# Pennsylvania Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1997-11-07 · Effective 1997-11-07 · 62 FR 60169
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-29475
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** PA
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 60169
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 938
- **Publication date:** 1997-11-07
- **Effective date:** 1997-11-07
- **Interior docket:** PA-113-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving, with certain exceptions, a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Pennsylvania program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Pennsylvania proposed revisions and additions to its rules pertain to: surface and underground mining definitions, incidental coal extraction, permit approval, permit renewal, coal exploration, bonding, permit applications, operation and reclamation plans, environmental protection standards, anthracite bank removal and reclamation standards, refuse removal standards, coal preparation facilities, underground mining erosion and sedimentation control standards, impoundments, subsidence control, and coal refuse disposal permit applications and performance standards. The amendment is intended to revise the Pennsylvania program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/11/07/97-29475/pennsylvania-regulatory-program)
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