Department of the Interior August 7, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Montana Regulatory Program
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). During the 2023 legislative session, the Montana legislature passed Senate Bill 392 (SB 392), amending the Montana Strip and Underground Mine Reclamation Act (MSUMRA) as well as the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). Accordingly, Montana submitted this proposed amendment to OSMRE on its own initiative. Montana's proposal adds a provision for the 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 also amends the MCA to reference the equal application of court costs in section1. Finally, the proposal includes codification instructions, a severability clause, an effective date, and an applicability statement. This document gives the times and locations that the Montana program and this proposed amendment to the program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Visitor Perceptions of Climate Change Study
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, the National Park Service (NPS), are proposing a new information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Use Management Study
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing a new information collection.
Montana Regulatory Program
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). During the 2023 legislative session, the Montana legislature passed House Bill 576 (HB 576), amending the Montana Strip and Underground Mine Reclamation Act as well as the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). Accordingly, Montana submitted this proposed amendment to OSMRE on its own initiative. Montana's proposal amends the definition of ``Material Damage,'' by changing the requirements for what is considered ``Material Damage'' to the hydrologic balance. Montana's proposal also amends permit requirements for mine operations related to hydrologic information. The amendment removes the requirement that a permit applicant must submit hydrologic information to the Montana Depart of Environmental Quality (DEQ) before DEQ approves the permit application. Lastly, HB 576 adds four contingencies to the proposed amendments of the MCA: a severability clause, a contingent voidness clause, an effective date clause, and a retroactive applicability clause. This document gives the times and locations that the Montana program and this proposed amendment to the program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
Montana Regulatory Program
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are reopening the public comment period due to the receipt of revisions to a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana is proposing revisions to the Administrative Rules of Montana pertaining to ownership and control and the applicant violator system. These changes were required by a March 30, 2023 letter from OSMRE to Montana (hereinafter, issue letter) after our review of Montana's original July 28, 2021 proposed amendment submittal. The July 28, 2021 proposed amendment submittal by Montana was the result of an October 2, 2009, letter from OSMRE to Montana (hereinafter, 732 letter), and were necessitated by a Senate bill approved by the 2013 Montana Legislature. This document gives the times and locations that the Montana program and this revised proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the revised amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Signal Peak Energy, LLC's Federal Mine Plan for Federal Lease MTM-97988; Bull Mountains Mine Amendment 3 and 5 EIS
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is publishing this notice to announce that it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Signal Peak Energy, LLC's (Signal Peak) proposed Federal Mining Plan modification for Federal Lease MTM-97988 (the Project). OSMRE is preparing this EIS to address deficiencies in OSMRE's earlier analysis of environmental impacts related to a mining plan modification that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals identified in a 2022 decision. 350 Mont. v. Haaland, 29 F.4th 1158 (9th Cir. 2022), amended by 50 F.4th 1254 (9th Cir. 2022). With this notice, OSMRE is also providing notification to the public that it will hold a public scoping meeting and provide for a 30-day public scoping period to receive comments on the environmental issues, alternatives, and information that OSMRE should analyze in this EIS.
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