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-4- • the Streeter Fill be approved as an Experimental Practice, with the two stipulations attached. Further, the Board moved that enough public money has been spent reviewing the reclama- tion aspects of the Streeter Fill; and that, with the expendi- ture of absolute minimum review time, the construction tech- niques used on the Streeter Fill automatically be deemed appropriate as standard practice for the Streeter Fill if and when the regulations evolve to that point." September 10, 1982 Colowyo received from the Director of OSM approval of the Experimental Practice application. OSM's review determined that the "request meets the requirements of human health and safety and environmental protection required by the Act". November 4, 1982 Colowyo received from the MLRD the Coal Mining Permit Number C-019-81. _. February 18, 1983 Colowyo received from the OSM Coal Mining Permit Number CO-0015 which incorporates the Colorado Permit Number C-019-81. In light of the Board's Decision to deem the Streeter Fill construction techniques appropriate as standard practice for the Streeter Fill when the regula- tions have evolved to that point, the following chronology of regulatory changes • affecting the status of the Streeter Fill are offered for your review. The regulatory changes provide an historical account of the changes in excess spoil regulation changes made by OSM, and development of the Colorado Perm- anent Regulatory Program. December 13, 1977 Publication of Federal Register Notice (42 FR 62639-62716), the Interim SMCRA regulations with an implementation date appropriate for Colowyo of May 3, 1978. The regulation con- taining design criteria for excess spoil fills is Section 715.15 Disposal of spoil and waste materials in areas other than the mine workings or excavations. March 13, 1979 Publication in the Federal Register the OSM Permanent Regula- tory Program (44 FR 15311-15463). These regulations in Sec- tions 816.71 and 816.72 contain both design criteria and per- formance standards for the construction of excess spoil/valley fills. February 29, 1980 State of Colorado submitted to OSM its proposed permanent regu- latory program under SMCRA.