# Montana Regulatory Program
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule; approval of amendment. · Published 2019-10-23 · Effective 2019-11-22 · 84 FR 56689
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-22945
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** MT
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 56689
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 926
- **Publication date:** 2019-10-23
- **Effective date:** 2019-11-22
- **Interior docket:** SATS No. MT-035-FOR
## Abstract

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), 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 and additions to the Montana statute, known as the Montana Code Annotated (MCA) about permit application requirements, coal prospecting requirements, annual reporting requirements for coal permittees, and lawsuits related to damages to water supplies. Montana also proposed to revise its regulations, the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM), to incorporate changes about a new short form coal prospecting permit process.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/23/2019-22945/montana-regulatory-program)
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