IOWA

• Citation: 30 CFR Part 915
• Sections: 5

§ 915.1 Scope.

This part contains all rules applicable only within Iowa which have been adopted under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

§ 915.10 State regulatory program approval.

The Secretary approved the Iowa regulatory program, as submitted February 28, 1980, and amended and clarified on June 11, 1980, and December 15, 1980, effective April 10, 1981. Copies of the approved program are available at:

(a) Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation, Henry A. Wallace Building, E. 9th and Grand Streets, Des Moines, IA 50319.

(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center, Alton Federal Building, 501 Belle Street, Alton, IL 62002.

§ 915.15 Approval of Iowa regulatory program amendments.

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

October 1, 1981

May 26, 1982

IAC 780-4.6(8), 4.35(13).

June 3, 1982

September 8, 1982

IC 83-14.2, .7(a).

September 28, 1982

January 4, 1983

IAC 4.311(2); 4.322(13); 4.522(11); 4.523(15), (38), (60); 4.55(1), (5).

May 9, 1984

December 7, 1984

IAC 4.523(63), 4.322(14).

January 31, 1985

May 24, 1985

IAC 780-4.6(83), .42(1)(83).

July 25 and 26, 1985

May 9, 1986

IAC 780-4.6(1), (4), .35(1), (6), .37(2), .321(8), .361(9); and 780-Chapter 26.

June 16, 1986

October 7, 1986

Iowa Senate File 2175: State Government Reorganization Bill.

August 12, 1986

December 11, 1986

IAC 4.522(15)c, g.

April 28, 1987

October 7, 1987

I.C. 83.7.

June 9, 1988.

December 9, 1988

I.C. 83.26.

December 26, 1990

November 6, 1991

IAC 27-40.1 through .7, .11, .12, .13, .21, .22, .23, .30 through .39, .41, .51, .61 through .68, .71 through .74, .81, .82, .91 through .99.

November 23, 1992

February 8, 1994

IAC 27-40.1, .3 through .7, .11, .12, .13, .21, .22, .23, .30 through .39, .41, .51, .61 through .68, .71, .73, .74, .75, .81, .82, .92.

April 13, 1994

April 6, 1995

IAC 27-40.3(207), .4(9), .31(14), .32(207), .51(7), .63(20), .74(3), .75(2).

December 4, 1996

April 7, 1997

IAC 40.4(10); .38 (2) and (3); 64 (6) through (9).

September 28, 1998

November 26, 1999

Revegetation Success Guidelines dated April 1999 (partial approval).

August 17, 2001

December 27, 2001

Sections III.H, IV.E, and V.A.2(l) of Iowa's April 1999 Revegetation Success Standards and Statistically Valid Sampling Techniques.

June 14, 2002

November 6, 2002

IAC 27-40.71(207).

February 24, 2004

June 1, 2004

IAC 27—40.1(1), 40.1(4); 40.3(207); 40.4(207), 40.4(2), 40.4(3), 40.4(9), 40.4(11); 40.5(207); 40.6(207), 40.6(2); 40.7(207); 40.11(207); 40.12(207); 40.13(207); 40.21(207), 40.21(4) through 40.21(6); 40.22(207), 40.22(2); 40.23(207); 40.30(207), 40.30(1), 40.30(4); 40.31(207), 40.31(1) through 40.31(9), 40.31(12) through 40.31(15); 40.32(207), 40.32(1), 40.32(2), 40.32(4); 40.33(207); 40.34(207), 40.34(2), 40.34(3); 40.35(207), 40.35(3); 40.36(207); 40.37(207), 40.37(4); 40.38(207), 40.38(2), 40.38(3); 40.39(207); 40.41(207); 40.51(207); 40.61(207), 40.61(4); 40.62(207); 40.63(207), 40.63(6), 40.63(9); 40.64(207), 40.64(4), 40.64(6); 49.65(207); 40.66(207); 40.67(207); 40.71(207); 40.73(2)g, 40.73(4)d; 40.74(207), 40.74(9); 40.75(207), 40.75(2); 40.81(207); 40.82(207); 40.92(8).

December 27, 2004

May 3, 2005

Section III.F and Section IV.A and G of Iowa's April 1999 Revegetation Success Standards and Statistically Valid Sampling Techniques.

August 19, 2005

January 31, 2006

IAC 27C40.41(3) and 40.41(4).

August 25, 2011

May 2, 2012

Sections: IAC 27-40.1(17A, 207)(1); 40.3(207); 40.4(207); 40.5(207); 40.6(207); 40.7(207); 40.11(207); 40.12(207); 40.13(207); 40.21(207)(3) and (7); 40.22(207)(1); 40.23(207); 40.30(207); 40.31(207) (9), (10), and (11); 40.32(207)(7); 40.33(207); 40.34(207); 40.35(207); 40.36(207)(2); 40.37(207); 40.38(207)(6); 40.39(207)(2) and (3); 40.41(207); 40.51(207); 40.61(207); 40.62(207); 40.63(207); 40.64(207); 40.65(207); 40.66(207); 40.67(207); 40.71(207); 40.74(207); 40.75(207); 40.81(207); 40.82(207); 40.91(17A, 207); 40.92(17A, 207)(8); 40.93(17A, 207); 40.94(17A, 207); 40.95(17A, 207); 40.96(17A, 207); 40.97(17A, 207); 40.98(17A, 207); and 40.99(17A, 207).

§ 915.20 Approval of Iowa abandoned mine land reclamation plan.

The Secretary approved the Iowa abandoned mine land reclamation plan, as submitted on December 17, 1982, effective March 28, 1983. Copies of the approved plan are available at:

(a) Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Division of Soil Conservation, Henry A. Wallace Building, E. 9th and Grand Streets, Des Moines, IA 50319.

(b) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mid-Continent Regional Coordinating Center, Alton Federal Building, 501 Belle Street, Alton, IL 62002.

§ 915.25 Approval of Iowa abandoned mine land reclamation plan amendments.

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 the order of the date of final publication in the Federal Register.

Original amendment submission date

Date of final publication

Citation/description

June 14, 2002

December 5, 2002

Emergency response reclamation program; AMLR Plan sections I. through IV., V.B. and C.; Iowa Code (IC) 207.21 subsection 2.a.(2) through 2.b. and subsection 3.d.; 207.23; and 207.29.