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Montana Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 4, 2025. Comments closed on September 3, 2025.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana submitted this proposed amendment to us, on its own initiative, following the passage of Montana Senate Bill 365 (SB 365) during the 2025 legislative session. Montana proposes changes to the Montana Code Annotated (MCA) generally related to siltation structures and a proposed exception in the Montana regulation for exceedance of capacity violations if the exceedance is the result of a series of small storms and the operator takes active measures to restore pond capacity as soon as conditions permit. This notice also allows for a public comment period and the possibility for a public hearing, if one is requested.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14719
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- August 4, 2025
- Comments due
- September 3, 2025
- Dates
- We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (M.D.T.) September 3, 2025. If requested, we may hold a public hearing or meeting on the amendment on August 29, 2025. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., M.D.T. on August 19, 2025.
- Docket
- SATS No. MT-045-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2025-0005; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 926
- Pages
- 2
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