# Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1995-08-08 · Effective 1995-08-08 · 60 FR 40271
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-19509
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 40271
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 946
- **Publication date:** 1995-08-08
- **Effective date:** 1995-08-08
- **Interior docket:** VA-103-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving, with certain exceptions, a proposed amendment to the Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment includes changes to sections 480-03-19.816/817.102(e) of the Virginia program relative to the disposal of coal processing waste and underground development waste in mined-out areas. The amendment is intended to clarify what provisions of the coal mine waste disposal regulations apply when disposal of coal processing waste or underground development waste occurs in mined-out areas for the purpose of backfilling a disturbed area.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/08/08/95-19509/virginia-regulatory-program)
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