# Arkansas Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1998-09-16 · 63 FR 49427
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-24780
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** AR
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 49427
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 904
- **Publication date:** 1998-09-16
- **Interior docket:** SPATS No. AR-030-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving an amendment to the Arkansas regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Arkansas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Arkansas proposed revisions to, and additions of, regulations pertaining to definitions; reclamation plans; disposal of excess spoil; steep slope mining; permits incorporating variances from approximate original contour restoration requirements for steep slope mining; prime farmlands; performance standards for coal exploration and prime farmland; signs and markers; topsoil and subsoil; hydrologic balance; backfilling and grading; procedures for assessment conference; and request for adjudicatory public hearing. Arkansas intends to revise its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and to enhance enforcement of its program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/16/98-24780/arkansas-regulatory-program)
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