mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · AR · Published 1995-06-30 · 60 FR 34138
Document
Document number
95-15967
Federal Register citation
60 FR 34138
CFR reference
30 CFR 904
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
AR
Publication date
1995-06-30
Abstract
OSM is approving, with additional requirements, a proposed amendment to the Arkansas regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Arkansas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Arkansas proposed changes to its statute by adding definitions of the terms ``unanticipated event or condition'' and ``lands eligible for remining,'' deleting the authority to either regulate or not regulate surface coal mining operations affecting 2 acres or less, and revising provisions pertaining to violations and revegetation performance standards for remining permits. The amendment was intended to revise the Arkansas program to be consistent with SMCRA.