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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date of final
Original amendment submission date publication Citation/description----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------January 28, 1982..................... July 21, 1982.......... Virginia's revised policy statement granting
authority to field inspectors to issue
cessation orders for imminent danger or harm.July 9, 1982......................... August 19, 1982........ VA Code Sec. 33.1-246.1; V816.150, V817.150.July 8, 1982......................... September 21, 1982..... VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-270.1 through .7;
V808.15, V809, reference changes to remainder
of Subchapter VJ.August 13, 1982...................... December 13, 1982...... VA Code Sec. 45.1-235(C); conditions (a)
through (j), (l) through (p), (s).September 30, 1982................... January 18, 1983....... Sec. V809.December 20, 1982.................... February 28, 1983...... Sec. V809.11.March 22, 1983....................... April 21, 1983, June 6 VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-234, 240 , 249, 251.
and 20, 1983.July 9, 1982......................... April 22, 1983......... Chapter 23 of Title 45.May 20, 1983......................... December 27, 1983...... VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-270.2 through .4; Part
V809.July 27, 1983........................ March 16, 1984......... Coal haul road policy.February 10, 1984.................... May 8, 1984............ Sec. V786.19(o).April 11, 1984....................... August 2, 1984......... Subchapter VM Part V850--Blaster certification
program; Sec. Sec. V816/817.61(c); Chapter
230 of the 1984 Acts of Assembly; and all other
items.June 13, 1984........................ August 31, 1984........ Chapter 590 of the 1984 Acts of Assembly to
revise various Sections of Title 45.February 20, 1985.................... May 8, 1985............ VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-244, 369.1.May 1985............................. August 15, 1985........ VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-364, 364.1.September 4, 1985.................... November 18, 1985...... V700.5--definitions of ``coal preparation or
coal processing,'' ``coal preparation plant''.November 8, 1985..................... November 25, 1986...... VR 480-03-19: 700 through 850; techniques for
measuring revegetation success; applications
for a permit revision.March 20, 1987....................... July 17, 1987.......... VR 480-03-19: 784.20(f)(2); 817.121(c)(2).
January 16, 1987..................... August 17, 1987........ VR 480-03-19.801.13(a)(2), .17(a).June 15, 1987, July 2, 1987.......... December 31, 1987...... VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-270.3:1, .4, .5:1,
.6B; VR 480-03-19.801.12(a).September 1, 1987.................... March 7, 1988.......... VR 480-13-19.789.1(e); measurement techniques
for determining ground cover on small areas;
sampling techniques for measuring productivity
of grazing land, pasture land, and crop land;
VR 480-03-19: .843.15, .845.17(b), .18(b)(1).September 10, 1987................... June 16, 1988.......... VR 480-03-19: 700.5 defining ``abatement plan,''
``actual improvement,'' ``baseline pollution
load,'' ``best professional judgment,'' ``best
technology,'' ``pollution abatement area;''
785.19; 825.June 30, 1989........................ December 1, 1989....... VR 480-03-19: 700.11; 764.15, 773.15; 779.19,
.20; 780.14, .16; 783.19, .20; 784.20, .21;
785.14; 801.17; 816.97; 817.97; 840.11; 846,
.2, .12; 846.14, .17, .18.July 5, 1989......................... February 2, 1990....... VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-270.2, .3.April 6, 1988........................ February 5, 1990....... VR 480-03-19: 700.5; 772.12(b)(8)(iv); 773.12,
.15(c)(11), (12); 779.12(b), .24(j); .780.31;
783.12(b), .24(j); 784.17; 785.13(b)(2),
.14(c)(1), .16(a)(1); 800.52; 816/
817.116(b)(3)(v)(C); 842.15(d); 843.12(j),
.13(f); revegetation success standard.August 31, 1990...................... December 7, 1990....... VA Code Sec. 45.1-270.4:1.September 12, 1990................... December 26, 1990...... VR 480-03-19: 784.20; 817.121.June 29, 1990........................ January 4, 1991........ VR 480-03-19: 700.5; 773.15, .17, .20, .21;
778.13, .14; 843.11, .13.April 5, 1991, May 1, 1991........... August 5, 1991......... VR 480-03-19: 801.11(a), .12(a), (b), (g),
.14(a) through (d), .15(a); VA Code Sec. Sec.
45.1-261.1, 270.3, .3:1, .4, .4:1.October 1, 1990...................... July 7, 1992........... VR 480-03-19: 700.5 definitions--``Road,''
``Support Facilities,'' .11(a), (4), (d);
701.11(a) through (c); 702.5 defining Exemption
for Coal Extraction Incidental to the
Extraction of Other Minerals, .11 through .18;
772.11(a), (b)(3), .12(a), (b)(3), (d), .14(a),
(b); 773.11(a); 780.25(c), .37(a) through (e),
.38; 784.16(c), .24(a) through (e), .30;
785.17(e)(5), .21(a); 800.60(b); 815.2, .15(b);
816.46(c)(2), .49(a)(1), (3)(i), (5), (8), (9),
(b)(7), (c)(2), .84(b)(2), (f), .116(b)(3)(i),
(7), (c)(2), .84(b)(2), (f), .116(b)(3)(i),
(ii), (iv)(C), (c)(2), .150(a) through .150(e),
(f)(1), .151(a)(1), (2), (c), (d)(1), (2), (4),
(1), .151(a)(1), (2), (c), (d)(1), (2), (4),
(5), (6); 817.46(c)(2), .49(a)(1), (3)(i), (5),
(8), (9), (b)(7), (c)(2), .84(b)(2), (f),
.116(b)(3)(i), (ii), (iv)(C), (v)(C), (c)(2),
.150(a) through (e), (f)(1), .151(a), (c),
(d)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6); 823.11(b),
(1), (2), (4), (5), (6); 823.11(b),
.12(c)(2), .14(d); 827.1; 843.11(a)(2).May 6, 1993.......................... September 24, 1993..... VA Code Sec. Sec. 45.1-243, -258.October 22, 1993..................... September 27, 1994..... VR 480-03-19.816/817: .49(a)(3)(ii),
.116(b)(3)(v)(A), (c)(3), .151(b), .152.October 31, 1994..................... August 8, 1995......... VR 480-03-19.816/817.102(e)(1), (2).October 13, 1995..................... May 29, 1996........... VR 480-03-19.816.102(e), .817.102(e).April 17, 1996....................... August 19, 1996........ VA Code Sec. 45.1-243B; VR 480-03-
19.784.14(g); 817.41(i)(3), (i)(3)(i), (ii).May 28, 1996......................... September 4, 1996...... VA 480-03-19.700.5 concerning definitions of
``Lands eligible for remining,''
``Unanticipated event or condition;''
773.15(b)(4), (c)(14); 785.25; 816/
817.116(c)(2)(i), (ii).May 21, 1996......................... September 17, 1997, and VA Code Sec. Sec. 480-03-19.700.5; 784.14,
November 12, 1997. 20; 817.41, 121.December 1, 1997..................... June 24, 1998.......... VA Code Sections 701.5; 779.22 [deletion],
.25(k) [deletion]; 780.23, .25(a),
(a)(2)(a)(3), (b), (c)(3), (f), 35(b);
(2)(a)(3), (b), (c)(3), (f), 35(b);
783.25(k) [deletion]; 784.15, .16(a), (a)(2),
(a)(3), (b), (c)(3), (f), .23(c); 800.40(a)(3);
(3), (b), (c)(3), (f), .23(c); 800.40(a)(3);
816.46(a)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5), (c)(2),
.49(a)(1), (a)(4)(i) & (ii), (5), (6), (9),
(11), (c)(2), .74(a) through (g), .81(a),
(c)(3) [deletion], .89(d) [deletion], .104,
(3) [deletion], .89(d) [deletion], .104,
.105; 817.46(a)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5), (c)(2)
.49(a)(1), (a)(4)(i) & (ii), (5), (6), (9),
(11), (c)(2), .74(a) through (g), .81(a),
(c)(3) [deletion], .89(d) [deletion];
(3) [deletion], .89(d) [deletion];
840.11(f)(2) & (g)(4), (h); 843.14(a)(2);
845.17(b) through (b)(2)(ii), .18(a), (b)
(1) & (2), .19(a) and
846.17(b)(3) [deletion] and (c).July 31, 1997........................ May 3, 1999............ Code of Virginia at Sec. 45.1-241(C)
concerning letter of credit.November 17, 1998.................... December 13, 1999...... Policy clarification for implementing 4 VAC 25-
130-774.13(d).August 2, 1999....................... December 27, 1999...... Statute: 45.1-235 C of the Code of Virginia.
Regulations: 4 VAC 25-130-700.5; 795.1;
795.6(a)(2); 795.7(e)(2) [deleted], and (e)(5)
[deleted]; 795.8(a) and (b); 795.9(a), (b)(1)
through (b)(6); 795.10(a)(5), (b), (c)
[deleted] and (d) [deleted]; 795.11(b);
795.12(a), (a)(2), (a)(3), (b) [deleted], and
(c) [deleted].November 24, 1998.................... February 7, 2000....... Policy clarification for implementing 4 VAC 25-
130-816/817.76.June 27, 2000........................ November 2, 2000....... 4 VAC 25-130-784.20(a)(3) amended and suspended
in part; 817.121(c)(4)(i) through (iv)
suspended and deleted.September 22, 2000................... August 20, 2001........ 4 VAC 25-130-700.5 (partial approval);
800.21(a), (c)(1) (partial approval), (2) and
(3), and (d).May 16, 2003......................... September 10, 2003..... 4 VAC 25-130-777.17.July 20, 2004........................ April 14, 2005......... 4 VAC 25-130-801.17 and 801.18.May 9, 2005, and as amended on January 10, 2006....... 4 VAC 25-130-700.12(e); 773.21(c); 775.11(b)(1)
November 14, 2005, and December 1, and (d); 775.13(c); 784.20(a)(3); 800.51(c)(1);
2005. 800.51(e); 816.11(a)(4) and (a)(5);
816.64(a)(4); 816.105(a) and (b); 817.11(a)(4);
817.64(d); 817.121(c)(4); 842.15(d); 843.12(j);
843.13(b); 843.13(e); 843.15(c); 843.16(e);
845.13(c)(1), (d), (e)(1), and (f); 845.15(a);
845.18(b)(1); 845.19(c); 845.19(d); and
846.14(b).February 13, 2007.................... July 5, 2007........... 4 VAC 25-130-785.25(c)(deleted); 4 VAC 25-130-
816.116 and 817.116(c)(2)(ii).
February 13, 2007.................... April 23, 2008......... 4 VAC 25-130-816.22(d)(1) and 817.22(d)(1), 4
VAC 25-130-816.43(a) and 817.43(a), 4 VAC 25-
130-816.116(b) and 817.116(b).March 12, 2007....................... October 18, 2007....... 4 VAC 25-130-842.15(d), Review of decision not
to inspect or enforce.July 17, 2008........................ May 29, 2012........... 4VAC 25-130-700.5, 4VAC25-130-761.11, 4VAC25-130-
761.13, 4VAC25-130-761.16, 4VAC25-130-772.12,
4VAC 25-130-773.13, 4VAC 25-130-773.15, 4VAC 25-
130-773.20(c)(3), 4VAC 25-130-773.21, 4VAC 25-
130-774.12, 4VAC 25-130-774.17(a), 4VAC 25-130-
778.13, 4VAC 25-130-778.14(c), 4VAC 25-130-
800.52(a) and (a)(5), 4VAC 25-130-801.12(c) and
(d), 4VAC 25-130-801.13, 4VAC 25-130-
840.14(c)(2), 4VAC 25-130-846.2.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [62 FR 9956, Mar. 5, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 60660, Nov. 12, 1997; 63 FR 34286, June 24, 1998; 64 FR 23544, May 3, 1999; 64 FR 69402, Dec. 13, 1999; 64 FR 72280, Dec. 27, 1999; 65 FR 5784, Feb. 7, 2000; 65 FR 65782, Nov. 2, 2000; 66 FR 43483, Aug. 20, 2001; 68 FR 53294, Sept. 10, 2003; 70 FR 19702, Apr. 14, 2005; 71 FR 1494, Jan. 10, 2006; 72 FR 36598, July 5, 2007; 72 FR 59012, Oct. 18, 2007; 73 FR 21823, Apr. 23, 2008; 77 FR 31492, May 29, 2012]