Launched as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, it’s amended and reauthorized every 15 years. Intermediary legislation trimmed the fee paid by surface mines from 35 ...

In a move lauded as "common sense" by officials, the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced a proposed rule to ditch a 2024 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has announced a proposed rollback of the 2024 “Ten-Day Notices and Corrective ...

The Department of Interior makes that clear, or at least that is how she reads Title V of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. And “nobody wants that,” said Love, who heads the ...

The U.S. attorney has an obligation to investigate, said Anne Hedges, Montana Environmental Information Center co-director. The office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement also “has an ...

Under the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, when the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement receives information from a citizen of a possible violation that is not ...

In a move lauded as “common sense” by officials, the Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced a proposed rule to ditch a 2024 ...

by the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office on 09/30/2024. We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Ohio Abandoned Mine Land ...