# 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 43974
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-18719
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** AL
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 43974
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 901
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-29
- **Effective date:** 2018-09-28
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. AL-081-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 to allow the Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) to revise its current permit fee collection procedures from the term of the mine permit to enable the collection of permit fees over the entire life of the mine. The revision also defines the life of the mine to be from the issuance of the permit through the full release of the performance bond.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/29/2018-18719/alabama-regulatory-program)
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