Indiana Regulatory Program

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is clarifying its decision and responses to comments it received on an amendment to the Indiana regulatory program (Indiana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment concerned revisions to and additions of statutes pertaining to other State and Federal laws and permit revisions. At the request of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), we are providing clarification of our decision findings and responses to comments for two provisions relating to permit revisions that we disapproved in a previous final rule decision document dated March 16, 1999 (64 FR 12890). This clarification supplements our previous findings made in section III. Director's Findings and our responses to comments made in section IV. Summary and Disposition of Comments of that final rule document, but does not affect our decision made in section V. Director's Decision.