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Montana Regulatory Program
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 13, 2026. It took effect on March 16, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) approves an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana proposed an addition to the Montana Code Annotated (MCA), which would revise and add regulations in the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) pertaining to ownership and control. These changes were required by an October 2, 2009, letter from OSM to Montana and in response, Senate bill 92, was approved by the 2013 Montana Legislature. Montana also proposed other ARM revisions unrelated to ownership and control.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-02981
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; approval of amendment
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- February 13, 2026
- Takes effect
- March 16, 2026
- Dates
- The effective date is March 16, 2026.
- Docket
- SATS No. MT-037-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2021-0006; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 212S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 21XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 926
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 11
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