mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · PA · Published 2008-10-15 · Effective 2008-10-15 · 73 FR 60944
Document
Document number
E8-24477
Federal Register citation
73 FR 60944
CFR reference
30 CFR 938
Type
Rule
Action
Final Rule; rescission of a modified required amendment.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
State
PA
Publication date
2008-10-15
Effective date
2008-10-15
Interior docket
PA-152-FOR
Abstract
We are announcing a rescission of a required amendment that we imposed, in modified form, upon the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). We had modified a previous version of the required amendment, which we originally imposed in 1991. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on remand from the Third Circuit, set aside our termination of the 1991 required amendment. We are rescinding the modified required amendment because under those court actions, no action on our part was necessary to implement the Courts' orders.