# Alabama Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2018-08-29 · Effective 2018-09-28 · 83 FR 43972
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-18716
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** AL
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 43972
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 901
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-29
- **Effective date:** 2018-09-28
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. AL-082-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 to its program regarding permit fees. Alabama revised its program at its own initiative to raise revenues sufficient to fund the Alabama Surface Mining Commission's (ASMC) share of costs to administer the Alabama coal regulatory program, including the reviewing, administering, inspecting, and enforcing of surface coal mining permits in Alabama.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/29/2018-18716/alabama-regulatory-program)
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