mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · ND · Published 1999-01-08 · Effective 1999-01-08 · 64 FR 1127
Document
Document number
99-383
Federal Register citation
64 FR 1127
CFR reference
30 CFR 934
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
ND
Publication date
1999-01-08
Effective date
1999-01-08
Interior docket
ND-037-FOR, Amendment No. XXVI
Abstract
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``North Dakota program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). North Dakota proposed revisions of its revegetation document pertaining to prime farmland success standards, cover standards for woodlands, wetlands success standards, recreational land use success standards for tree and shrub stocking, and methods for sampling woodland cover. The amendment was intended to revise the North Dakota program to be consistent with the corresponding Federal regulations and improve operational efficiency.