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North Dakota Reclamation Plan
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 18, 2025. Comments closed on January 20, 2026.
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What the agency says
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), announce receipt of a proposed amendment to the North Dakota abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation plan (the North Dakota plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The proposed amendment updates the purposes for which the North Dakota abandoned mine reclamation fund may be used and creates a set-aside trust account in the State treasury. The definition of eligible lands and water and project priorities are also revised.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23264
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule and notice of public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment
- Agency
- Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
- Published
- December 18, 2025
- Comments due
- January 20, 2026
- Dates
- We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (M.T.), January 20, 2026. If requested, we may hold a public hearing or meeting on the amendment on January 12, 2026. We will accept requests to speak at a hearing until 4:00 p.m., M.T. on January 2, 2026.
- Docket
- SATS No. ND-058-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2025-0038; S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 934
- Topics
- Intergovernmental relations; Surface mining; Underground mining
- Pages
- 3
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