# Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office 6 documents across 5 days of the archive, 4 of them final rules. The five most recent days are below. [HTML](https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/) · [the long-form archive](https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/archive.md) · [the daily issue](https://downstream.sh/daily/index.md) ## Dates this agency has set that have not yet arrived | Date | Offset | What | Document | Agency | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-09-10 | +6d | Takes effect | [North Dakota Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/11/2026-16318/north-dakota-regulatory-program) | Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office | | 2026-09-21 | +17d | Takes effect | [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/21/2026-17055/montana-regulatory-program) | Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office | | 2026-09-21 | +17d | Takes effect | [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/01/2026-17821/montana-regulatory-program) | Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office | | 2026-09-24 | +20d | Takes effect | [Montana Regulatory Program](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17333/montana-regulatory-program) | Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office | | 2026-10-13 | +39d | Comments close | [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) | Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office | ## 1 September 2026 — 2 documents [the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-09-01.md) > 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. — via Downstream, https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/#s-2026-09-01 *Machine-written by `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001` from the documents below.* ### Montana Regulatory Program *Rule* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) published a document in the Federal Register on August 21, 2026, not approving, with one exception, an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). OSM made an error in the document by adding an entry to 30 CFR 926.12 at paragraph (c), a paragraph that already existed. This document corrects the final regulation. - **Takes effect** 21 September 2026 (in 17 days) 91 FR 56050 · FR Doc. 2026-17821 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-01/pdf/2026-17821.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/01/2026-17821/montana-regulatory-program) ### 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 *Notice* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is publishing this notice to announce that it has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's (NTEC) proposed Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) permit for the No Name Permit area within NTEC's existing Navajo Mine Lease 14-20-603-2505. 91 FR 56204 · FR Doc. 2026-17785 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-01/pdf/2026-17785.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](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) ## 25 August 2026 — 1 document [the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-08-25.md) > The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement denied Montana's proposed amendment to its surface mining regulatory program. — via Downstream, https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/#s-2026-08-25 *Machine-written by `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001` from the documents below.* ### Montana Regulatory Program *Rule* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are denying an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Montana submitted this proposed amendment to OSM on its own initiative in response to a State law passed by the Montana Legislature (Senate Bill (SB) 392). The proposed amendment would have added a provision requiring equal application of court costs to the prevailing party in contested case proceedings by a court or administrative agency that issues a decision. The proposal would have also amended the Montana Code Annotated (MCA) to refer to the proposed equal application of court costs rule. Finally, SB 392 includes contingencies that apply to the proposed amendment but are not codified into the MCA: codification instructions, a severability clause, an effective date clause, and an applicability statement. - **Takes effect** 24 September 2026 (in 20 days) 91 FR 54803 · FR Doc. 2026-17333 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-25/pdf/2026-17333.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17333/montana-regulatory-program) ## 21 August 2026 — 1 document [the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-08-21.md) > The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement declined to approve most of Montana's regulatory program amendments to bond release application requirements. — via Downstream, https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/#s-2026-08-21 *Machine-written by `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001` from the documents below.* ### Montana Regulatory Program *Rule* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is not approving, with one exception, an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The Montana legislature, specifically Montana House Bill 328, proposes to add a definition of affected drainage basin to the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). Additionally, House Bill 328 proposes changes to the Montana Code Annotated, pertaining to bond release application requirements. - **Takes effect** 21 September 2026 (in 17 days) 91 FR 54218 · FR Doc. 2026-17055 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-21/pdf/2026-17055.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/21/2026-17055/montana-regulatory-program) ## 14 August 2026 — 1 document [the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-08-14.md) > 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. — via Downstream, https://downstream.sh/daily/agency/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office/#s-2026-08-14 *Machine-written by `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001` from the documents below.* ### Agency Information Collection Activities; State Processes for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations *Notice* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is proposing to renew an information collection. - **Comments close** 13 October 2026 (in 39 days) 91 FR 52711 · FR Doc. 2026-16586 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16586.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16586/agency-information-collection-activities-state-processes-for-designating-areas-unsuitable-for) ## 11 August 2026 — 1 document [the whole issue for this day](https://downstream.sh/daily/2026-08-11.md) ### North Dakota Regulatory Program *Rule* — Interior Department · Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office We, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), are approving an amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota has made changes to the North Dakota Century Code and North Dakota Administrative Code resulting from actions initiated during both the 2017 and 2021 Legislative Sessions. Changes include altering the time required for scheduling and applying for select permit related actions, creation of the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and a transfer of select responsibilities from the Department of Health, establishment of the Department of Water Resources, and the powers and duties of that agency and the state engineer. - **Takes effect** 10 September 2026 (in 6 days) 91 FR 51584 · FR Doc. 2026-16318 · [official PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-11/pdf/2026-16318.pdf) · [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/11/2026-16318/north-dakota-regulatory-program) ## Ask an assistant instead Everything on this page is also a tool call. Add `mcp.downstream.sh` as an MCP server — no key, no account — then paste this: ``` 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 summarise what changed and list every deadline it created. ``` Reaches `whats_new_since`. The response carries its own citations and states what it is missing, including which dates it has no record for. --- Every document linked here is a work of the United States government and in the public domain. The Federal Register's HTML and XML renderings are unofficial; the PDF on each item is the official text, and that is the one to cite. Counts are arithmetic over published fields, dates are printed as filed, and titles are verbatim. Where we have nothing, this says nothing rather than estimating. The one-sentence agency summaries are machine-written from those same fields and are labelled where they appear. 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