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Montana Regulatory Program/Reclamation Plan
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 19, 2024. It took effect on December 19, 2024.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving, in part, an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). During the 2019 legislative session, Montana updated its Montana Strip and Underground Mine Reclamation Act codified in the Montana Code Annotated. Accordingly, Montana submitted this amendment to OSMRE on its own initiative. The amendment requires a permit applicant's compliance information to be updated and approved if a bankruptcy or reorganization results in a change of ownership for the applicant. Furthermore, the amendment requires permit owners to provide financial assurance for employee pensions. Lastly, the amendment makes a typographical correction.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-26781
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; approving, in part
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- November 19, 2024
- Takes effect
- December 19, 2024
- Dates
- The effective date is December 19, 2024.
- Docket
- SATS No. MT-040-FOR; Docket No. OSM-2023-0001; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 231S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 23XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 926
- Pages
- 5
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Everything from the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office · Published in November 2024
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