- § 904.1 - Scope.
- § 904.10 - State regulatory program approval.
- § 904.12 - State program provisions and amendments not approved.
- § 904.15 - Approval of Arkansas regulatory program amendments.
- § 904.16 - [Reserved]
- § 904.20 - Approval of Arkansas abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
- § 904.25 - Approval of Arkansas abandoned mine land reclamation plan amendments.
- § 904.26 - Required plan amendments.
§ 904.1 - Scope.
This part contains all rules applicable only within Arkansas which have been adopted under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.
§ 904.10 - State regulatory program approval.
The Secretary conditionally approved the Arkansas regulatory program, as submitted on February 18, 1980, amended on May 29, 1980, and July 2, 1980, and clarified on July 29, 1980, August 8, 1980, August 14, 1980, and August 29, 1980, effective November 21, 1980. He fully approved the Arkansas regulatory program, as amended on September 2, 1980, January 19, 1981, and March 12, 1981, effective January 22, 1982. Copies of the approved program are available at:
(a) Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, 8001 National Drive, P.O. Box 8913, Little Rock, AR 72219-8913.
(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Tulsa Field Office, 5100 East Skelly Drive, Suite 470, Tulsa, OK 74135-6548.
§ 904.12 - State program provisions and amendments not approved.
The following amendments to the Arkansas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Code as submitted to OSMRE on May 1, 1987, are hereby disapproved:
(a) ASCMRC part 722, all revisions and additions which address surface coal mining and reclamation operations previously exempted under the 2-acre exemption rule of section 528 of SMCRA.
(b) [Reserved]
§ 904.15 - Approval of Arkansas regulatory program amendments.
The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the
| Original amendment submission date | Date of final publication | Citation/description | December 7, 1983 | March 16, 1984 | ASCMRC 771.25 (a)(2); 776(c)(1), (2), (4), (5)(i), (ii); 842(c). | May 21, 1985 | August 15, 1985 | ASCMRC 843.12; 845.18 through .20. | December 17, 1984 | December 2, 1985 | ASCMRC 816.61-S, -U, .62, .64, -U, .65, .67, .68; 850.1, .5, .12 through .15. | March 10, 1986 | March 28, 1988 | ASCMRC 701.5; 761.12(b)(2), (e)(1), (2), (3); .15; 762.5; 764.13, .15(a)(1); 771.23(c)(4); 776.12, (a)(3)(vi), .14(a); 778.14(c); 779.14(a), (b)(1), .17; 780.18(b)(4), .21; 784.20(a)(1), (2), (b)(1), (e); 785.13(e), (5), (i), (j), (k), .17(b)(1)(ii); 786.1(d), .11(a), .15(a)(4), .16(a), .17(a)(1), .19(d)(8), .29(c); 788.18(d); 795.13, .14(d)(4), .19(a)(5); 800.11(h), .13(g); 805.13(b), .14(a); 806.11(b), (d)(2)(v); 807.11(d)(2)(v); 808.14(c); 815.15(a); 816.41(d), .42(a)(7), .43, .44(b)(3), .46, .49, .52(a)(4), .53, .55(d), .57(a)(2), .71 through .74, .79, .81, .83, .84, .87, .89, .97(b), (d)(10), .102(a)(2), (b), (f), .107, .111, .116, .126-U(a), (e), (f), .133(b)(1), .150, .151; 819.11(c)(1), (2); 823.12(a)(1), .15; 826.12(c); 827.11; 842.16(a); 843.11(a)(2), (3); 845.12(b), .13(b)(2), .15(b)(1)(i), (ii), (2); 1000(6), (10), (13), (16), (19), (51). | November 4, 1987 | June 1, 1988 | ASCMRC 776.12(a)(3), (b); 780.31; 786.19(p). | December 22, 1988 | November 14, 1989 | ASCMRC 705.11(a), .13(a), .15; 780.16(b)(3)(i), (ii), (c); 784.21; 816.97(b); 817.97; 846.1, .5, .12, .14, .18; 1000(50). | December 18, 1989 | November 23, 1990 | ASCMRC 778.13(a), (5), (6), (7), (b), (1) through (5), (c), (g), (h), .14(c), (d); 786.5(c), .17(c), (d), .19(i), .27(d), .30(a), (b), (c), .31(a), (b), (c); 843.11(g). | September 20, 1990 | June 14, 1991 | ASCMRC 700.10(d), part 702. | September 27, 1990 | July 18, 1991 | ASCMRC 700.10(a); 701.5; 776.11(b); 780.21(f), .37(f), (g), (h), .38; 784.27; 800.11(b)(2); 815.15(c)(2), (3), (4), .17(a), (b); 816.49(b)(7), (c)(2), .84(b)(2), (f), .116(b)(3), (c)(4), .117, .150 (b), (d), (f), .152(a), (c); 1000(d)(2), (8), (30) through (36), (44), (47). | October 11, 1991 | April 23, 1992 | ASCMRC 816.116(c)(2). | April 11, 1991, September 25, 1991 | August 19, 1992 | ASCMRC 701.5, .11(c)(1); 707.12; 761.5 defining VER and public roads; 764.15(a)(7); 770.5, .6(a), (b), (c); 771.23(e)(1), (2); 772; 779.11, .12(a), (b), .15(a), .16(a), (b)(2), .17, .18(a), .20(a), .21(a), .22(a), (c), .24(g), (k), .25, .25(d) through (h), (j), .27(a), (b)(5), (d)(1), (2); 780.11, .14(b), (2), .18(b)(3), .23(b), .25(a), (b), .37(e); 783.14(a) through (d); 