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Part 925, Missouri
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Following are the Office of Surface Mining regulations (30 CFR Parts 925.1 - 925.25) updated through April 2, 2001. To find specific references (words or Section numbers) use you browser "find in page" feature, or the index.
SUBCHAPTER T -- PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN
     EACH STATE   
PART 925 -- MISSOURI

Sec.
925.1          Scope
925.10         State program approval
925.12         State program provisions and amendments disapproved
925.15         Approval of Missouri regulatory program amendments
925.16         Required program amendments
925.20         Approval of the Missouri abandoned mine land reclamation plan
925.25         Approval of Missouri abandoned mine land reclamation 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. 925.1   Scope.  

    This part contains all rules applicable only within Missouri that have been adopted under the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.  

[45 FR 77027, Nov. 21, 1980]  

30 CFR Sec. 925.10  State regulatory program approval.  

    The Secretary approved the Missouri regulatory program, as submitted on February 1, 1980, and amended and
clarified on May 14, 1980, effective November 21, 1980. He fully approved the Missouri program, as amended on
September 7, 1982, and October 13, 1982, effective January 17, 1983. Copies of the approved program are available
at:  

    (a) Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Land Reclamation Program, 205 Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 176,
Jefferson City, MO 65102.  

    (b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center, Alton
Federal Building, 501 Belle Street, Alton, IL 62002.  

[57 FR 44680, Sept. 29, 1992; 59 FR 17932, Apr. 15, 1994; 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999, revised this section, effective Apr. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 925.12  State program provisions and amendments disapproved.  

    The following provisions of the Missouri surface coal mining regulations as submitted on December 14 and 18,
1987, are hereby disapproved:  

    (a) 10 CSR 40-4.030(4)(A) insofar as it would exempt from prime farmland performance standards coal
preparation plants, support facilities, and roads associated with surface coal mining activities.  

    (b) 10 CSR 40-4.030(4)(B) insofar as it would exempt from prime farmland performance standards water bodies
as a postmining land use.  

    ( c) 10 CSR 40-8.010(1)(A)18 the definitions of "coal processing plant" and "coal preparation plant" insofar as
they exempt from regulation certain facilities where coal is subjected to chemical or physical processing or cleaning,
concentrating, or other processing or preparation, if they do not separate coal from its impurities.  

[53 FR 43869, Oct. 31, 1988]  

30 CFR Sec. 925.15  Approval of Missouri 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.  
________________________________________________________________________________

Original amendment  Date of final       Citation/description
  submission date          publication

Dec. 3, 1980,       July 23, 1982       10 CSR 40-2.080; 40-3.050; 40-3.100(4)(B);
 March 12, 1981                          40-6.010(6), .070, .090(3), (4)( C); 40-7.030(1)(E), 
                                .040(2)( C); 40-8.030(5) through (13)(A).

Sept. 7, 1982,      Jan. 17, 1983       10 CSR 40-8.030(6)(B)1, ( C), (7)(A), (D), (8)(A)1, (E),
 Oct. 13, 1982                      (9)(A)2, (B), (10)(A), (13)(B), .050(8), .060.

April 13, 1983      May 8, 1984         RSMo 444: .805, .830, .950, .955, .960, .965, .970;
                               10 CSR 40-3.120, .270; 40-4.030;
                               40-7.010, .011, .020, .021, .030, .031, .040, .041, .050;
                               40-8.030.

March 13, 1986      Jan. 7, 1987        10 CSR 40-2.090(6); 40-7.031(3)(B);
                               40-8.030(1), (6), (7), (17), .040(3), (7), (8).

Feb. 4, 1987        Feb. 26, 1988       10 CSR 40-2.090(5); 40-3.040(2), (6), (17), .110(1), .120(7),
                               .200(2), (16), .270(7); 40-7.011(2), (3), .021(2), .031,
                               .041(1), (2), (3); 40-8.030(6), (18);
                               RSMo 444: .950, .960, .965. 

June 22, 1987       June 16, 1988       10 CSR 40-3.010(6), .050, .110(6), .120(8)(A), (D), .170,
                               .210; 40-6.010(3)( C), (5)( C), .030(2)( C), .050(4),
                               .070(2)( C), (6), (7), (8), .090(4), (6), (9), (10), (11),
                               .100(2)( C); 40-8.040(3).

