# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; partial approval of amendment with 12 approved provisions, 5 provisions receiving qualified approval, and 1 not approved provision. · Published 2025-12-03 · Effective 2026-01-02 · 90 FR 55658
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-21782
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 55658
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2025-12-03
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-02
- **Interior docket:** WV-116-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve in part 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 Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR). We approve 12 provisions, approving with understanding 5 provisions, and not approving 1 provision.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21782/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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