mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · VA · Published 2006-08-28 · Effective 2006-08-28 · 71 FR 50843
Document
Document number
E6-14228
Federal Register citation
71 FR 50843
CFR reference
30 CFR 948
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
VA
Publication date
2006-08-28
Effective date
2006-08-28
Interior docket
WV-109-FOR
Abstract
We are approving an amendment to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). West Virginia revised the Code of West Virginia (W. Va. Code) as amended by Senate Bill 461 concerning water rights and replacement, and revised the Code of State Regulations (CSR) as amended by Committee Substitute for House Bill 4135 by adding a postmining land use of bio-oil cropland, and the criteria for approving bio-oil cropland as a postmining land use for mountaintop removal mining operations.