The Ohio State regulatory program as submtted on February 29, 1980, and resubmitted on January 22, 1982, is conditionally approved, effective August 16, 1982. Beginning on that date, the Department of Natural Resources shall be deemed the regulatory authority in Ohio for all surface coal mining and reclamation operations on non-Indian and non-Federal lands. Only surface coal mining and reclamation operations on non-Indian and non-Federal lands shall be subject to the provisions of the Ohio permanent regulatory program. Copies of the approved program, as amended, are available at:

(a) Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, Building H-2, 1855 Fountain Square Court, Columbus, Ohio 43224.

(b) [Reserved]

[48 FR 23193, May 24, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 17930, Apr. 15, 1994]