Dec. 14 and 18, 1987     Oct. 31, 1988       10 CSR 40-2.090(6)(B); 40-3.050(1)(E), .210(1)(E);
                               40-4.010, .030(4)( C), (5), (6), (7)(A), (B)(1) through (8);
                               40-6.010(6)(A), .020, .040(16), .060(1)(E), (G), (J), (K),
                                (4)(B), ( C), (D), .110(16); 40-7.021(4)(B);
                               40-8.010(1)(A)5, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 47, 48, 92, 
                              .030(3)(B), .050, .070(2); RSMo 444.730, .800, .805, .950.

Aug. 3, 1988        Dec. 11, 1989       10 CSR 40-3.050(1)( C), (D), (2)(F), (3)(B), (5)(B), (D), 
                               .210(1)( C), (D), (2)(F), (5)(B), (D), .160;
                               40-4.030(4), (7)(B)6; 40-6.070 (8)(J), (K), (L), (N), (O).

July 8, 1988        Jan. 8, 1990        10 CSR 40-3.200(2)(B); RSMo 444.535.7(2), .815.6(2).

March 18, 1988      June 5, 1990        10 CSR 40-3.100(2), .120(1), (6)(A), (6)(B)3, (7)( C)2, 
                                .250(1)(B), .270(1), (6)(A), (B)3, (7)( C)2; 
                               40-6.040(3)(B), (11)(B), ( C), (D),
                                .050(7)(B), ( C), (14)(B),
                                .070 (8)(E), .110(3)(B), (11)(B), ( C), (D),
                                .120(8)(B), (12)(B), ( C), .040(8)(B), ( C).

June 5, 1989        July 6, 1990        10 CSR 40-6.040(5)(A), (B)1, .050(5)( C), (9)(A) through (E);
                                .060(4)(A), .070(12)(D), .110(11)(B),
                                .120(2)(B)3, (5)(A), ( C), (D), (E), (11)(A), (14)( C);
                               40-8.040(8)(K).

July 21, 1989       Oct. 30, 1990       10 CSR 40-4.080(1), (2); 40-6.040(11)(E)2, 3, .050(5)( C), 
                                .060(2)(B), ( C), .070(7)(A)3, 8(M), .120(11);
                               40-8.010(1)(A)5, 18, .045; 40-060(8)(B).

Jan. 12, 1989       Jan. 3, 1991        10 CSR 40-3.040(1)(B), (3)(G), (4)(B)3, (6)(B), (H),
                                (7)(A), (B), (10)(A), (E), (G), (J), (13)(A)1, (B)1.C, 
                               .060(1)(B), (F), (H), (K), .080(1)( C), (2)(A), (4)(A), (D)3,
                                (10)(B), (11)(D), .100(2), .110(6),
                               .120(6)(A), (B)2.A through F, (8)(D),
                               .200(1)(B), (3)(H), (4)(B)3, (6)(B), (H), (7)(A), (B),
                                (10)(A), (E), (G), (J), (12)(A)1, (B)1.C,
                               .220(1)(B), (F), (H), (K), .230(1) ( C), (2)(A),
                                (4)(A), (D)3, (10)(B), (11)(D),
                               .270(6)(A), (B)2.A through F, .280(1)( C);
                               40-5.010(2) ( C), (E), (3)(B)2,
                                .020(4)(B)1, 2, 4, 5, 6, ( C)1, 3, 4, 5;
                               40-6.060(4) (A)3; 40-8.010(1)(A)59, 79.

July 8, 1988,       May 8, 1991         RSMo 444.805(8), (16), .950.1, .2, .3, .4,  .960.1, .965.2, .4;
 Jan. 12, 1988                      10 CSR 40-7.011(1) (E), (F), (G), (2)( C), (4)(E), (F),
                                (5)(A)4, (B)2, 4, (D), .021(2)(B)4, (D)(3), (3), .031, 
                                .041(1)(B), 1, (D), (4)(A)2.

Nov. 8, 1991        Sept. 24, 1992      RSMo 444.870.1 through .5, .873.1, .3, .4.

