Texas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan
mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · TX · Published 1997-01-30 · Effective 1997-01-30 · 62 FR 4451
Document
Document number
97-2329
Federal Register citation
62 FR 4451
CFR reference
30 CFR 943
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
TX
Publication date
1997-01-30
Effective date
1997-01-30
Interior docket
SPATS No. TX-025-FOR
Abstract
OSM is approving, with certain exceptions, a proposed amendment to the Texas regulatory program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan (hereinafter referred to as the ``Texas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Texas is proposing to recodify the Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act. Texas intends to reclassify and rearrange its statutes into a format that will accommodate further expansion of the law and to eliminate repealed, invalid, and duplicated provisions in order to make the statutes more understandable and usable without altering the meaning or effect of the law.