{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-950.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 950.15","heading":"Approval of Wyoming regulatory program amendments.","body":"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\nMarch 26, 1981, April 8, 1981 February 18, 1982 LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2(14) defining “complete application;” Ch II, §§ 1.c., 2.a.(1)(f)(ii), 3.a(6)(b)(iii), (d)(ii); Ch IV, §§ 2.c.(2)(a), 2.d.(6), 3.p.(1)(a); sworn applicant statement regarding reclamation fees payment.\nMay 26, 1982 September 27, 1982 LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2(99).\nMarch 3, 8 and 21, 1983 November 9, 1983 W.S. 35-11-103(e) (xxii), (xxiii) defining “complete application,” “deficiency” in permit applications, “interim mine stabilization;” W.S. 35-11-401(n), 406(h); LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2; Ch XIII, § 2; Ch XVI, §§ 1 through 6.\nJune 25, 1984 February 28, 1985 LQD Rules, Ch IV, §§ 1, 2; Ch XII, §§ 1 through 7; Ch XVII, §§ 1 through 3.\nSeptember 21, 1984 December 3, 1985 LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2; Ch XIII.\nOctober 12, 1984 December 13, 1985 LQD Rules, Ch VI, § 6.\nJune 19, 1985 January 2, 1986 LQD Rules, Ch X, and accompanying Appendix A.\nJune 10, 1985 March 31, 1986 LQD Rules, Ch II, § 3; Ch III, § 2; Ch V, §§ 1, 6, 7; Ch VI, §§ 2 through 5; Ch VII, §§ 1 through 4; Ch XI, §§ 1 through 4, 6; Ch XVI, §§ 1 through 5; Ch XVIII, §§ 1 through 5.\nMay 1, 1986 November 24, 1986 LQD Rules, Chs I, II, III, IV, IX, XII, XIV, XXIII; Appendix A, “Vegetation Sampling Methods and Reclamation Success Standards for Surface Coal Mining Operations”.\nDecember 13, 1985 May 6, 1987 LQD Rules, Ch XII, “Self-Bonding Program”.\nMarch 31, 1989 July 25, 1990 LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2; Ch II, §§ 2, 3; Ch IV, §§ 2, 3; Ch V, §§ 2, 6, 7; Ch VI, §§ 3, 4; Ch VII, §§ 1, 4; Ch IX, §§ 1, 2, 3; Ch XI, §§ 1, 3; Ch XII, §§ 1 through 4, 6; Ch XIII, § 1; Ch XIV, §§ 1, 2; Ch XVI, §§ 1, 3, 4; Ch XVII, §§ 1, 2; Ch XVIII, §§ 1, 3.\nMay 1, 1986 January 29, 1991 LQD Rules, Ch IV, §§ 3(h)(iii)(A), (B); Ch VI, § 3(c)(ii)(C)(I).\nMarch 21, 1991 July 8, 1992 W.S. Article 1, subsection 35-11-103(e) (xxvi), (xxvii); Article 4, subsection 35-11-402(b).\nJune 24, 1991 October 29, 1992 W.S. 35-11-103(d)(ii)(D); LQD Rules, Ch I, §§ 2(br), (ba), 3(b)(i); Ch II, §§ 3(a)(vi)(E), (M), (b)(xvi)(D), (xx), (v)(C); Ch IV, §§ 3(d)(vii), (e)(i)(H); Ch XI, § 2(b)(iv); Ch XII, § 1(a); Ch XIII, § 1(a)(v)(A); Ch XXI, § 3(b)(vii), (x).\nMarch 19, 1993 August 23, 1993 W.S. 35-11-406(h), (j).\nJuly 8, 1992 October 7, 1993 LQD Rules, Ch II, § 3(b)(iv)(B); Ch IV, § 3(o)(iv); Appendix B, “Wildlife Monitoring Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations”.\nJuly 24, 1992 November 2, 1993 LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2(e); Ch II, § 3(a)(i)(D); Ch XIV, §§ 2(b)(i), 6(a).\nAugust 18, 1982, March 9, 1993 January 24, 1994 W.S. 35-11-437(f); LQD Rules, Ch I, § 2(cv) defining “toxic materials;” Ch II, § 7; Ch V pertaining to the award of costs and expenses in administrative proceedings; Ch VI pertaining to informal review by the Director.\nDecember 15, 1992, August 6, 1993 March 30, 1994 LQD Rules, Chs I through XX, Appendices A, B.\nMay 1, 1986 June 30, 1994 LQD Rules, Ch IV, § 2(b)(i).\nApril 13, 1994 October 21, 1994 W.S. 35-11-437(f), (g).\nNovember 8, 1994 March 17, 1995 Appendix B, §§ C, E.\nJune 2, 1995 September 14, 1995 W.S. 35-11-406(j).\nApril 21, 1995 February 21, 1996 W.S. 35-11-1206(a), (b), -1209(a), (b).\nNovember 29, 1995 August 6, 1996 W.S. 35-11-103(e)(xxviii), (xxix), (xxx); 35-11-402(b), (c); Ch I, § 2(ac), (ax), (bc)(iii), (viii), (xi), (v), (w); Ch. II, § 2(a)(vi)(G)(II), (b)(iv)(C); Ch IV, § 2(d)(x)(E)(I), (II), (III), appendix A; Ch X, § 4(e); Ch XI, § 5(a); Ch. XIII, § 1(a).\nApril 18, 1996 August 27, 1996 W.S. 35-11-426(a), (b); 35-11-431(a)(vi).\nJuly 13, 1998 October 1, 1999 Chapter 1, Section 2(ac); Chapter 1, Section 2(v); Chapter 2, Section 1(e); Chapter 2, Section 2(a)(vi)(G)(II); Chapter 2, Section 2(a)(vi)(H); Chapter 2, Section 2(a)(vi)(J); Chapter 2, Section 2(a)(vi)(J)(II); Chapter 2, Section 2(b)(iv)(C); Chapter 2, Section 2(b)(vi)(C); Chapter 4, Section 2(c)(ix); Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x)(E)(I); Chapter 4, Section e(d)(x)(E)(III); Chapter 8, Sections 3-4-5; Chapter 12, Section 1(a)(iv)(B); Chapter 12, Section 1(a)(v)(C); Chapter 12, Section 1(b)(ii); Chapter 16, Sections 3 (c) and (f); Appendix A, Appendix IV; Appendix A, Options I-IV; Appendix A, Section II.C.2.c; Appendix A, Section II.C.3; Appendix A, Section VIII.E.