Regulatory Requirements, Compliance 29 Jan 2025 regulatory notice, training courses, public comment, office of surface mining, information collection

📝Notice of Information Collection for OSMRE's Training Courses

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are proposing to renew an information collection.

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Regulatory Compliance 29 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, public comment, office of surface mining, paper reduction act, information collection

📄Notice of Information Collection Submission for OMB Review

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are proposing to renew an information collection.

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Regulatory Compliance, Industry Regulations 17 Jan 2025 compliance, mining, regulations, intergovernmental relations, underground mining, surface mining, office of surface mining, west virginia

⚖️Corrections to West Virginia Surface Mining Regulatory Amendments

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), published a document in the Federal Register on March 18, 2024, approving in part, and not approving in part, amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). We made an error in the document by overwriting a provision that should not have been removed; instead, we should have added a new paragraph under the not approved section. Additionally, we did not include a provision in the table where our approvals were listed. We published a correction to the March 18, 2024, Federal Register document on August 28, 2024, but because the March 18 revisions had already become effective, the amendatory instructions became erroneous and the August 28, 2024, corrections could not be incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations. This document corrects the final regulations.

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Regulatory Notice 10 Jan 2025 information collection, paperwork reduction act, state programs, office of surface mining, federal enforcement

📄Notice of Information Collection on State Programs and Procedures

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are proposing to renew an information collection.

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