# Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment with deferrals. · Published 2023-12-11 · Effective 2024-01-10 · 88 FR 85838
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-27105
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 85838
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 946
- **Publication date:** 2023-12-11
- **Effective date:** 2024-01-10
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. VA-127-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving, with two deferrals, an amendment to the Virginia regulatory program (the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). This amendment includes revisions to Virginia's statutes and/or coal mining regulations that: remove self-bonds from the types of performance bond instruments authorized; adjust the financing of its alternative bonding system (ABS), which is in the form of a bond pool; and revise proof of publication requirements involving permit applications and bond release applications. We are deferring our decision on the removal of a regulation requiring certain actions by self-bonded operators when a condition affects their financial status and the proposed monetary cap on Virginia's pool bond fund.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/11/2023-27105/virginia-regulatory-program)
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