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§ 917.15 - Approval of Kentucky regulatory program amendments.

(a) 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 submission date Date of final publication Citation/description May 28, 1982January 4, 1983405 KAR 1:005 § 6; 3:005 § 6; 7:020 § 1(11), (70), (117); 7:030 § 1; 7:040 § 5(1), 10(2), (7); 7:090 § 4(1), (6); § 6; 7:095, 8:010 § 6(1), (2), 13(1), 20(5), 21(2)(a)(4), (b)(1), 22(1), (2)(a), (a)(2), (2)(c)(1), (4), (5), (6); 8:020 § 2(2)(h); 8:030 § 23(4); 12:010 § 3(5)(a), (b); 16:140 § 2(1)(d); 18:140 § 2(1)(d); 24:020 § 3(5), (7), 4(6); 24:030 § 4(4), 8(7), 9. May 28, 1982May 13, 1983KRS 151.250(3); 350.010, .035, .062(9), .093 § 2, .425, .990; 405 KAR 16:020 § 4. January 11, 1983May 20, 1983405 KAR 7:020 § 1(13), (27), (34), (57); 12:010 § 6; 16:060 §§ 1(3), 9(2), 11(1), :090 §§ 2, 5(5), :110 § 2(2), :130 § 2(2), :220 § 4; 18:060 §§ 7(3), 9(1), (3), :090 §§ 2, 5(5), :110 2(2), :130 § 2(2), :230 § 4; 24:030 § 3. February 1, 1983October 12, 1983Technical Reclamation Memorandum #9. October 31, 1983November 25, 1983405 KAR 7:020E, :030E. January 10, 1984April 13, 1984“Kentucky's Plan for Transition to Primacy”. May 1, 1984August 22, 1984KRS 350.010, .032, .093(2), .250(1), (3), (4); 355.060(5)(g). October 31, 1983September 25, 1984405 KAR 1:030, :040, :050; 7:020, :030, :090; 8:030, :040; 16:060, :090, :140; 18:090, :140. October 31, 1983October 3, 1984405 KAR 8:050 § 2; 16:190; 18:190. October 12, 1984March 4, 1985405 KAR 7:020 § 1(87), (118), :030 § 3(1)(e). August 3, 1984May 30, 1985KRS Chapter 350, .032, .060, .135, .990; 405 KAR 16:020. August 29, 1985November 20, 1985Paragraph D of “Field Enforcement Procedures” in § II of the State program plan; 405 KAR 7:090 §§ 11(2)(a), 12(3); 24:030 defining “substantial legal and financial commitments”. December 4, 1984December 10, 1985405 KAR 7:070; 16:120; 18:120. June 6, 1984, December 17, 1985January 24, 1986405 KAR 1:015; 3:015; 7:015. August 13, 1985March 3, 1986405 KAR 7:020, :080; 8:030, :040; 12:010, :020; 16:050, :110, :130, :170; 18:050, :110, :130, :170; 20:030. September 16, 1985, December 10, 1985March 17, 1986405 KAR 7:015; 10:030. December 10, 1985April 4, 1986405 KAR 7:090, § 11(2)(a). December 3, 1985April 9, 1986405 KAR 7:020E; 8:050E; 20:070E. August 3, 1984May 27, 1986KRS 350.066 through .070; 405 KAR 10:035. April 29, 1986July 15, 1986KRS Chapter 350 contained in Senate Bills 130, 374; KRS 350.470 through .550 contained in House Bill 285; KRS 350.060(22) contained in House Bill 757; KRS 350.990 contained in House Bill 839. August 30, 1985, September 16, 1985, February 7, 1986August 27, 1986405 KAR 7:020, :060; 8:030, :040, :050; 16:010, :060, :080, :190; 18:060, :080, :190; 20:040, :070; documents incorporated by reference: “Soil Conservation Service, Kentucky Standards and Specifications for Land Restoration, Currently Mined Prime Farmland;” “Kentucky Prime Farmland Revegetation and Crop Production After Mining;” “Estimated Crop Yields