mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · PA · Published 2024-08-08 · Effective 2024-09-09 · 89 FR 64797
Document
Document number
2024-17330
Federal Register citation
89 FR 64797
CFR reference
30 CFR 938
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
PA
Publication date
2024-08-08
Effective date
2024-09-09
Interior docket
SATS No. PA-170-FOR
Abstract
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving a request from Pennsylvania for the removal of a required amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (hereinafter, the Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The required amendment directed Pennsylvania to submit regulations requiring that siltation structures (e.g., sedimentation ponds) not be removed any sooner than two years after the last augmented seeding.