Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 29.09.1998

Ohio Regulatory Program

OSM is approving an amendment to the Ohio regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Ohio program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This amendment provides that areas reclaimed following the removal of temporary structures that are part of the sediment control system, such as sedimentation ponds and diversions, are not subject to a revegetation responsibility period and bond liability period separate from that of the permit area or increment thereof served by such facilities. The amendment also authorizes as a husbandry practice, the repair of damage to land and/or established permanent vegetation that has been unavoidably disturbed, that does not restart the revegetation responsibility period. The amendment is intended to improve operational efficiency of the Ohio program.