30 CFR § 948.25 - Approval of West Virginia abandoned mine lands reclamation plan amendments.

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# 948.25 Approval of West Virginia abandoned mine lands reclamation plan amendments.

The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the *Federal Register* and the State citations or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication in the *Federal Register.*

| Original amendment submission date | Date of final publication | Citation/description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| May 20, 1985 | July 11, 1985 | Transfer of program authority to the Department of Energy (HB 1850). |
| December 30, 1987 | August 26, 1988 | Agency structure, public participation procedures, assumption of emergency reclamation program. |
| September 17, 1991, October 25, 1991 | March 26, 1993 | Amendments contained in House Bill 2492; Expanded eligibility criteria; Acid mine drainage treatment and abatement program. |
| June 27, 2006 | January 17, 2007 | Amendment includes AML enhancement requirements and other revisions to West Virginia's AMLR Plan dated June 16, 2006. |

[62 FR 9958, Mar. 5, 1997, as amended at 72 FR 1937, Jan. 17, 2007]