# North Dakota Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1998-09-16 · 63 FR 49430
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-24781
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** ND
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 49430
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 934
- **Publication date:** 1998-09-16
- **Interior docket:** SPATS ND-032-FOR, Amendment No. XXII
## Abstract

OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``North Dakota program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The revisions and information explaining those North Dakota's proposed rules and statutes which comprise the amendment pertain to: the North Dakota Small Operator Assistance Program, and individual civil and criminal penalties within the coal exploration section of the program. The amendment is intended to revise the North Dakota program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and SMCRA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/16/98-24781/north-dakota-regulatory-program)
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