\nJuly 20, 2001 November 6, 2002 Ch. 2, Sec. 2(a)(vi)(L)(III); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(a)(vi)(L)(iv); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(a)(vi)(M)(III); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(a)(vi)(M)(III)(4); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(a)(vi)(O); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(b)(xi)(D)(I)(1); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(b)(xi)(D)(I)(2); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(b)(xi)(D)(I)(3); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(b)(xi)(D)(II)(1 and 2); Ch. 2, Sec. 2(b)(xii); Ch. 3, Sec. 2(c)(viii)(D)-(G); Ch. 4, Sec. 2(c)(xii)(D)(iv); Ch. 4, Sec. 2(i)(i); Ch. 4, Sec. 2(w); Appendix A, Appendix IV; 30 CFR 950.12(a)(4); 30 CFR 950.16(ii)(2); 30 CFR 950.16(jj).\nApril 30, 2002 May 8, 2003 Chapter 1, Section 2(by). Chapter 4, Section 2(b)(iv). Chapter 11, Sections 1(a), 2(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(a). Chapter 12, Section 1(b), Section 2(d)(iii). Chapter 13, Section 1(a), (b), (c), (d)(iv)(D). Chapter 15, Section 7.\nNovember 28, 2002 November 5, 2003 Chap. 1, Section 2, 2(a), 2(b) Chap. 1, Section 2(ah) Chap. 1, Section 2(bu) Chap. 1, Section 2(bz) Chap. 2, Section 2(a) and (b) Chap. 2, Section 2(a)(v), 2(a)(v)(I)(1), 2(b)(iii) and 2(b)(xxi) Chap. 2, Section 2(b)(i)(D)(V) Chap. 2, Section 2(b)(iv)(G) Chap. 2, Section 2(b)(xix) Chap. 4, Section 2(c)(i)(A) Chap. 4, Section 2(c)(xi)(F) Chap. 4, Section 2(c)(xi)(G) Chap. 4, Section 2(j) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(i)(A) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(ii) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(B) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(C)(I) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(C)(II) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(C)(III) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(C)(v) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iii)(D) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(iv) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(v) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(vi) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(vii) Chap. 4, Section 2(j)(viii) Chap. 4, Section 2(m) Chap. 4, Section 2(n)(ii)(B)(2) Chap. 4, Section 2(x) Chap. 5, Section 7(a)(ii) Chap. 12, Section 1(a)(v) Chap. 18, Section 3(c)(xvii), Section 3(d)(vi)(A), Section 3(d)(x) Appendix A, Appendix IV\nMay 21, 2004 April 4, 2005 Coal Rules: Chapter 1, sections 2(l) and (ce); chapter 4, sections 2(b)(iv)(A), (b)(ix), (b)(ix)(A), (B), and (C); Chapter 10, sections 1, 1(b)(iii), 2(b), (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), and (xii), 3(b), 4(e), 8, 8(a), 8(b), (b)(i), (ii), (ii)(A), (ii)(B), (ii)(C), (iii), and (iv).\nOctober 24, 2005 August 28, 2006 Chapter 4, Section 2(b)(iv) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(ix) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x), Appendix A, Subsection III.A; VII.E; VIII.A \u0026 VIII.F Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x)(E)(I)\u0026(II) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x)(E)(III) \u0026 (F) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(x)(J) Chapter 4, Section 2(d)(xiv) Chapter 15, Section 1(a) Chapter 15, Section 1(b)\nMarch 7, 2006 October 14, 2009 Chapter 11, Section 2(a)(vii)(A).\nOctober 15, 2009 June 14, 2011 Chap. 1, Section 2(f); Chap. 1, Section 2(j); Chap. 1, Section 2(k); Chap. 1, Section 2(l); Chap. 1, Section 2(m); Chap. 1, Section 2(n); Chap. 1, Section 2(p); Chap. 1, Section 2(r); Chap. 1, Section 2(s); Chap. 1, Section 2(z); Chap. 1, Section 2(aa); Chap. 1, Section 2(ab); Chap. 1, Section 2(ae); Chap. 1, Section 2(ak); Chap. 1, Section 2(am); Chap. 1, Section 2(ao); Chap. 1, Section 2(ap); Chap. 1, Section 2(as); Chap. 1, Section 2(az); Chap. 1, Section 2(bd); Chap. 1, Section 2(be); Chap. 1, Section 2(bf); Chap. 1, Section 2(bg); Chap. 1, Section 2(bm); Chap. 1, Section 2(bs); Chap. 1, Section 2(bu); Chap. 1, Section 2(bv); Chap. 1, Section 2(by)(ii); Chap. 1, Section 2(bz); Chap. 1, Section 2(ca); Chap. 1, Section 2(cb); Chap. 1, Section 2(cc); Chap. 1, Section 2(cg); Chap. 1, Section 2(cj); Chap. 1, Section 2(cl); Chap. 1, Section 2(cm); Chap. 1, Section 2(co); Chap. 1, Section 2(cs); Chap. 