West Virginia Regulatory Program

Document 2025-21782 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on December 3, 2025, with an effective date of January 2, 2026. We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), approve in part amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). These amendments make changes to the West Virginia Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), the Code of West Virginia (W.Va. Code), and the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR). We approve 12 provisions, approving with understanding 5 provisions, and not approving 1 provision. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21782/west-virginia-regulatory-program.

No. Document 2025-21782 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.