OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES RULE: MONTANA REGULATORY PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Montana Regulatory Program.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 15 by Marcelo Calle, Acting Regional Director, Unified Regions, 5, 7-11.

Summary: We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving 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-House Bill 616 (HB 616). The amendment to the Montana coal program regulations proposed that predictive modeling, along with monitoring data, may be i...