# West Virginia Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1999-11-12 · Effective 1999-11-12 · 64 FR 61507
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-29580
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** VA
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 61507
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 948
- **Publication date:** 1999-11-12
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-12
- **Interior docket:** WV-081-FOR
## Abstract

OSM is announcing its approval, with certain exceptions, of an amendment to the West Virginia permanent regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment revises the West Virginia Code to create the Office of Explosives and Blasting, and adds and amends sections of the West Virginia Code concerning blasting. The amendment is intended to improve the operational efficiency of the State program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/11/12/99-29580/west-virginia-regulatory-program)
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