PART 904 -- ARKANSAS

Sec.
904.1          Scope
904.10         State regulatory program approval
904.12         State program provisions and amendments disapproved
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

AUTHORITY:  30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.  

[For the list of Final Rules affecting these sections, as published in the Federal Register, see 
"Regulation History - Changes to the Regulations Parts 900-955, 3/13/79 - 6/30/00".]

30 CFR Sec. 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.  

[45 FR 77015, Nov. 21, 1980]  

30 CFR Sec. 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.  

[57 FR 37429, Aug. 19, 1992; 59 FR 17931, Apr. 15, 1994; 62 FR 23129, 23135, April 29, 1997; 64 FR 20164,
20166, Apr. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 20164, 20166, Apr. 26, 1999, revised this section, effective Apr. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 904.12  State program provisions and amendments disapproved.  

    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]  

[53 FR 9884, Mar. 28, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 47355, Nov. 14, 1989]  

30 CFR Sec. 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 Federal Register and the State citations or a
brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication
in the Federal Register.  
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Original amendment  Date of final       Citation/description
  submission date          publication

Dec. 7, 1983        March 16, 1984      ASCMRC 771.25 (a)(2); 776( c)(1), (2), (4), (5)(i), (ii);
                               842( c).

May 21, 1985        Aug. 15, 1985       ASCMRC 843.12; 845.18 through .20.

Dec. 17, 1984       Dec. 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).

Nov. 4, 1987        June 1, 1988        ASCMRC 776.12(a)(3), (b); 780.31; 786.19(p).

Dec. 22, 1988       Nov. 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).

Dec. 18, 1989       Nov. 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).

Sept. 20, 1990      June 14, 1991       ASCMRC 700.10(d), part 702.

Sept. 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).

Oct. 11, 1991       April 23, 1992      ASCMRC 816.116( c)(2).

April 11, 1991,          Aug. 19, 1992       ASCMRC 701.5, .11( c)(1); 707.12;
 Sept. 25, 1991                          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      Nov. 17, 1994       ACA 15-58-104(11), 503(a)(2)(A), (B), ( C).

Aug. 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.

Feb. 6, 1998        Sept. 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).

Aug. 27, 1998       Nov. 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.
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[49 FR 9898, Mar. 3, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 32848, Aug. 15, 1985; 50 FR 49376, Dec. 2, 1985; 53 FR 9884,
Mar. 28, 1988; 53 FR 19905, June 1, 1988; 53 FR 21450, June 8, 1988; 54 FR 47355, Nov. 14, 1989; 55 FR 48837,
Nov. 23, 1990; 56 FR 27409, June 14, 1991; 56 FR 32964, July 18, 1991; 57 FR 14797, Apr. 23, 1992; 57 FR
37430, Aug. 19, 1992; 59 FR 59369, Nov. 17, 1994, as corrected at 60 FR 34142, June 30, 1995; 60 FR 34141,
34142, June 30, 1995; 62 FR 9932, 9935, March 5, 1997; 62 FR 23129, 23135, April 29, 1997, as corrected at 62
FR 31473, 31474, June 9, 1997; 63 FR 49427, 49429, Sept. 16, 1998; 63 FR 65062, 65067, Nov. 25, 1998]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 49427, 49429, Sept. 16, 1998, added the entry for "September 16, 1998" under
Date of final publication, effective Sept. 16, 1998; 63 FR 65062, 65067, Nov. 25, 1998, added the entry for
"November 25, 1998" under Date of final publication, effective Nov. 25, 1998.] 

30 CFR Sec. 904.16 

[Reserved]

[60 FR 34141, June 30, 1995; 62 FR 23129, 23135, April 29, 1997]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 20164, 20166, Apr. 26, 1999, removed and reserved this section, effective Apr.
26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 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.  

[53 FR 9885, Mar. 28, 1988; 58 FR 38534, July 19, 1993; 59 FR 17931, Apr. 15, 1994; 62 FR 23129, 23135, April
29, 1997; 64 FR 20164, 20166, Apr. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 20164, 20166, Apr. 26, 1999, revised this section, effective Apr. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 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 FEDERAL REGISTER and the State citations
or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final
publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.  
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Original amendment  Date of final       Citation/description
  submission date    publication

March 31, 1993      July 19, 1993       ACA 15-58-401(b), ( c).

Oct. 6, 1993        Jan.. 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       Sept. 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.

Sept. 22, 1999      Jan. 14, 2000       Subheading B. Identification of Eligible Lands and Water 
                               [30 CFR 884.13( c)(2)].
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[58 FR 38534, July 19, 1993; 59 FR 541, Jan. 5, 1994; 62 FR 9932, 9936, Mar. 5, 1997; 62 FR 23129, 23135, Apr.
29, 1997; 64 FR 50754, 50756, Sept. 20, 1999; 65 FR 2331, 2332, Jan. 14, 2000]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 50754, 50756, Sept. 20, 1999, added an entry to the end of the table, effective
Sept. 20, 1999; 65 FR 2331, 2332, Jan. 14, 2000, added an entry to the end of the table, effective Jan. 14, 2000.] 

30 CFR Sec. 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) [Reserved]  

    (b) [Reserved]  

[58 FR 38534, July 19, 1993; 59 FR 542, Jan. 5, 1994]