| State |
Y/N |
If so, when were the regulations in place? |
When were they repealed? |
|
AL |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
|
AR |
Y |
Regulation No. 15--August 2, 1996 |
N\A |
|
AZ |
Y |
Mines & Minerals, Title 27--1972; AZ State Mining Inspector Worker Safety since statehood in 1912; AZ Revised Statutes, Title 27; Environmental A.R.S. Title 49, July 1, 1987 |
N\A |
|
CA |
Y |
SWRCB--first draft circa 1975, current regs. in effect since 1984; SMARA effective since 1976 |
N\A |
|
CO |
Y |
Began in 1973 |
N\A |
|
CT |
N |
N\A |
N\A |
|
GA |
Y |
Initial date of legislation--1968 |
N\A |
|
IL |
Y |
Regulations in place: 1962, 1968, 1971 |
N\A |
|
IN |
Y |
IC 13-4-6; later recodified as IC 14-36, January 1, 1968 |
N\A |
|
IA |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
KS |
Y |
July 1, 1994 |
N\A |
|
KY |
Y |
1960 to present |
N\A |
|
LA |
Y |
Act 1097 of 1992 LA Legislature effective August 1, 1992 |
Repealed--LA House Bill 200, June 2, 1993 |
|
ME |
Y |
Ph 1969, ch. 472 Mining Conservation & Rehabilitation ;
Site location of Development Law 38 MRSA Sec. 481 et. seq. |
Ph 1969 Repealed January 1, 1970;
38 MRSA still in effect |
|
MD |
Y |
Law = 1975, effective January 1, 1977; Regulations 1989 |
N\A |
|
MS |
Y |
Regulations enacted April 15, 1978 |
N\A |
|
MO |
Y |
Industrial minerals--September 1971; Metallic Mins.--August 1989 |
N\A |
|
NV |
Y |
Water pollution control regulations--May 1989;
Reclamation regulations--October 1990 |
N\A |
|
NJ |
Y |
February 11, 1982--Mine Safety Act |
N\A |
|
NM |
Y |
Statute passed 1993; regulation passed 1994 |
N\A |
|
NY |
Y |
Enacted 1978; amended 1991--Mined Land Reclamation Law, Article 23, Title 27 |
N\A |
|
NC |
Y |
The Mining Act of 1971, effective June 11, 1971; The Administrative Code (Rules), effective February 1, 1976 |
N\A |
|
ND |
N |
N\A |
N\A |
|
OH |
N\A |
-- |
-- |
|
OK |
Y |
1990; Last amended 1998 |
N/A |
|
OR |
Y |
Enacted 1972 |
N\A |
|
PA |
Y |
Regulations in place since 1975 |
N\A |
|
SC |
Y |
SC Mining Act, July 1, 1974; SC Mining Act Regulations, July 1, 1980 |
N\A |
|
SD |
Y |
First state laws enacted early 1970's; major recodification 1982; major new rules promulgated 1988--10 chapters currently; two separate state statutes currently regulate mining |
N\A |
|
TN |
Y |
Act Passed in 1972 |
Repealed for limestone (only) in 1981 |
|
TX |
Y |
June 1975--TX Surface Mining & Reclamation Act |
N\A |
|
VA |
Y |
1968 |
N\A |
|
WA |
Y |
Laws enacted in 1971 |
N\A |
|
WV |
Y |
Regulations effective January 1, 1983 |
N\A |
|
WI |
Y |
1974 |
N\A |
|
WY |
Y |
Open Cut Lands Reclamation Act--1969; Environmental Quality Act--1973 |
N\A |
