OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES RULE: OHIO REGULATORY PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Ohio Regulatory Program.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 7 by Ben H. Owens, Acting Regional Director, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region.

Summary: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), is approving, in part, two amendments to the Ohio regulatory program (the Ohio program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). As proposed by Ohio, the amendment involves statutory and regulatory changes to its bonding program ( i.e, revising Ohio's alternative bonding system and providing the option for an applicant to post full-cost performance securities) and also in...