# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2025-06-27 · Effective 2025-07-28 · 90 FR 27459
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-11907
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 27459
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2025-06-27
- **Effective date:** 2025-07-28
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-172-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment proposes to revise the Pennsylvania program to comply with four required amendments and to correct a provision we previously disapproved. The proposed amendment also includes revisions to Pennsylvania's program, including effluent limitations for bituminous underground coal mines, temporary cessation, the definition of Surface Mining Activities, civil penalties, and administrative requirements, as well as other administrative updates and non-substantive corrections.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/27/2025-11907/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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