1, Section 2(cu); Chap. 1, Section 2(cx); Chap. 1, Section 2(da); Chap. 1, Section 2(df); Chap. 1, Section 2(dg); Chap. 1, Section 2(dh); Chap. 1, Section 2(di); Chap. 1, Section 2(dl); Chap. 1, Section 2(dm); Chap. 1, Section 2(dp); Chap. 1, Section 2(ds); Chap. 1, Section 2(dt); Chap. 1, Section 2(dv); Chap. 1, Section 2(dw); Chap. 1, Section 2(dx); Chap. 1, Section 2(dy); Chap. 1, Section 2(dz); Chap. 1, Section 2(ef); Chap. 1, Section 2(eg); Chap. 1, Section 2(el); Chap. 1, Section 2(eo); Chap. 1, Section 2(es); Chap. 1, Section 2(eu); Chap. 1, Section 2(ex); Chap. 1, Section 2(ey); Chap. 1, Section 2(ez); Chap. 1, Section 2(fe); Chap. 1, Section 2(ff); Chap. 1, Section 2(fm); Chap. 1, Section 2(fn); Chap. 2, Section 2(b)(iv)(C); Chap. 2, Section 2(c)(xii)(D)(II); Chap. 2, Section 3(a)-(m); Chap. 2, Section 6(b)(iii)(D); Chap. 2, Section 6(b)(iii)(E)(VIII); Chap. 2, Section 6(b)(iii)(G); Chap. 4, Section 2(c)(xii)(D)(II) Chap. 4, Section 2(d)(i)(G); Chap. 4, Section 2(d)(i)(I); Chap. 4, Section 2(d)(i)(M)(I) and (III)-(XI); Chap. 4, Section 2(d)(i)(N); Chap. 4, Section 2(g)(iv)(L) Chap. 4, Section 2(g)(iv)(M); Chap. 4, Section 2(g)(v)(A); Chap. 4, Section 2(g)(v)(B); Chap. 5, Section 2(b) (iii); also all minor, editorial, and codification changes and all reorganized or relocated rules.\nApril 28, 2011 February 14,2013 Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl)(i); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl)(ii)(A) and (B)(I)-(III); Subsections (A)-(D) of Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl)(iii); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl)(iv)(A) and (B); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(v)(A)(II); Chap. 2, Sec. 5(a)(xx) and (xxi); Chap. 4, Sec. 2(c)(xiii)(C) and (D); Chap. 7, Sec. 1(a)(i)(A) and (B); Chap. 7, Sec. 2(b)(ix); Chap. 10, Sec. 2(a); Chap. 10, Section 2(b)(xiii); Chap. 10, Sec. 3(c)(iv); Subsections (1.)-(9.) of Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A)(I); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(v)(B); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vi); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A)(II) (1.)-(3.) and (III); Subsections (1.)-(3.) of Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A)(IV); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(B)(II) and (III); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(I)(1.) and (2.); Subsections e.-h. of Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(I)(3.); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(II)(1.); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(D)(II); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(D)(IV) and (V)(1.) and (2.); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(G)(I)(1.), (2.), and (3.), (II), and (III)(1.); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(a)(i) and (ii)(A) and (B); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(b)(ii); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(c)(i)(B)-(C); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(c)(ii); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(d)(i), (ii)(A) and (B), and (iii); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(e)(i)-(iii); also all minor, editorial, and codification changes.\nJanuary 4, 2013 March 31, 2014 Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl) (ii) (B)(IV); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fl)(iii); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(v)(D); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A)(I); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A)(IV); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(B)(I); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(B)(IV); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(I)(3.)(a)-(d); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(II)(2.); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(C)(III); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(D)(I); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(D)(III)(1.) and (2.); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(E); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(G)(III)(2.); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(a)(iii); Chap. 16, Sec. 4(b)(i).