on Prime Farmland Soils in Western Kentucky Coalfields;” “Estimated Crop Yields on Prime Farmland Soils in Eastern Kentucky Coalfields”. September 5, 1986March 9, 1987405 KAR 10:200. February 27, 1987December 31, 1987405 KAR 16:060 § 11; 18:060 § 11, :190 § 2. June 17, 1987March 10, 1988405 KAR 7:070. April 29, 1988October 6, 1988405 KAR 7:090. May 28, 1987October 7, 1988KRS 350.032 contained in House Bill 869. July 5, 1989December 15, 1989405 KAR 8:010, :020, :030, :040; 24:040. April 29, 1986April 9, 1990KRS 350.032. April 21, 1988August 10, 1990KRS 350.020, .060, .064, .093, .130, .131, .151. August 15, 1989November 1, 1990405 KAR 8:010 § 20(3), (5). July 15, 1988December 31, 1990405 KAR 7:015, :020, :030, :090; 8:010, :020, :050; 10:010, :020, :030, :040, :050; 16:010, :070, :080, :100, :110, :120, :150, :190; 18:010, :070, :080, :100, :110, :120, :150, :190; 20:010, :060; 24:020, :030, :040. May 8, 1990February 6, 1991KRS chapter 350 contained in Senate Bill 255; 350.010, .053, .054, .057, .060, .070, .085, .090, .093, .110, .113, .130, .139, .151, .990; 224.083. January 9, 1991April 16, 1991405 KAR 10:040 § 2(4)(b)1. January 24, 1991September 23, 1991405 KAR 7:020 § 1; 8:010 §§ 13(4), (5), 18(5), 25(1) through (4), :030 §§ 1(4), 2, 3, :040 §§ 1(3), 2, 3; 12:020 § 3(6). June 28, 1991April 15, 1992405 KAR 7:080. September 18, 1989August 18, 1992405 KAR 10:200; KRS 350.710-710. June 28, 1991October 1, 1992405 7:001, § 1, :015 § 4(6), (7), :020, :021, § 1, :030 § 3(1) through (4), :035, §§ 1 through 9; 8:001 § 1, :020 §§ 1, 1(1), (2)(c), 2, (1), (2)(g), 4, 4(c)(5); 10:001 § 1, :200 §§ 1, 2, 4(4), 5(3), 6(1), (2), 7(1), (d), (e), (f), (j), (2), (d), (e), (i); 12:001 § 1; 16:001 § 1, :190 § 7(2), :210 §§ 1(1), 2, 3, 4; 18:001 § 1, :190 § 5(2), :220 §§ 1(1), 2, 3, 4; 20:001 § 1, :010 §§ 2, 3, 4; 24:001 § 1. March 13, 1992December 9, 1992405 KAR 8:030(20), (36), :040(20), (36); 16:180(1), (2), (3); 18:180(1), (2), (3). July 30, 1992December 17, 1992KRS Chapter 350 §§ 350.550, .553, .560, .597. June 28, 1991January 12, 1993405 KAR 8:010 §§ 5(1)(c), (d), 12(1)(a), 14(8), 20(2)(a)10, (3)(a), (d)23, (f), 20(5) through (7). July 30, 1992March 26, 1993KRS Chapter 350 contained in House Bill 844 and Senate Bill 381; 350.010, .0281, .130(1), .260, .450(4)(c), .705(1) (b), (c); numerous other sections on “applicant,” “permit applicant,” “permittee,” “person,” “operator”. June 28, 1991June 8, 1993405 KAR 16:200, 18:200, TRM No. 19 (Field Sampling Techniques for Determining Ground Cover, Productivity, and Stocking Success of Reclaimed Surface Mined Lands), the use of average county yield data found in Kentucky Agricultural Statistics, a report published annually by the Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service. July 28, 1992August 6, 1993KRS 350 contained in Senate Bill 318; 405 KAR 7:001, 7:090, :091, :092; 8:001; 12:020. July 21, 1992October 1, 1993405 KAR 1:007, 3:007, 7:030 § 4. May 21, 1993February 24, 1994405 KAR 10:050 Statutory and regulatory