# Maryland Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment; removal of required amendments. · Published 1998-03-23 · Effective 1998-03-23 · 63 FR 13781
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-7415
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** MD
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 13781
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 920
- **Publication date:** 1998-03-23
- **Effective date:** 1998-03-23
- **Interior docket:** MD-033-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Maryland regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Maryland program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Maryland proposed revisions to the Maryland regulations pertaining to excess spoil disposal, conditions of surety and collateral bonds, and procedures for release of general bonds. The amendment is intended to authorize the use of excess spoil from a valid, permitted coal mining operation for the reclamation of an abandoned unreclaimed area outside of the permit area, and to revise the Maryland program regarding conditions and procedures for collateral bonds and release of bonds to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/23/98-7415/maryland-regulatory-program)
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