Department Of The Interior

Alabama Regulatory Program

September 5, 2012 - 77 FR 54490 - RIN: - Download Full Notice: Text | PDF

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alabama regulatory program (Alabama program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to its Program regarding revegetation success guidelines. Alabama intends to revise its program to improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Alabama program and proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.

Agency Contact: Sherry Wilson, Director, Birmingham Field Office. Telephone: (205) 290-7282. Email: swilson@osmre.gov.

This is a proposed regulation. Comments were due on October 5, 2012.


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