# North Dakota Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1995-04-13 · Effective 1995-04-13 · 60 FR 18744
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-9176
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** ND
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 18744
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 934
- **Publication date:** 1995-04-13
- **Effective date:** 1995-04-13
## Abstract

OSM is approving, with certain exceptions, a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``North Dakota program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). North Dakota proposed revisions to and additions of rules pertaining to: areas unsuitable for mining; permit applications (environmental monitoring plans); permit application approval procedures; permit revisions, renewals, and transfer or sale; performance bond; resoiling performance standards; sediment pond performance standards; contemporaneous reclamation performance standards; and enforcement actions. The amendment is intended to revise the North Dakota program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations, address required program amendments, clarify ambiguities, correct cross-references, and improve program efficiency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/04/13/95-9176/north-dakota-regulatory-program)
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