# Kentucky Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1997-08-29 · Effective 1997-08-29 · 62 FR 45714
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-23106
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** KY
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 45714
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 917
- **Publication date:** 1997-08-29
- **Effective date:** 1997-08-29
- **Interior docket:** KY-211-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Kentucky program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Kentucky proposed revisions to the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) pertaining to reclamation contracts, coal processing waste, and penalty assessment. The amendment is intended to revise the Kentucky program to be consistent with the Federal regulations and SMCRA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/08/29/97-23106/kentucky-regulatory-program)
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