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Montana Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 21, 2025. Comments closed on September 22, 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 (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 House Bill 633 (HB 633) during the 2025 legislative session. Montana proposes several changes to the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). Montana proposes that objections to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) decisions are limited to issues previously raised in a comment or written objection submitted during the relevant comment period. The submittal also requires cumulative hydrologic impact assessments to be published along with DEQ's acceptability determination. Also, Montana adds contingencies in HB 633 that will not be codified into law but that will apply to the proposed amendment: "Saving clause," "Severability," "Contingent voidness," and "Effective date."
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-15985
- 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 21, 2025
- Comments due
- September 22, 2025
- Dates
- We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (M.D.T.) September 22, 2025. If requested, we may hold a public hearing or meeting on the amendment on September 15, 2025. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., M.D.T. on September 5, 2025.
- Docket
- SATS No. MT-049-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2025-0022; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 926
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 2
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