# Kentucky Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval with exceptions. · Published 2018-01-29 · Effective 2018-02-28 · 83 FR 3948
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-01635
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** KY
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 3948
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 917
- **Publication date:** 2018-01-29
- **Effective date:** 2018-02-28
- **Interior docket:** KY-256-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving, with exceptions, 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 revises its bonding regulations to satisfy, in part, concerns OSMRE conveyed to the State pertaining to bonding inadequacies.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/29/2018-01635/kentucky-regulatory-program)
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