# Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Related to Siltation Structures
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Direct final rule; request for comments. · Published 2025-11-28 · Effective 2026-01-27 · 90 FR 54575
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-21441
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 54575
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 816
- **Publication date:** 2025-11-28
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-27
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. OSM-2025-0010
## Abstract

This direct final rule revises the Federal regulations to remove paragraphs that required that all surface drainage from the disturbed area pass through a siltation structure before leaving the permit area. These paragraphs were struck down on judicial review because the court found that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) had not articulated a sufficient basis for the rule under the Administrative Procedure Act and that OSMRE had not sufficiently demonstrated that siltation structures were the best technology currently available.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21441/rescission-of-portions-of-permanent-program-performance-standards-related-to-siltation-structures)
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