Oct. 10, 1990       Sept. 29, 1992      10 CSR 40-3.010(5), .030(1)( C), .040(2)(A)1, (4)(B)(3), 
                                (6)(B), ( C), (D), (H), (Q), (T), (10)(G), (I),
                               .050(6)( C), .060(1)(A), (H), .080(3)(A), (8)(B), (D), .090,
                               .110(3)(A), .120(1)(D), (E), (5), (6)(B)1, 2, A, D, G,
                                I, (7)( C)2, ( C)3.A, C, (8)(A)4 through 8, 10, .130(2)(A),
                                (3)( C), (I), .140(1)(A), (D)(1), (3)(D)9, (6)(D), (8)(A),
                                (D)(1), (10)(D)9, (13)( C), (D), (15)(A), (20)( C), (D),
                               .170(5), .190(1)( C), .200(2)(A)1, (4)(B)3, (6)(B), ( C), (D),
                                (H), (Q), (T), (10)(G), (I), .210(6)( C), .220(1) (A), (H),
                               .230(3)(A), (8)(D), .240, .250(1)(B), .260(3)(A)1,
                               .270(1)(D), (E), (5), (6)(B)1, 2, A, B, D, G, I, (7)( C)2, 3.A,
                                C, (8)(A)4 through 8, 10, .290(1)(A), (D)1, (3)(D)9, (6)(D),
                                (8)(A), (D)1, (10)(D)9, (13)( C), (D), (15)(A), (20)( C), (D),
                               .300(2)(A), (3)( C), (I); 40-4.030(4)(A), (7)(B)6; 
                               40-5.010(1)(A), (J), (2)( C), (3)(F) 1; 40-6.010(2)(E), 
                               .020(2)(B)3, (3) (B)3, (5), .030(1)(A), ( C), (D), (H), (2)(D),
                               .040(5)(A), (11)(A), (E), (F), .050(7)(A), (B)1, (B)2, ( C)1,
                                ( C)3, (9)( C)5, (11)( C), (17)(A)1 through 9, (B), (18),
                               .060(4)(A), (E)5, .070(1)(B), (7)( C), ( C)2, (F), (G), (8)(I),
                                (L),  (10)(B)1.A, (E)2, (11)(A), (B), (13)(E), .100(1)(A),
                                ( C), (D), (H), (2)(D), .110(5)(A), (B), (11)(A), (E), (F), 
                               .120(5)( C)4, (7)( C), (12)(A), (B)1, ( C)1, ( C)3, (16), 
                                (17)(A)1 through 9, (B); 40-7.011(3)( C), (4)(E), 
                                (5)(D)2.C.(II), (III), (D)2.(I), 5. A, B, C, 8,
                               .021(2)(A), (B)1, 5, 6, .031(3)(B); 40-8.010(1)(A)4, 53,
                               51.B, C, D, I, J, 54, .030(6)(G), (7)(A), .040(5)(B)3, (8)(A),
                                (K), .070(2)( C).

Oct. 19, 1992       Dec. 6, 1993        10 CSR 40-3.010, .040, .080, .100, .110, .120, .130, .140, 
                               .200, .230, .250, .260, .270; 40-4.010; 40-5.010;
                               40-6.030, .040, .050, .070, .100, .120;
                               40-7.011, .021, .031, .041; 40-8.010, .030, .040.

Sept. 24, 1993      April 22, 1994           RSMo 444.870.3, .5 through .8. 

Feb. 10, 1995       July 13, 1995       10 CSR 40-3.030(4)(B)2, .040(10)(B)5, .060(1)(L)1, (0),
                               .080(8)(B), .100(5)2, (6), (7), .110(3)1, (3)3, (6)(B),
                               .140(1)(A); 40-6.010(2)(H), .020(2)(A), (3)(A),
                               .030(1)( C), (5)(B), .050(7)( C), (D), .060(4)(D)(4),
                               .070(8)(M), (9)(A)1, 2.A, .B, .120(7)( C), (12)(D);
                               40-8.010(1)(A)72, 84, .030(7)(A), .040(9), .050(2)(B).

March 7 and 28, 1995,    May 28, 1996        RSMo 444.805, 830.1, .3, 950.1, .3, 4, 960.1, .5,
 Dec. 14, 1995                      965.1, .3, .4, .5; 10 CSR 40-3.120, .270(6)(B);
                               7.011(1) through (5), .021(2), (5), .041(1), (4).

March 20, 1996      July 24, 1996       RSMo 444.800, .810, .950.

April 16, 1997      August 4, 1997      Section I of Phase III Revegetation Success Standards
                               for Pasture, Wildlife Habitat, Woodland, 
                               Industrial/Commercial, Residential, and Recreation.

