy Sites, as well as sites that may qualify in the future as Legacy Sites.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/10/2017-14376/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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