# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; partial approval of amendment. · Published 2025-12-03 · Effective 2026-01-02 · 90 FR 55649
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-21791
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 55649
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 2025-12-03
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-02
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. WV-124-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve in part an amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). This amendment makes changes to the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR), authorized under the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), relating to bonding requirements for operations seeking permit renewals, topsoil, inactive status, and contemporaneous reclamation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21791/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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