mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · KY · Published 2022-05-10 · Effective 2022-06-09 · 87 FR 27938
Document
Document number
2022-09982
Federal Register citation
87 FR 27938
CFR reference
30 CFR 917
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment, and removal of a required amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
KY
Publication date
2022-05-10
Effective date
2022-06-09
Interior docket
SATS No. KY-261-FOR
Abstract
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving, subject to certain limitations discussed below, an amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (Kentucky program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The regulatory provisions we are approving establish new bond requirements for providing sufficient financial assurances for the long-term treatment of unanticipated pollutional discharges at permitted sites. Consequently, we are removing a required amendment that we imposed in 2018 regarding financial assurance for the long-term treatment of discharges. We are also approving revisions to other various bond requirements.