# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule. · Published 1998-07-14 · Effective 1998-07-14 · 63 FR 37774
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-18738
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 37774
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 1998-07-14
- **Effective date:** 1998-07-14
- **Interior docket:** WV-078-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving the clarification of three final rule decisions, the removal of a required amendment, and the vacating of its retroactive approval of amendments to the West Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The clarifications concern West Virginia statutes pertaining to administrative appeals and the State Environmental Quality Board, and the required amendment pertains to termination of jurisdiction. These actions are intended to comply with a settlement agreement reached in West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association (WVMRA) v. Babbitt, No. 2: 96-0371 (S.D. W.Va.).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/07/14/98-18738/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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