# Arkansas Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1995-06-30 · 60 FR 34138
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-15967
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** AR
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 34138
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 904
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/06/30/95-15967/arkansas-regulatory-program)
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