Zasoby i środowisko · 13.12.1994

Indiana Regulatory Program

OSM is approving, with an exception, a proposed amendment to the Indiana permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Indiana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The program amendment consists of revisions to Indiana's Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Rules concerning performance standards for restoring soil productivity for surface coal mining and reclamation operations under IC 13-4.1. The amendment is intended to revise the Indiana program to be consistent with SMCRA and the corresponding Federal regulations.