# Scope of Federal Regulations Implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Direct final rule; request for comments. · Published 2025-11-24 · Effective 2026-01-23 · 90 FR 52853
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-20835
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 52853
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 700
- **Publication date:** 2025-11-24
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-23
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. OSM-2025-0021
## 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).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20835/scope-of-federal-regulations-implementing-the-surface-mining-control-and-reclamation-act-of-1977)
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