# Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office — the long-form archive

Everything Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office has published while this archive has been running: 6 documents across 5 days, oldest first.

Coverage begins on 2026-08-11, which is when this archive started holding Federal Register
issues — not when the agency started publishing. Anything earlier is absent from this page and
its absence is not evidence.

[HTML](https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/archive.html) · [the last five days](https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/index.md)

## 11 August 2026 — 1 document

- **Rule** [North Dakota Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/11/2026-16318/north-dakota-regulatory-program) · `2026-16318`

## 14 August 2026 — 1 document

> The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement published a notice proposing to renew an information collection on state processes for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining.

- **Notice** [Agency Information Collection Activities; State Processes for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16586/agency-information-collection-activities-state-processes-for-designating-areas-unsuitable-for) · `2026-16586`

## 21 August 2026 — 1 document

> The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement declined to approve most of Montana's regulatory program amendments to bond release application requirements.

- **Rule** [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/21/2026-17055/montana-regulatory-program) · `2026-17055`

## 25 August 2026 — 1 document

> The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement denied Montana's proposed amendment to its surface mining regulatory program.

- **Rule** [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17333/montana-regulatory-program) · `2026-17333`

## 1 September 2026 — 2 documents

> The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office published a corrected rule on Montana's regulatory program and announced a final environmental impact statement for a mining permit.

- **Rule** [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/01/2026-17821/montana-regulatory-program) · `2026-17821`
- **Notice** [Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's Navajo Mine No Name SMCRA Permit](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/01/2026-17785/notice-of-availability-of-the-final-environmental-impact-statement-and-record-of-decision-for-navajo) · `2026-17785`

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```
Using the Downstream MCP server at mcp.downstream.sh, call whats_new_since with agency "Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office" since 2026-08-11, then tell me what this agency has been working on and which of its deadlines are still open.
```

Reaches `whats_new_since`. The response carries its own citations and states what it is missing,
including which dates it has no record for.

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