# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2022-04-12 · Effective 2022-05-12 · 87 FR 21561
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-07660
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 21561
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2022-04-12
- **Effective date:** 2022-05-12
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-161-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the approved Pennsylvania regulatory program (the Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment we are approving consists of revisions and additions to Pennsylvania's regulations related to beneficial use of coal ash at active surface coal mining sites.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/12/2022-07660/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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