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Rule2026-02982

North Dakota Regulatory Program

Primary source

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Published
February 13, 2026
Effective
March 16, 2026

Issuing agencies

Interior DepartmentSurface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving an amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota proposed amendments to its program based on changes to the North Dakota Century Code made by the State legislature that resulted in changes to the North Dakota Administrative Code for surface coal mining and reclamation operations. The changes added a perfected lien or security interest in real property to the definition of collateral bond. The changes also added conditions that must be met for real property pledged as collateral bond.

Indexed from Federal Register on February 13, 2026.

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