# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2026-01-15 · Effective 2026-02-17 · 91 FR 1696
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-00701
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 1696
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 2026-01-15
- **Effective date:** 2026-02-17
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. PA-166-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment revises the Pennsylvania program by adding language consistent with section 5 of the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conversation Act, which specifies circumstances where a finding of presumptive evidence of potential pollution under the Commonwealth's Clean Streams Law is not warranted.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00701/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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