# Wyoming Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1996-08-06 · Effective 1996-08-06 · 61 FR 40735
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-19735
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** WY
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 40735
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 950
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-06
- **Effective date:** 1996-08-06
- **Interior docket:** SPATS No. WY-022
## Abstract

OSM is approving, with additional requirements, a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Wyoming program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of addition and revision of statutes and rules pertaining to shrub density stocking requirements and wildlife habitat. The amendment was intended to revise the Wyoming program to be consistent with SMCRA and the corresponding Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/06/96-19735/wyoming-regulatory-program)
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