30 CFR § 948.13 - State statutory and regulatory provisions set aside.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s948.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 948.13 - State statutory and regulatory provisions set aside."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "948.13"
section_name: "State statutory and regulatory provisions set aside."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH STATE"
part_number: "948"
part_name: "WEST VIRGINIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
cfr_part: "948"
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# 948.13 State statutory and regulatory provisions set aside.
(a)-(b) [Reserved]
(c) The following wording in section 22A-3-23(c)(3) of the Code of West Virginia is inconsistent with section 519(c)(3) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and is hereby set aside:
Provided, however, That such a release may be made where the quality of the untreated postmining water discharged is better than or equal to the premining water quality discharged from the mining site.
(d) Section 22A-3-12(e) of the Code of West Virginia is inconsistent with section 515(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and is hereby set aside in its entirety.
(e)-(f) [Reserved]
[50 FR 35084, Aug. 29, 1985, as amended at 61 FR 6535, Feb. 21, 1996]