mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · OH · Published 1998-09-29 · 63 FR 51829
Document
Document number
98-25980
Federal Register citation
63 FR 51829
CFR reference
30 CFR 935
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
OH
Publication date
1998-09-29
Interior docket
OH-218-FOR
Abstract
OSM is approving an amendment to the Ohio regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Ohio program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This amendment provides that areas reclaimed following the removal of temporary structures that are part of the sediment control system, such as sedimentation ponds and diversions, are not subject to a revegetation responsibility period and bond liability period separate from that of the permit area or increment thereof served by such facilities. The amendment also authorizes as a husbandry practice, the repair of damage to land and/or established permanent vegetation that has been unavoidably disturbed, that does not restart the revegetation responsibility period. The amendment is intended to improve operational efficiency of the Ohio program.