mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · OH · Published 1995-05-12 · Effective 1995-05-12 · 60 FR 25612
Document
Document number
95-11782
Federal Register citation
60 FR 25612
CFR reference
30 CFR 935
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
OH
Publication date
1995-05-12
Effective date
1995-05-12
Interior docket
OH-231
Abstract
OSM is announcing the approval of a proposed amendment to the Ohio regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Ohio program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment was initiated by Ohio and is intended to make the Ohio program as effective as the corresponding Federal regulations concerning contemporaneous reclamation. Specifically, the amendment defines the terms ``area mining,'' ``auger mining,'' and ``contour mining''; specifies information required in permit operation plans and mining reclamation plans; establishes time and distance schedules for backfilling and grading for mining methods other than area and contour mining; and requires the contemporaneous commencement of augering.