mining · Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement · Published 2025-11-24 · Effective 2026-01-23 · 90 FR 52865
Document
Document number
2025-20825
Federal Register citation
90 FR 52865
CFR reference
30 CFR 885
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule; request for comments.
Category
mining
Sub-agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Publication date
2025-11-24
Effective date
2026-01-23
Interior docket
Docket No. OSM-2025-0019
Abstract
This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to rescind language identifying obsolete funds as part of the moneys that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) must distribute to eligible States and Tribes each fiscal year. The existing regulations refer to prior balance replacement funds, which are moneys from the United States Treasury's General Fund that replaced State or Tribal share funds that were allocated before October 1, 2007, but never appropriated by Congress.