# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendments. · Published 1997-05-30 · Effective 1997-05-30 · 62 FR 29294
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-14159
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 29294
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-30
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-30
- **Interior docket:** PA-117-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment (Administrative Record Number PA 843.00) revises the Pennsylvania program to incorporate changes made to Chapter 86 (relating to areas unsuitable for mining) by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board. The proposed amendment is intended to clarify ambiguous language contained in Subchapter D concerning the designation of areas as unsuitable for mining, and to correct typographical errors.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/30/97-14159/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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