mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · VA · Published 2026-02-20 · Effective 2026-03-23 · 91 FR 8072
Document
Document number
2026-03413
Federal Register citation
91 FR 8072
CFR reference
30 CFR 948
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; cooperative agreement.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
VA
Publication date
2026-02-20
Effective date
2026-03-23
Interior docket
SATS No. WV-120-FOR
Abstract
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are publishing this final rule to amend the existing Federal Lands Cooperative Agreement between West Virginia and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Department). The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act) and the Federal regulations authorize a State with an approved permanent regulatory program to enter into an agreement for the State regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Federal lands. West Virginia's existing cooperative agreement with the Department was adopted in February 1984, to allow for the State regulation of SMCRA on Federal lands within West Virginia under its approved permanent regulatory program (the West Virginia program).