# Iowa Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 1999-11-26 · Effective 1999-11-26 · 64 FR 66385
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-30677
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** IA
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 66385
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 915
- **Publication date:** 1999-11-26
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-26
- **Interior docket:** SPATS No. IA-005-FOR
## Abstract

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving, with certain exceptions and additional requirements, an amendment to the Iowa regulatory program (Iowa program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Iowa added revegetation success guidelines to its program. These guidelines include revegetation success standards, statistically valid sampling procedures and techniques for determining revegetation success on areas being restored to various land uses, and normal husbandry practices. Iowa intends to revise its program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and to improve operational efficiency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/11/26/99-30677/iowa-regulatory-program)
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