# Kentucky Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2017-11-16 · Effective 2017-12-18 · 82 FR 53411
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-24707
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** KY
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 53411
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 917
- **Publication date:** 2017-11-16
- **Effective date:** 2017-12-18
- **Interior docket:** KY-254-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving an amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (hereinafter, the "Kentucky program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kentucky submitted a proposed amendment to OSMRE that includes revisions to the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) as authorized by House Bill 385 (HB 385), regarding bonding of surface coal mining and reclamation operations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/11/16/2017-24707/kentucky-regulatory-program)
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