mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · AK · Published 1999-02-22 · Effective 1999-02-22 · 64 FR 8510
Document
Document number
99-4241
Federal Register citation
64 FR 8510
CFR reference
30 CFR 902
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
AK
Publication date
1999-02-22
Effective date
1999-02-22
Interior docket
AK-007-FOR, Amendment No. VII
Abstract
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving a proposed amendment to the Alaska regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Alaska program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Alaska proposed revisions to its regulations pertaining to general permitting requirements, general permit application information requirements, environmental resource information requirements, reclamation and operation plan requirements, permitting for special categories of mining, coal exploration, self- bonding requirements, performance standards, and general provisions, and included numerous editorial and recodification changes. The amendment was intended to revise the Alaska program to provide additional safeguarded, to clarify ambiguities, and to improve operational efficiency.