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Rule2025-20835

Scope of Federal Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

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Published
November 24, 2025
Effective
January 23, 2026

Issuing agencies

Interior DepartmentSurface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

Abstract

This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to rescind obsolete regulations related to the scope of the regulations implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA).

Indexed from Federal Register on November 24, 2025.

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