citations, sections Necessity and Function, 1(1), 2(4), (5); 12:001 section Necessity and Function, (29), (30); 12:010 Statutory and regulatory citations, sections Necessity and Function, 3(2), (5)(a), (b), 4(1), (3). June 28, 1991May 26, 1994405 KAR 8:030 §§ 1(4)(a), (b), 2(3), (4), (5)(a), (11), (12), 3(5), 4(2), 5(4), 10, 37-MRP, 38-MRP; 8:040 §§ 1(3)(a), (b), 2(3), (4), (11), (12), 3(5), 4(2), 5(4), 10, 37-MRP, 38-MRP. April 26, 1994September 1, 1994405 KAR 7:080 sections Necessity and Function, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6(4), (5), (8)(b), 7(1)(b), (3), 8, 10(2) (a), (b), 11(1), (d), (e). April 18, 1994September 16, 1994KRS 350.010, 350(1) through (32). October 3, 1994February 15, 1995405 KAR 7:080 §§ 5(2), (a), (b), 6, 8(2)(a)(11), (b)(11), 11(1), (e). April 29, 1994June 27, 1995KRS 42.470(1)(c); 132; 136; 138; 139; 177.977; 211.390(1), .392(1), (2), (5), (6), (8); 350.010 (1), (2), (9), (16), (22), (23), .0285, .0301(1), (4), .0305, .032(2), (4), .070(1), .085(1), (7), .095(1), (2), .421, (1), (2), .560(1); 351.070(13), (14); 352.420(3). August 2, 1994December 7, 1995405 KAR 16:010 §§ 1, 6, 7, 8; 18:010 §§ 4, 5, 6. August 15, 1996August 29, 1997KRS 350.131(3), 350.150(1), Chapter 350 Section 3, KRS 350.0301(1), 350.990(1). November 3, 1997July 31, 1998Staffing and budget levels. June 28, 1991August 4, 1998405 KAR 16:200 § 1(7)(b) and 18:200 § 1(7)(b). April 23, 1998May 10, 2000KRS 350.060(16) [partial approval]; 350.131(2); 350.139(1); 350.990 (1), (3), (4), (9), and (11). May 9, 2000June 20, 2001House Bill 599, subsection (1). May 4, 1999December 26, 2001KAR 10:010 Sections 2(2), 5(1), 5(2) and bond forms SME-42(6/99 ed.) and SME-42-F(6/99 ed.) December 22, 1998February 5, 2002405 KAR 7:097 approved (in-kind reclamation) May 9, 2000April 30, 2002House Bill 502, part IX, Subsection 36(b), KRS 350.085(6). January 25, 2001May 7, 2002405 KAR 18:210, Sections 1(4), 2(2), and 3(4). January 28, 2000June 19, 2002405 KAR 20:060 § 3(3)(b) 2000 and (c). April 25, 2002November 6, 20022002 HB 809, Kentucky Revised Statutes at Chapter 350. May 9, 2000January 16, 2003House Bill 792, KRS 350.445(3) (except for a portion of (3)(g)). June 25, 2002May 8, 2003KAR 16:090 Sections 1(1), (2), 4, 5(2) and (6) and 18:090 Sections 1(1), (2), 4, 5(2) and (6). July 30, 1997July 17, 2003405 KAR 8:001 section 1(50); 16:001 section 1(50), (51), (69); 16:090 sections 1 through 5; 16:100 section 1(1),(3),(5),(6),(10), section 2(1); 16:160 section 1(1),(2),(3), section 2(2), section 3(1),(3), section 4; 18:001 section 1(52), (53), (72); 18:090 sections 1 through 5; 18:100 section 1(1),(3),(5),(6),(10), section 2(1); and 18:160 section 1(1),(2),(3), section 2(2), section 3(1),(3) and section (4). July 30, 1997August 11, 2004405 KAR 8:001 Section 1(3), (20), (24), (46), (60), (65), (69), (86) and (108), Section 2(1) and (2); 405 KAR 8:030 Section 3(3)(d)1, Section 11(2)(a), Section 12(4)(a) and (b), Section 13(1)(b) and (3), Section 14(5), Section 15(5), Section 16, Section 