Rule2025-02592
Wyoming Regulatory Program and Montana Regulatory Program
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Published
February 13, 2025
Effective
January 13, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentSurface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Abstract
In accordance with the Presidential Memorandum of January 20, 2025, titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays the effective date of the Wyoming and Montana Regulatory Program amendments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 29 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02592]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
30 CFR Parts 926 and 950
[SATS No. WY-049-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2021-0003; SATS No. MT-042-FOR;
Docket ID: OSM-2023-0007 S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S
SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520]
Wyoming Regulatory Program and Montana Regulatory Program
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective dates.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Presidential Memorandum of January 20,
2025, titled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' this action
temporarily delays the effective date of the Wyoming and Montana
Regulatory Program amendments.
DATES: The effective date of the rule published on January 13, 2025, at
90 FR 2614 (Wyoming Regulatory Program amendment) is delayed until
March 21, 2025, and the rule published on January 15, 2025, at 90 FR
3673 (Montana Regulatory Program amendment) is delayed until March 21,
2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Fleischman, Field Office
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 100
East B Street, Casper, Wyoming 82606, Telephone: (307) 261-6550, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8fe5e9e3eae6fcece7e2eee1cfe0fce2fdeaa1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761c101a131f05151e1b17183619051b041358111900">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Wyoming Regulatory Program
On January 13, 2025, OSMRE published a rule approving an amendment
to the Wyoming Regulatory Program. The amendment proposed rules that
would facilitate the disposal of inert decommission wind turbine blades
and towers as backfill in end walls or the final pit voids in surface
coal mining operations. The State also made changes to its regulations
to provide consistency with the Wyoming Secretary of State's Rules on
Rules, as well as correct grammatical errors.
Montana Regulatory Program
On January 15, 2025, OSMRE published a rule partially approving and
partially not approving an amendment to the Montana Regulatory Program.
The amendment concerned changes to the definition of material damage
and changes to permit requirements related to hydrologic information.
On January 20, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum
instructing Federal agencies to consider postponing the effective date
of any regulations that have published in the Federal Register but not
yet taken effect for 60 days from date of the memorandum ``for the
purpose of reviewing any questions of fact, law, and policy that the
rules may arise.'' After consideration, OSMRE is delaying the effective
date of the Wyoming and Montana Regulatory Program amendments published
on January 13, 2025 (90 FR 2614) and January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3673),
respectively.
OSMRE is taking this action to extend the effective date without
opportunity for public comment and with an immediate effective date
based on the good cause exemptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4)(B). Seeking
public comment on the effective date extension is impracticable,
unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. The temporary delay
in effective date is necessary to give Department officials the
opportunity for further review and consideration of new regulations,
consistent with the memorandum of the President, dated January 20,
2025. Given the imminence of the original effective date of these two
amendments, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay is
impractical, and contrary to the public interest in the orderly
promulgation and implementation of regulations. For the foregoing
reasons, the good cause exception in 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) also applies to
OSMRE's decision to make this action to extend the effective date
effective immediately.
David Berry,
Regional Director, Unified Regions 5, 7-11.
[FR Doc. 2025-02592 Filed 2-11-25; 8:45 am]
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