mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · PA · Published 2007-10-04 · Effective 2007-10-04 · 72 FR 56619
Document
Document number
E7-19661
Federal Register citation
72 FR 56619
CFR reference
30 CFR 938
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; approval of amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
PA
Publication date
2007-10-04
Effective date
2007-10-04
Interior docket
PA-149-FOR
Abstract
We are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment adds new section 25 Pennsylvania Code (PA Code) 86.6 which provides for the exemption from the permitting requirements of 25 PA Code Chapters 87 and 88, relating to surface mining of coal, when extraction of coal is incidental to government-financed construction or government-financed reclamation projects and specified requirements are met.