20(3), Section 23(1)(g), Section 24(4)(e), Section 26(3), Section 27(2)(e), Section 32(3)(e), Section 34, Section 37(1)(b), Section 38(1) and (2); 405 KAR 8:040 Section 3(3)(d)1, Section 11(2)(a) and (4)(a), (b), Section 13(1)(b)2 and (3), Section 14(5), Section 15(5), Section 16, Section 20(3), Section 26, Section 32(1)(b)5 and (3)(e), Section 34, Section 37(1)(b), Section 39(1) and (2); 405 KAR 16:001 Section 1(3), (32), (46), (53), (63)- deleted, (81), (98), (99), (108), Section 2(1) and (2), 405 KAR 16:060 Section 1(4)(b), Section 2(2), Section 4(1), Section 8(1)(a), (b), (2)(a)-(e); 405 KAR 18:001 (3), (6), (24), (35), (49), (55), (61), (62)- deleted, (67), (68), (84), (100), (109), Section 2(1) and (2); 405 KAR 18:060 Section 1(4)(b), Section 2(2), Section 4(1), Section 12(1)(a), (b), (2)(a)-(e); 405 KAR 18:210 Section 1(1), (2) and (3), Section (1) and (3), Section 3, Section 4 and Section 5. May 14, 2004December 20, 2004KRS 350.280, subsections (1) (b), (1) (c), 1(e), 1(f), (2), (3), (4); subsections 4(a)-(d), (5), (6), (7) and (8) are deleted. June 28, 1991 with record material submitted July 29, 2004May 3, 2005405 KAR 16:200 Section 1(7)(a) and (7)(d) and 405 KAR 18:200 Section 1 (7)(a) and (7)(d). March 28, 2006September 18, 2006Easements of necessity, deletion of outdated language in KRS Chapter 350. September 14, 2009March 9, 2011405 KAR 16:140, Disposal of coal mine waste.
405 KAR 18:140, Disposal of coal mine waste. 		May 10, 2011November 16, 2017KRS 350.060(11). September 28, 2012; July 5, 2013; and December 3, 2013January 29, 2018The following emergency KAR sections are approved: 10:001E; 10:070E; 10:080E; and 10:201E.
The following KRS sections are repealed: 350 KRS:700-755, except 350.715; the following are amended: 350:595 and 350:990; the following are added: 350.500-521.
The following KAR sections are repealed: 405 KAR 10:010, 10:020 and 10:200; the following are amended: 8:010, 10:001, 10:030, 16:020; the following are added: 10:015, 10:070, 10:080, and 10:090. 		January 29, 2015April 26, 2021Section 4(2) of 405 KAR 8:030, Section 4(2) of 405 KAR 8:040, related to Right of Entry. November 25, 2019May 10, 2022405 KAR 10:015 8(7)(a) and (b) (bonding rate of additional areas); 405 KAR 10:015, sections 1(2), 2(5), 2(5)(c)(3)(d), 2(5)(c)(3)(e), 2(6), 2(6)(b), 2(6)(c), 2(7), 2(7)(c), 4, 4(1)(b), 4(2)(a), 4(2)(f), 5(1), 5(2), 6(1), 6(1)(a), 6(1)(c), 6(3), 7(3), 8, 8(5), 9(4), 10(2), 11(1), 11(2), 11(3), 11(5), and 12(1)(g) (non-substantive revisions). November 25, 2019September 21, 2023KAR Chapter 10:001 Section 1, Definitions, subsection (4)—Adjacent area.

(b) The Director is deferring his decision on the enforcement provisions of section 720 of the Act from its effective date (October 24, 1992), to the effective date of KRS 350.421(1) and (2) (July 15, 1994).

[62 FR 9942, Mar. 5, 1997] Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 917.15, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

AUTHORITY: 30 U.S.C. 1201

CITE AS: 30 CFR 917.15