785.16(a), .17(a), (b); 786.5(b), .14(b)(3), .19(c); 788.13(b); 805.13(d); 806.12(e)(6)(iii), (g)(7)(iii); 808.12(c), .14(a), (b); 810.11; 815, .2(b), (c), .11(c), .15(a) through (d), (f) through (k); 816.13, .41(a), .43(e), .51-S(b), .52(a)(1), (2), .54, .65(f), .95(a), (b), .101(b)(1), .102(a), (g), .103, .104(a), (b), (3), .106, .107, .115, .133(c); 823.1, .14(c); 826.12(b); 827.12(m); 828.11(e), .12(a); 1000(d)(1), (3), (4), (5), (7), (9), (11), (12), (14), (15), (17), (18), (20) through (29), (37) through (43), (45), (46), (48), (49). | March 31, 1993 | November 17, 1994 | ACA 15-58-104(11), 503(a)(2)(A), (B), (C). | August 26, 1994 | June 30, 1995 | ASCMRA 4(18), (19), 5(b)(1), 13(k). | April 2, 1996 | April 29, 1997 | ASCMRC 700.10(b); 701.5; 771.25(b); 779.13; .15; .16; .17; .20; .22; .25(k); 780.21(f)(3)(v); .23; .25(a)(2) through (f); 783.13; .15; .16; .17; .20; .22; 784.14; .15; .16; .20; 785.25; 786.17(c)(4); .19; 795.12; .13; .16; .17; .19; Parts 800, 805 through 808; 816.41(e); .46(a)(3), (b)(2), (c)(2); .49; .81(a), (c)(2), (3), (4); .82; .85; .86; .88; .89(d); .91; .92; .93; .112; .116(c)(2), (3), (4); .121-U(a), (c) through (g); .122-U; .124-U; .126-U; 827.12(g); 842.11(c)(1) through (4); (d), (e), (f); 842.14. | February 6, 1998 | September 16, 1998 | ASCMRC 701.5; 761.5(d); 780.14(c); 780.18(b)(7), .25(a)(3)(i), .35(b); 785.15(b)-(c), .16(a), (c)(6), and (d), .17(d)(5); 815.15(k); 816.11(g), .21, .22, .23, .24, .25, .43(e), (f)(5), .44(c), .46, .48(b), .56, .74, .102, .103, .104-S, .105-S, .106, .107(a)-(b); part 823; part 826; 845.18(b) and .19(a). | August 27, 1998 | November 25, 1998 | ASCMRC 701.5; 816.116(b)(1), (2), (3)(iv), (4), (5); Policy Guidelines for Phase III Revegetation Success Standards for Pasture and Previously Mined Areas, Cropland, Forest Products, Recreation and Wildlife Habitat, Industrial/Commercial and Residential Revegetation. | March 1, 2002 | August 15, 2001 | Sections 761.5 definitions of “valid existing rights” & “public buildings;” 761.11-.15; 761.16; 761.17; 761.200(a); 762.14-.15; 764.15(a)(7); 776.12; 778.16(c); 780.31(a)(2); 780.33; 780.37; 786.11(a)(4) & (a)(5); 786.14(c); and 786.19(d)(1) & (d)(4)-(d)(8); regulatory authority name change to Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality; and recodification of the statutes to Arkansas Code Annotated Title 15, Chapter 58, Subchapters 1-5. | August 13, 2001 | May 17, 2002 | ASCMRC 845.18(a); Phase II and III Revegetation Success Standards for Grazingland; and Phase III Revegetation Success Standards for Prime Farmland. |
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§ 904.16 - [Reserved]
§ 904.20 - Approval of Arkansas abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
The Secretary approved the Arkansas abandoned mine land reclamation plan, as submitted on July 7, 1982, effective May 2, 1983. Copies of the approved plan are available at:
(a) Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, 8001 National Drive, P.O. Box 8913, Little Rock, AR 72219-8913.
(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Tulsa Field Office, 5100 East Skelly Drive, Suite 470, Tulsa, OK 74135-6548.
§ 904.25 - Approval of Arkansas abandoned mine land reclamation plan amendments.
The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the
| Original amendment submission date | Date of final publication | Citation/description | March 31, 1993 | July 19, 1993 | ACA 15-58-401(b), (c). | October 6, 1993 | January 5, 1994 | ACA 15-58-401(b)(2). | April 2, 1996 | April 29, 1997 | ASCMRC 874.5; .12(a)(4) through (8). | June 16, 1999 | September 20, 1999 | Definitions; Purposes of the state reclamation program; Identification of eligible lands and water; Ranking and selection procedures; Coordination of reclamation work; Acquisition management and disposition of land and water; Reclamation on private land; Rights of entry; Public participation; Organizational structure; Personnel and staffing policies; Purchasing and procurement systems; Management accounting; and Abandoned mine land problem description. | September 22, 1999 | January 14, 2000 | Subheading B. Identification of Eligible Lands and Water [30 CFR 884.13(c)(2)]. | August 13, 2001 | May 17, 2002 | ASCMRC 874.12(b)(4); 874.13(d); and 874.14(a)(2). |
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§ 904.26 - Required plan amendments.
Pursuant to 30 CFR 884.15, Arkansas is required to submit for OSM's approval the following proposed plan amendment by the date specified.
(a)-(b) [Reserved]