# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment in part, disapproval of amendment in part. · Published 2024-03-18 · Effective 2024-04-17 · 89 FR 19262
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-05682
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 19262
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2024-03-18
- **Effective date:** 2024-04-17
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. WV-118-FOR (partial)
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). These amendments make changes to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/18/2024-05682/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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