# West Virginia Permanent Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1996-07-24 · 61 FR 38382
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-18610
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 38382
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-24
- **Interior docket:** WV-075-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is announcing the approval, with certain exceptions, of amendments to the West Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA Act). The amendments concern revisions to the West Virginia Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations. The amendments are intended to improve the clarity and effectiveness of the West Virginia program, and to revise the State program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/24/96-18610/west-virginia-permanent-regulatory-program)
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