Federal Register Notices
A Federal Register (FR) Notice provides public-record of proposed and final rulemakings, proposed settlements, public meetings and workshops, and other important agency activities.
All OSMRE FR Notices from the last 5 years (from 2020 to present) are provided below. Current and archived notices are also available online on the Federal Register website and at the Government Publishing Office.
If you are looking for a FR notice that you cannot find below or on the above links, please contact James Tyree for assistance via email, [email protected], or telephone, (202) 208-4479.
February
- Rescission of the “Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action for State Regulatory Program Issues” Rule, issued April 9, 2024
Final Rule
- West Virginia Cooperative Agreement
Final Rule
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-037-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- North Dakota Regulatory Program [ND-056-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
January
- General Reclamation Requirements - Delay of Effective Date
Final Rule
- Backfilling and Grading - Delay of Effective Date
Final Rule
- Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Related to Siltation Structures - Confirmation of the Effective Day
Final Rule
- Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Regulating Subsidence Controls for Underground Mines - Confirmation of the Effective Date
Final Rule
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-054-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's No Name Permit Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act Permit Application
Notice of Intent/Availability
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-166-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Texas Regulatory Program [TX-072-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
December
- North Dakota Reclamation Plan [ND-058-FOR] Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-116-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-124-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
November
- Backfilling and Grading
Final Rule
- Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Related to Siltation Structures
Final Rule
- Certification and Noncoal Reclamation
Final Rule
- Rescission of Fee Rates
Final Rule
- Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Regulating Subsidence Controls for Underground Mines
Final Rule
- Applicability of Federal Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Final Rule
- General Reclamation Requirements
Final Rule
- Grants for Certified States and Indian Tribes
Final Rule
- Minimum Program Make Up Funds
Final Rule
- Prior Balance Replacement Funds
Final Rule
- Prior Balance Replacement Funds
Final Rule
- Prior Balance Replacement Funds
Final Rule
- Prior Balance Replacement Funds
Final Rule
- Scope of Federal Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Final Rule
- Kentucky Regulatory Program [KY-267-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Ohio Regulatory Program [OH-263-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
August
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-049-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-046-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-045-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-047-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-048-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
July
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-128-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-173-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Determination of Valid Existing Rights Within the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
Notice of Intent/Availability
June
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WV-055-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-172-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Rescission of the “Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action for State Regulatory Program Issues” Rule, Issued April 9, 2024
Proposed Rule
- Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for Bull Mountains Mine No. 1, Federal Mining Plan for Federal Lease MTM-97988Amendment 3
Notice of Intent/Availability
- Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
Final Rule
March
- Request for Determination of Valid Existing Rights Within the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
Notice of Intent/Availability
February
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-049-FOR] and Montana Regulatory Program [MT-042]; Final Rule
State Amendment
January
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-118/126-FOR]; Correction
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-042-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-049-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- NOA for the Final EIS for NTEC's Federal Mining Plan Modification for Federal Lease MTM 94378
Notice of Intent/Availability
December
- NOA for the Draft SEIS Federal Mining Plan Modification for Federal Coal Lease MTM082186 Rosebud Mine Area F
Notice of Intent/Availability
November
- Montana Regulatory/AMLR Plan [MT-040-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
September
- Ohio AMLR Plan [OH-259-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- NOA of the DEIS for NTEC's Federal Mining Plan Modification for Federal Lease MTM94378; Spring Creek Mining Plan Modification EIS
Notice of Intent/Availability
August
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-175-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Pennsylvania Regulatory AMLR [PA-165-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Utah Regulatory Program [UT-048-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Kentucky Regulatory Program [KY-260-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-170-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Kentucky Regulatory Program [KY-264-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-127-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [PA-167-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
July
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-047-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-053-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-042-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
April
- Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action for State Regulatory Program Issues
Final Rule
- Civil Monetary Penalty
State Amendment
March
February
- Acceptable Payment Methods
Final Rule
January
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-050-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-125-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
December
- Virginia Regulatory Program [VA-127-FOR]; Final Rule
State Amendment
November
- Wyoming Regulatory Program [WY-051-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment
October
- Montana Regulatory Program [MT-044-FOR]; Proposed Rule
State Amendment