June 4, 1999        Oct. 28, 1999       10 CSR 40-7.021(1)(B)2.
________________________________________________________________________________

[48 FR 1957, Jan. 17, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 19476, May 8, 1984; 52 FR 536, Jan. 7, 1987; 53 FR 5769, Feb.
26, 1988; 53 FR 22478, June 16, 1988; 53 FR 43870, Oct. 31, 1988; 54 FR 50750, Dec. 11, 1989; 55 FR 620, Jan.
8, 1990; 55 FR 22913, June 5, 1990; 55 FR 27816, July 6, 1990; 55 FR 45606, Oct. 30, 1990; 55 FR 46888, Nov. 7,
1990; 56 FR 196, Jan. 3, 1991; 56 FR 21299, May 8, 1991; 57 FR 44118, Sept. 24, 1992; 57 FR 44680, Sept. 29,
1992; 58 FR 64150, Dec. 6, 1993; 59 FR 19137, April 22, 1994; 60 FR 36050, July 13, 1995; 61 FR 26445, 26453,
May 28, 1996; 61 FR 26454, 26461, May 28, 1996; 61 FR 38374, 38376, July 24, 1996; 62 FR 9932, 9945, March
5, 1997; 62 FR 41842, 41844, Aug. 4, 1997; 64 FR 57978, 57981, Oct. 28, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 57978, 57981, Oct. 28, 1999, added an entry to the table, effective Oct. 28,
1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 925.16  Required program amendments.  

    Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17, Missouri is required to make the following program amendments:  

    (a) [Reserved]  

    (b) By August 6, 1990:  

    (1)-(4) [Reserved]  

    ( c)-(e) [Reserved]  

    (f)(1) By November 30, 1992 Missouri must revise 10 CSR 40-3.040(4) and 40-3.200(4), to require the
certification of any design criteria set by the regulatory authority as required at 30 CFR 816.43(b)(4) and
817.43(b)(4).  

    (2)-(5) [Reserved]  

    (g) By July 8, 1991, Missouri shall amend its program as follows:  

    (1)-(21) [Reserved]  

    (h)-(o) [Reserved]  

    (p) By November 30, 1992, Missouri shall amend its program as follows:  

    (1)-(3) [Reserved]  

    (4) At 10 CSR 40-3.090 and 3.240 by providing performance standards that address air quality in a manner no less
effective than the Federal regulations at 30 CFR 816.95(a) and 817.95(a).  

    (5) At 10 CSR 40-3.120(5) and 3.270(5), by removing or defining the term "range land."  

    (6)-(8) [Reserved]  

    (9) By February 4, 1994, Missouri shall amend its program at 10 CSR 40-3.140(1)(A) by requiring that all
exposed surfaces be stabilized in accordance with current prudent engineering practices.  

    (10) At 10 CSR 40-6.030(1)(I) and 6.100(1)(I), to require that a permit applicant submit information in a format
prescribed by OSM to make this regulation no less effective than the Federal regulations at 30 CFR 778.13 and
778.14.  

    (11) At 10 CSR 40-6.030(2)( C) and 6.100(2)( C), to require any violation of SMCRA to be listed by the operator
to make this regulation no less effective than the Federal regulation at 30 CFR 778.14( c).  

    (12) At 10 CSR 40-6.050(17)(B) and 6.120(15)(B), to provide proof that land surveyors are authorized in the
State to prepare and certify plans and drawings for road design or delete the provision.  

    (13) [Reserved]  

    (14) At 10 CSR 40-7.011(5)D.8. to require that upon issuance of a cessation order, mining operations shall not
resume until the regulatory authority has determined that an acceptable bond has been posted as required by the
Federal regulations at 30 CFR 800.16(e)(2).  

    (15) [Reserved]  

    (16) At 10 CSR 40-7.021(2)(B) 5 and 6 to relocate its requirement that addresses termination of jurisdiction to an
appropriate location in its regulation.  

    (17) [Reserved]  

    (18) At 10 CSR 40-8.030(1) (F) and (G), to remove limitations regarding the required number of inspections of
abandoned mine sites.  

    (19) [Reserved]  

    (20) At 10 CSR 40-8.070(2)( C)1.A.II, to provide appropriate dates for reporting of cumulative production that
are no earlier than the date this amendment is published and per the Federal regulation requirements at 30 CFR
702.5(a)(2).  

