# Texas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1998-03-03 · Effective 1998-03-03 · 63 FR 10317
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-5390
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** TX
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 10317
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 943
- **Publication date:** 1998-03-03
- **Effective date:** 1998-03-03
- **Interior docket:** SPATS No. TX-036-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Texas regulatory program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan (hereinafter referred to as the ``Texas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Texas proposed revisions to statutes pertaining to eligibility of land and water, small operator assistance, definitions, exemptions, applicability to governmental units, coal exploration operations, prohibition on surface coal mining in certain areas, filing of a schedule of notices of violation, effect of past or present violation, improvidently issued permits, performance standards, and cessation orders. The amendment is intended to revise the Texas program to be consistent with SMCRA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/03/98-5390/texas-regulatory-program-and-abandoned-mine-land-reclamation-plan)
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