mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · OK · Published 1995-01-10 · Effective 1995-01-10 · 60 FR 2512
Document
Document number
95-568
Federal Register citation
60 FR 2512
CFR reference
30 CFR 936
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule, approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
OK
Publication date
1995-01-10
Effective date
1995-01-10
Abstract
OSM is approving, with additional requirements, a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Oklahoma program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Oklahoma proposed to amend its program by revising its Bond Release Guidelines that include revegetation success standards and statistically valid sampling techniques, and guidelines for phase I, II, and III bond release. Oklahoma proposed revisions pertaining to ground cover; requirements for permanent impoundments, ponds, diversions, and treatment facilities; calculations for a technical success standard for productivity; criteria regarding the selection of test plots for demonstrating success of productivity on prime farmland cropland; the definition of ``initial establishment of permanent vegetative cover;'' the repair of rills and gullies as a normal husbandry practice; a technical document reference; and the correction of certain typographical errors. The amendment is intended to revise the Oklahoma program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations.