{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-917.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 917.15","heading":"Approval of Kentucky regulatory program amendments.","body":"(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.\nOriginal amendment submission date Date of final publication Citation/description\nMay 28, 1982 January 4, 1983 405 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.\nMay 28, 1982 May 13, 1983 KRS 151.250(3); 350.010, .035, .062(9), .093 § 2, .425, .990; 405 KAR 16:020 § 4.\nJanuary 11, 1983 May 20, 1983 405 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.\nFebruary 1, 1983 October 12, 1983 Technical Reclamation Memorandum #9.\nOctober 31, 1983 November 25, 1983 405 KAR 7:020E, :030E.\nJanuary 10, 1984 April 13, 1984 “Kentucky's Plan for Transition to Primacy”.\nMay 1, 1984 August 22, 1984 KRS 350.010, .032, .093(2), .250(1), (3), (4); 355.060(5)(g).\nOctober 31, 1983 September 25, 1984 405 KAR 1:030, :040, :050; 7:020, :030, :090; 8:030, :040; 16:060, :090, :140; 18:090, :140.\nOctober 31, 1983 October 3, 1984 405 KAR 8:050 § 2; 16:190; 18:190.\nOctober 12, 1984 March 4, 1985 405 KAR 7:020 § 1(87), (118), :030 § 3(1)(e).\nAugust 3, 1984 May 30, 1985 KRS Chapter 350, .032, .060, .135, .990; 405 KAR 16:020.\nAugust 29, 1985 November 20, 1985 Paragraph 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”.\nDecember 4, 1984 December 10, 1985 405 KAR 7:070; 16:120; 18:120.\nJune 6, 1984, December 17, 1985 January 24, 1986 405 KAR 1:015; 3:015; 7:015.\nAugust 13, 1985 March 3, 1986 405 KAR 7:020, :080; 8:030, :040; 12:010, :020; 16:050, :110, :130, :170; 18:050, :110, :130, :170; 20:030.\nSeptember 16, 1985, December 10, 1985 March 17, 1986 405 KAR 7:015; 10:030.\nDecember 10, 1985 April 4, 1986 405 KAR 7:090, § 11(2)(a).\nDecember 3, 1985 April 9, 1986 405 KAR 7:020E; 8:050E; 20:070E.\nAugust 3, 1984 May 27, 1986 KRS 350.066 through .070; 405 KAR 10:035.\nApril 29, 1986 July 15, 1986 KRS 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.\nAugust 30, 1985, September 16, 1985, February 7, 1986 August 27, 1986 405 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”.\nSeptember 5, 1986 March 9, 1987 405 KAR 10:200.\nFebruary 27, 1987 December 31, 1987 405 KAR 16:060 § 11; 18:060 § 11, :190 § 2.\nJune 17, 1987 March 10, 1988 405 KAR 7:070.\nApril 29, 1988 October 6, 1988 405 KAR 7:090.\nMay 28, 1987 October 7, 1988 KRS 350.032 contained in House Bill 869.\nJuly 5, 1989 December 15, 1989 405 KAR 8:010, :020, :030, :040; 24:040.\nApril 29, 1986 April 9, 1990 KRS 350.032.\nApril 21, 1988 August 10, 1990 KRS 350.020, .060, .064, .093, .130, .131, .151.\nAugust 15, 1989 November 1, 1990 405 KAR 8:010 § 20(3), (5).\nJuly 15, 1988 December 31, 1990 405 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.\nMay 8, 1990 February 6, 1991 KRS 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.\nJanuary 9, 1991 April 16, 1991 405 KAR 10:040 § 2(4)(b)1.\nJanuary 24, 1991 September 23, 1991 405 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).\nJune 28, 1991 April 15, 1992 405 KAR 7:080.\nSeptember 18, 1989 August 18, 1992 405 KAR 10:200; KRS 350.710-710.\nJune 28, 1991 October 1, 1992 405 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.\nMarch 13, 1992 December 9, 1992 405 KAR 8:030(20), (36), :040(20), (36); 16:180(1), (2), (3); 18:180(1), (2), (3).\nJuly 30, 1992 December 17, 1992 KRS Chapter 350 §§ 350.550, .553, .560, .597.\nJune 28, 1991 January 12, 1993 405 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).\nJuly 30, 1992 March 26, 1993 KRS 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”.\nJune 28, 1991 June 8, 1993 405 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.\nJuly 28, 1992 August 6, 1993 KRS 350 contained in Senate Bill 318; 405 KAR 7:001, 7:090, :091, :092; 8:001; 12:020.\nJuly 21, 1992 October 1, 1993 405 KAR 1:007, 3:007, 7:030 § 4.\nMay 21, 1993 February 24, 1994 405 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).\nJune 28, 1991 May 26, 1994 405 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.\nApril 26, 1994 September 1, 1994 405 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).\nApril 18, 1994 September 16, 1994 KRS 350.010, 350(1) through (32).\nOctober 3, 1994 February 15, 1995 405 KAR 7:080 §§ 5(2), (a), (b), 6, 8(2)(a)(11), (b)(11), 11(1), (e).\nApril 29, 1994 June 27, 1995 KRS 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).\nAugust 2, 1994 December 7, 1995 405 KAR 16:010 §§ 1, 6, 7, 8; 18:010 §§ 4, 5, 6.\nAugust 15, 1996 August 29, 1997 KRS 350.131(3), 350.150(1), Chapter 350 Section 3, KRS 350.0301(1), 350.990(1).\nNovember 3, 1997 July 31, 1998 Staffing and budget levels.\nJune 28, 1991 August 4, 1998 405 KAR 16:200 § 1(7)(b) and 18:200 § 1(7)(b).\nApril 23, 1998 May 10, 2000 KRS 350.060(16) [partial approval]; 350.131(2); 350.139(1); 350.990 (1), (3), (4), (9), and (11).\nMay 9, 2000 June 20, 2001 House Bill 599, subsection (1).\nMay 4, 1999 December 26, 2001 KAR 10:010 Sections 2(2), 5(1), 5(2) and bond forms SME-42(6/99 ed.) and SME-42-F(6/99 ed.)\nDecember 22, 1998 February 5, 2002 405 KAR 7:097 approved (in-kind reclamation)\nMay 9, 2000 April 30, 2002 House Bill 502, part IX, Subsection 36(b), KRS 350.085(6).\nJanuary 25, 2001 May 7, 2002 405 KAR 18:210, Sections 1(4), 2(2), and 3(4).\nJanuary 28, 2000 June 19, 2002 405 KAR 20:060 § 3(3)(b) 2000 and (c).\nApril 25, 2002 November 6, 2002 2002 HB 809, Kentucky Revised Statutes at Chapter 350.\nMay 9, 2000 January 16, 2003 House Bill 792, KRS 350.445(3) (except for a portion of (3)(g)).\nJune 25, 2002 May 8, 2003 KAR 16:090 Sections 1(1), (2), 4, 5(2) and (6) and 18:090 Sections 1(1), (2), 4, 5(2) and (6).\nJuly 30, 1997 July 17, 2003 405 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).\nJuly 30, 1997 August 11, 2004 405 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.\nMay 14, 2004 December 20, 2004 KRS 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.\nJune 28, 1991 with record material submitted July 29, 2004 May 3, 2005 405 KAR 16:200 Section 1(7)(a) and (7)(d) and 405 KAR 18:200 Section 1 (7)(a) and (7)(d).\nMarch 28, 2006 September 18, 2006 Easements of necessity, deletion of outdated language in KRS Chapter 350.\nSeptember 14, 2009 March 9, 2011 405 KAR 16:140, Disposal of coal mine waste. 405 KAR 18:140, Disposal of coal mine waste.\nMay 10, 2011 November 16, 2017 KRS 350.060(11).\nSeptember 28, 2012; July 5, 2013; and December 3, 2013 January 29, 2018 The 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.\nJanuary 29, 2015 April 26, 2021 Section 4(2) of 405 KAR 8:030, Section 4(2) of 405 KAR 8:040, related to Right of Entry.\nNovember 25, 2019 May 10, 2022 405 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).\nNovember 25, 2019 September 21, 2023 KAR Chapter 10:001 Section 1, Definitions, subsection (4)—Adjacent area.\nApril 18, 2022 August 8, 2024 KRS 350.506\nSeptember 19, 2018 August 15, 2024 KRS 350.064, KRS 350.070, KRS 350.518, and KRS 350.990.\nMay 18, 2020 May 21, 2026 405 KAR 7:040, 7:050; 8:010, 8:030; 10:050; 16:100, 16:210; 18:100, 18:220; 20:040; 26:011 (repeal of 405 KAR 26:001).\n(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).","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER VII—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER T—PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH STATE","PART 917—KENTUCKY"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"6cf8359443c9c25248bbdd1317b39b758506d2895d68215cb0d514b735b558bb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-917.13","next":"us/30-cfr-917.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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