#### § 917.15 Approval of Kentucky regulatory program amendments.

(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.

| Original amendment submission date | Date of final publication | Citation/description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| May 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. |
| May 28, 1982 | May 13, 1983 | KRS 151.250(3); 350.010, .035, .062(9), .093 § 2, .425, .990; 405 KAR 16:020 § 4. |
| January 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. |
| February 1, 1983 | October 12, 1983 | Technical Reclamation Memorandum #9. |
| October 31, 1983 | November 25, 1983 | 405 KAR 7:020E, :030E. |
| January 10, 1984 | April 13, 1984 | “Kentucky's Plan for Transition to Primacy”. |
| May 1, 1984 | August 22, 1984 | KRS 350.010, .032, .093(2), .250(1), (3), (4); 355.060(5)(g). |
| October 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. |
| October 31, 1983 | October 3, 1984 | 405 KAR 8:050 § 2; 16:190; 18:190. |
| October 12, 1984 | March 4, 1985 | 405 KAR 7:020 § 1(87), (118), :030 § 3(1)(e). |
| August 3, 1984 | May 30, 1985 | KRS Chapter 350, .032, .060, .135, .990; 405 KAR 16:020. |
| August 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”. |
| December 4, 1984 | December 10, 1985 | 405 KAR 7:070; 16:120; 18:120. |
| June 6, 1984, December 17, 1985 | January 24, 1986 | 405 KAR 1:015; 3:015; 7:015. |
| August 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. |
| September 16, 1985, December 10, 1985 | March 17, 1986 | 405 KAR 7:015; 10:030. |
| December 10, 1985 | April 4, 1986 | 405 KAR 7:090, § 11(2)(a). |
| December 3, 1985 | April 9, 1986 | 405 KAR 7:020E; 8:050E; 20:070E. |
| August 3, 1984 | May 27, 1986 | KRS 350.066 through .070; 405 KAR 10:035. |
| April 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. |
| August 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”. |
| September 5, 1986 | March 9, 1987 | 405 KAR 10:200. |
| February 27, 1987 | December 31, 1987 | 405 KAR 16:060 § 11; 18:060 § 11, :190 § 2. |
| June 17, 1987 | March 10, 1988 | 405 KAR 7:070. |
| April 29, 1988 | October 6, 1988 | 405 KAR 7:090. |
| May 28, 1987 | October 7, 1988 | KRS 350.032 contained in House Bill 869. |
| July 5, 1989 | December 15, 1989 | 405 KAR 8:010, :020, :030, :040; 24:040. |
| April 29, 1986 | April 9, 1990 | KRS 350.032. |
| April 21, 1988 | August 10, 1990 | KRS 350.020, .060, .064, .093, .130, .131, .151. |
| August 15, 1989 | November 1, 1990 | 405 KAR 8:010 § 20(3), (5). |
| July 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. |
| May 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. |
| January 9, 1991 | April 16, 1991 | 405 KAR 10:040 § 2(4)(b)1. |
| January 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). |
| June 28, 1991 | April 15, 1992 | 405 KAR 7:080. |
| September 18, 1989 | August 18, 1992 | 405 KAR 10:200; KRS 350.710-710. |
| June 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](/on/2024-09-16/title-30/section-1), [1(1)](/on/2024-09-16/title-30/section-1#p-1(1)), [(2)(c)](/on/2024-09-16/title-30/section-1#p-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. |
| March 13, 1992 | December 9, 1992 | 405 KAR 8:030(20), (36), :040(20), (36); 16:180(1), (2), (3); 18:180(1), (2), (3). |
| July 30, 1992 | December 17, 1992 | KRS Chapter 350 [§§ 350.550](/on/2024-09-16/title-30/section-350.550), .553, .560, .597. |
| June 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). |
| July 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”. |
| June 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. |
| July 28, 1992 | August 6, 1993 | KRS 350 contained in Senate Bill 318; 405 KAR 7:001, 7:090, :091, :092; 8:001; 12:020. |
| July 21, 1992 | October 1, 1993 | 405 KAR 1:007, 3:007, 7:030 § 4. |
| May 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). |
| June 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. |
| April 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). |
| April 18, 1994 | September 16, 1994 | KRS 350.010, 350(1) through (32). |
| October 3, 1994 | February 15, 1995 | 405 KAR 7:080 §§ 5(2), (a), (b), 6, 8(2)(a)(11), (b)(11), 11(1), (e). |
| April 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). |
| August 2, 1994 | December 7, 1995 | 405 KAR 16:010 §§ 1, 6, 7, 8; 18:010 §§ 4, 5, 6. |
| August 15, 1996 | August 29, 1997 | KRS 350.131(3), 350.150(1), Chapter 350 Section 3, KRS 350.0301(1), 350.990(1). |
| November 3, 1997 | July 31, 1998 | Staffing and budget levels. |
| June 28, 1991 | August 4, 1998 | 405 KAR 16:200 § 1(7)(b) and 18:200 § 1(7)(b). |
| April 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). |
| May 9, 2000 | June 20, 2001 | House Bill 599, subsection (1). |
| May 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.) |
| December 22, 1998 | February 5, 2002 | 405 KAR 7:097 approved (in-kind reclamation) |
| May 9, 2000 | April 30, 2002 | House Bill 502, part IX, Subsection 36(b), KRS 350.085(6). |
| January 25, 2001 | May 7, 2002 | 405 KAR 18:210, Sections 1(4), 2(2), and 3(4). |
| January 28, 2000 | June 19, 2002 | 405 KAR 20:060 § 3(3)(b) 2000 and (c). |
| April 25, 2002 | November 6, 2002 | 2002 HB 809, Kentucky Revised Statutes at Chapter 350. |
| May 9, 2000 | January 16, 2003 | House Bill 792, KRS 350.445(3) (except for a portion of (3)(g)). |
| June 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). |
| July 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). |
| July 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. |
| May 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. |
| June 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). |
| March 28, 2006 | September 18, 2006 | Easements of necessity, deletion of outdated language in KRS Chapter 350. |
| September 14, 2009 | March 9, 2011 | 405 KAR 16:140, Disposal of coal mine waste. 405 KAR 18:140, Disposal of coal mine waste. |
| May 10, 2011 | November 16, 2017 | KRS 350.060(11). |
| September 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. |
| January 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. |
| November 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). |
| November 25, 2019 | September 21, 2023 | KAR Chapter 10:001 Section 1, *Definitions,* subsection (4)—*Adjacent area.* |
| April 18, 2022 | August 8, 2024 | KRS 350.506 |
| September 19, 2018 | August 15, 2024 | KRS 350.064, KRS 350.070, KRS 350.518, and KRS 350.990. |

(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).

[[62 FR 9942](https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/62-FR-9942), Mar. 5, 1997]

###### Editorial Note

#### Editorial Note:

For Federal Register citations affecting [§ 917.15](/on/2024-09-16/title-30/section-917.15), see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at *[www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov).*