# Alabama Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2018-04-27 · Effective 2018-05-29 · 83 FR 18409
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-08935
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** AL
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 18409
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 901
- **Publication date:** 2018-04-27
- **Effective date:** 2018-05-29
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. AL-078-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Alabama regulatory program (Alabama program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposed revisions clarifying that the venue for appeals of Alabama Surface Mining Commission decisions resides in the Circuit Court of the county in which the agency maintains its principal office. Alabama is revising its program to be no less effective than the Federal regulations and to improve operational efficiency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/27/2018-08935/alabama-regulatory-program)
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