    (21) At 10 CSR 40-8.070(2)( C)9.F. (I), (II), and (III), to require in Missouri's enforcement procedures that an
operator be cited for violations of; subject to direct enforcement actions for violations of; and comply with the
reclamation standards of the applicable reclamation program to make this regulation no less effective than the
Federal regulations at 30 CFR 702(d) (1), (2), and (3).  

    (q) By February 4, 1994, Missouri shall amend its program as follows:  

    (1) [Reserved]  

    (2) By September 11, 1995, Missouri shall revise 10 CSR 40-3.110(6)(B) or otherwise modify its program, to
clearly require, for areas that have been previously mined, either topsoil or a topsoil substitute, in accordance with its
rules at 10 CSR 40-3.030. 

    (3)-(5) [Reserved]  

    (r)-(+)[Reserved]  

    (u) By September 11, 1995, Missouri shall revise 10 CSR 40-6.050(7)(D)(1) and 40-6.120(12)(D)(1), or
otherwise modify its program, to require that the description in the fish and wildlife plan must be consistent with,
respectively, its performance standards for protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values at 10 CSR
40-3.100 and 10 CSR 40-3.250.  

[49 FR 19476, May 8, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 47219, Nov. 15, 1985; 52 FR 536, Jan. 7, 1987; 52 FR 43758,
43759, Nov. 16, 1987; 53 FR 5769, Feb. 26, 1988; 53 FR 22478, June 16, 1988; 53 FR 43870, Oct. 31, 1988; 54 FR
50750, Dec. 11, 1989; 55 FR 22913, June 5, 1990; 55 FR 27816, July 6, 1990; 55 FR 45606, Oct. 30, 1990; 56 FR
196, Jan. 3, 1991; 56 FR 11665, Mar. 20, 1991; 56 FR 21299, May 8, 1991; 57 FR 44118, Sept. 24, 1992; 57 FR
44681, Sept. 29, 1992; 58 FR 64150, Dec. 6, 1993; 59 FR 19137, Apr. 22, 1994; 60 FR 36050, July 13, 1995; 61 FR
26445, 26454, May 28, 1996; 61 FR 26454, 26461, May 28, 1996; 64 FR 57978, 57981, Oct. 28, 1999]  

[EDITORIAL NOTE: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 925.16, see the List of Sections Affected in the
Finding Aids section of the current annual edition of the GPO's Code of Federal Regulations.]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 57978, 57981, Oct. 28, 1999, amended paragraph (p), effective Oct. 28, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 925.20  Approval of the Missouri abandoned mine land reclamation plan.  

    The Secretary approved the Missouri abandoned mine land reclamation plan, as submitted on September 11, 1981,
effective January 29, 1982. Copies of the approved plan are available at:  

    (a) Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Land Reclamation Program, 205 Jefferson Street, Jefferson City,
MO 65102.  

    (b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center, Alton
Federal Building, 501 Belle Street, Alton, IL 62002.  

[54 FR 10665, Mar. 15, 1989; 60 FR 43972, 43976, Aug. 24, 1995; 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999, revised this section, effective Apr. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 925.25  Approval of Missouri 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.  
________________________________________________________________________________

Original amendment  Date of final       Citation/description
  submission date          publication

June 22, 1987       June 16, 1988       10 CSR 40-9.060(2), (3), (4).

Aug. 22, 1988       March 15, 1989      Organization; project selection;
                               rights of entry; coordination of reclamation activities;
                               land acquisition, management and disposal; database.

Nov. 29, 1994       Aug. 24, 1995       RSMo 444.810.2 through .8; 444.915.3; 
                               10 CSR 40-9.020(1)(D), (E), (3)(A); 
                               AML Plan Sec. 884.13( C)(2), (D)(3), (4).

March 31, 1998      June 24, 1998       AMLR plan sections 884.13( c)(6) and (d)(3);
                               Emergency response reclamation program.
________________________________________________________________________________

[54 FR 10665, Mar. 15, 1989; 59 FR 17932, Apr. 15, 1994; 60 FR 43972, 43975, Aug. 24, 1995; 62 FR 9932, 9946,
Mar. 5, 1997; 63 FR 34277, 34280, June 24, 1998; 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 34277, 34280, June 24, 1998, added an entry to the table in paragraph (b),
effective June 24, 1998; 64 FR 20164, 20167, Apr. 26, 1999, removed paragraph (a) and redesignated paragraph (b)
as the introductory paragraph, effective Apr. 26, 1999.] 











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