\nJanuary 8, 2013 December 7, 2017 Chapter 1 (Title); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(i); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(u)(ii); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(aw); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(az); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(br); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(bz); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(ca); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(cg); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(co); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(cr); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(cv); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(dd); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(df); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(ds); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(ez); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fi); Chap. 1, Sec. 2(fs); Chap. 1, Sec. 3(b)(i) and (c); Chap. 2, Sec. 1(a); Chap. 2, Sec. 1(c); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(i)(C)-(E); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(i)(F); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(i)(G); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(ii)(A)(II) and (III); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(ii)(B); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(iv); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(v)(A) (I)(2.) and (III); Chap. 2, Sec. 4(a)(xvii); Chap. 2, Sec. 5(a)(viii)(A); Chapter 4 (Title); Chap. 4, Sec. 2(c)(v)(A); Chap. 4, Sec. 2(l)(ii)(F); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(viii); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a) (viii)(A) and (C); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(ix)(A)-(F); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(x)(A)-(C); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(x)(D) (II)-(IV); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xi); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xii); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiii) (A)-(C); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiv)(A, B, D, and (E); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiv)(G) (I)-(IX); Chap. 12, Sec. 1(b); Chap. 16, Sec. 2(h); Chap. 16, Sec. 2(j); also all minor punctuation, grammatical, and codification changes.\nSeptember 30, 2014 December 4, 2019 Chap. 1, Sec. 2(aa)(i)-(iii), definition of control or controller; Chap. 1, Sec. 2(co), notice of violations; Chap. 2 (Title); Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(i)(B), related to adjudication requirements; Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(ii)(A)(I), related to adjudication requirements; Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(ii)(A)(II), related to adjudication requirements; Chap. 2, Sec. 2(a)(ii)(B), related to adjudication requirements; Chap. 6 (Title); Chap. 6, Sec. 4(b)(i)(A), related to blasting standards; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(A), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(B)(IV), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(E), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(vii)(F), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(x), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(x)(D)(I), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiv)(C) related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiv)(D)(II), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(a)(xiv)(F), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 12, Sec. 1(b)(ii), related to permitting procedures; Chap. 16, Sec. 2(h), related to enforcement; Chap. 16, Sec. 4(c)(i), related to individual civil penalties; Chap. 16, Sec. 4(c)(i)(A), related to individual civil penalties; and also all minor grammatical changes.\nJune 14, 2021 January 19, 2024 LQD Rules, Ch XIV, §§ 1 through 7.\nJune 4, 2021 January 13, 2025 State initiative outlining rules regarding how decommissioned wind turbine blades and towers can be used as backfill in open surface coal mine pits, while updating Chapter 2 Permit Application Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations to provide consistency with the Wyoming Secretary of State's Rules on Rules and correct grammatical errors.","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 950—WYOMING"],"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":"8824161b9c4edcc2f93fd8b2896648bfab1d960b4f365f30f4a0e88a6fbfcd46","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-950.12","next":"us/30-cfr-950.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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