SUBCHAPTER T -- PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN
     EACH STATE   
PART 924 -- MISSISSIPPI

Sec.
924.1          Scope
924.10         State program approval
924.15         Approval of Mississippi regulatory program amendments
924.16         Required program amendments
924.17         State regulatory program provisions and amendments disapproved

AUTHORITY:  Pub. L. 95-87 (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. 924.1   Scope.  

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

[45 FR 58525, Sept. 4, 1980]  

30 CFR Sec. 924.10  State program approval.  

    (a) The Mississippi State program, as submitted on August 2, 1979, and resubmitted on May 27, 1980, is
approved, effective September 4, 1980. Copies of the approved program are available at:  

    (1) Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology, Southport Center, 2380 Highway 80
West, Jackson, Mississippi 39289-1307. Telephone (601) 961-5530.  

    (2) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Birmingham Field Office, 135 Gemini Circle,
Birmingham, Alabama 34209. Telephone (205) 290-7282.  

    (b) [Reserved]  

[45 FR 58525, Sept. 4, 1980; 59 FR 17930, Apr. 15, 1994; 63 FR 43305, 43320, Aug. 13, 1998]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 43305, 43320, Aug. 13, 1998, removed and reserved paragraph (b), effective
Aug. 13, 1998.] 

30 CFR Sec. 924.15  Approval of Mississippi 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

May 6, 1997         Jan. 9, 1998        MSCMRL 53-9-3; 5; 7; 9; 11; 13; 15; 17; 19; 21; 23; 25; 26;
                               27; 28; 29; 31; 32; 33; 35; 37; 39; 41; 43; 45; 47; 49; 51; 53;
                               55; 57; 59; 61; 63; 65; 67; 69; 71; 73; 75; 77; 79; 81; 83; 85;
                               87; 89; 91.

March 26, 1998      June 25, 1998       MSCMRL 53-9-26; 45(4)(b); 69(1)( c)(i) and (4); 77(5).

March 26, 1998      Aug. 13, 1998       Subpart I, Chapters 1 through 7;
                               Subpart II, Chapters 9 through 15;
                               Subpart III, Chapters 17 through 37;
                               Subpart IV, Chapters 39 through 47; 
                               Subpart V, Chapters 49 through 71;
                               Policy Statement No. PS-1.

July 1, 1999        Oct. 26, 1999       Sections 105; 407; 413; 1105 ( c)-(d); 2103; 2105; 2313; 
                               3113; 3119; 3121; 3301(b); 3509; 3713; 4301; 4303(g)(6);
                               4501( c); 4701(a); 5333(b)(3)(A); 5349; 5359; 5377; 5391;
                               5393; 53111; 5703; 5903; 6501( c)(4);
                               6511 (a), (l)(1), & (n)(9).
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[63 FR 1342, 1361, Jan. 9, 1998; 63 FR 34597, 34599, June 25, 1998; 63 FR 43305, 43320, Aug. 13, 1998; 64 FR
57567, 57571, Oct. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 1342, 1361, Jan. 9, 1998, added this section, effective Jan. 9, 1998; 63 FR 34597,
34599, June 25, 1998, added an entry to the table, effective June 25, 1998; 63 FR 43305, 43320, Aug. 13, 1998, added
an entry to the table, effective Aug. 13, 1998; 64 FR 57567, 57571, Oct. 26, 1999, added an entry to the table, effective
Oct. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 924.16  Required program amendments.  

    Pursuant to 30 CFR 732.17(f)(1), Mississippi is required to submit to OSM by the specified date the following written,
proposed program amendments, or a description of the amendments to be proposed, that meet the requirements of
SMCRA and 30 CFR chapter VII and a timetable for enactment that is consistent with Mississippi's established
administrative or legislative procedures.  

    (a) -- (h) [Reserved]  

    (i) By November 12, 1998, Mississippi must submit either a proposed amendment or a description of an amendment
to be proposed, together with a timetable for adoption of proposed revisions to section 53103 of the State of Mississippi
Surface Coal Mining Regulations, or otherwise amend its program, to include counterparts to the Federal regulations at
30 CFR 816.116(b) and revegetation guidelines with detailed success standards and sampling techniques for measuring
success.  

    (j) -- (k) [Reserved]  

    (l) By November 12, 1998, Mississippi must submit either a proposed amendment or a description of an amendment
to be proposed, together with a timetable for adoption of proposed revisions to section 6511( c) of the State of
Mississippi Surface Coal Mining Regulations to allow any party to a proceeding to apply for temporary relief, not just
the person to whom a notice of violation or cessation order is directed.  

    (m) -- (n) [Reserved]  

[50 FR 43570, Oct. 28, 1985; 63 FR 1342, 1362, Jan. 9, 1998; 63 FR 34597, 34599, June 25, 1998; 63 FR 43305,
43321, Aug. 13, 1998; 64 FR 57567, 57571, Oct. 26, 1999]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 1342, 1362, Jan. 9, 1998, revised this section, effective Jan. 9, 1998; 63 FR 34597,
34599, June 25, 1998, removed and reserved paragraphs (b), ( c) and (d), effective June 25, 1998; 63 FR 43305, 43321,
Aug. 13, 1998, removed and reserved paragraphs (a) and (e), and added paragraphs (f) through (n), effective Aug. 13,
1998; 64 FR 57567, 57571, Oct. 26, 1999, amended this section, effective Oct. 26, 1999.] 

30 CFR Sec. 924.17  State regulatory program provisions and amendments disapproved.  

    The proposed language in section 53-9-55(3), as submitted by Mississippi on May 6, 1997, that allows the commission
to promulgate regulations regarding a waiver from the requirement to post a penalty payment bond upon a showing by
the operator of an inability to post the bond is disapproved.  

[63 FR 1342, 1362, Jan. 9, 1998]  

[EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: 63 FR 1342, 1362, Jan. 9, 1998, added this section, effective Jan. 9, 1998.]