mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · TX · Published 1999-08-12 · Effective 1999-08-12 · 64 FR 43913
Document
Document number
99-20840
Federal Register citation
64 FR 43913
CFR reference
30 CFR 943
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
TX
Publication date
1999-08-12
Effective date
1999-08-12
Interior docket
SPATS No. TX-041-FOR
Abstract
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving an amendment to the Texas regulatory program (Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment concerns revegetation success and normal husbandry practice guidelines. Texas is adding these guidelines to ensure consistency with the corresponding Federal regulations; to ensure that adequate data collection methods are used for determining revegetation success for purposes of releasing reclamation performance bonds; and to ensure that the husbandry practices used by the permittee during the period of responsibility for revegetation success and bond liability are normal husbandry practices within the region for unmined lands.