# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; partial approval of amendment. · Published 2025-07-28 · Effective 2025-08-27 · 90 FR 35407
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-14245
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 35407
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2025-07-28
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-27
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-173-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving in part an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment addresses regulations regarding water replacement provisions that were disapproved by us in 2005.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14245/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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