Interpretative Rule Related to Subsidence Due to Underground Coal Mining
mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · Published 1999-12-17 · Effective 2000-01-18 · 64 FR 70838
Document
Document number
99-30893
Federal Register citation
64 FR 70838
CFR reference
30 CFR 761
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule and record of decision.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Publication date
1999-12-17
Effective date
2000-01-18
Abstract
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement interprets sections 522(e) and 701(28) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and implementing rules to provide that subsidence due to underground mining is not a surface coal mining operation. Subsidence therefore is not prohibited in areas protected under the Act . Neither subsurface activities that may result in subsidence, nor actual subsidence, are prohibited on lands protected by section 522(e). Subsidence is subject to regulation under other applicable provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, primarily sections 516 and 720.