mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · PA · Published 1998-04-22 · Effective 1998-04-22 · 63 FR 19802
Document
Document number
98-10632
Federal Register citation
63 FR 19802
CFR reference
30 CFR 938
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendments.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
PA
Publication date
1998-04-22
Effective date
1998-04-22
Interior docket
PA-112-FOR
Abstract
OSM is approving, with certain exceptions, 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 amendment revises the Pennsylvania program to incorporate changes made by Pennsylvania House Bill 1075 and subsequent Pennsylvania law Act 1994-114. The amendment is intended to provide special authorization for coal refuse disposal in areas previously affected by mining which contain pollutional discharges.