# Montana Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2011-05-24 · Effective 2011-05-24 · 76 FR 30010
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-12746
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** MT
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 30010
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 926
- **Publication date:** 2011-05-24
- **Effective date:** 2011-05-24
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. MT-030-FOR
## Abstract

We are approving an amendment to the Montana regulatory program (the "Montana program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA" or "the Act"). Montana proposed revisions to and additions of statutes about bond release responsibility periods for water management facilities and other support facilities comprising less than 10 percent of the total bond release area. Montana revised its program to clarify ambiguities and improve operational efficiency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/05/24/2011-12746/montana-regulatory-program)
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