# Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Under the Federal Lands Program; State-Federal Cooperative Agreements; Montana
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule. · Published 1998-07-30 · 63 FR 40790
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-20195
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **State:** MT
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 40790
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 926
- **Publication date:** 1998-07-30
## Abstract

The Governor of the State of Montana (Governor) and the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Secretary) are amending the cooperative agreement between the Department of the Interior and the State of Montana for the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Federal lands within Montana. Cooperative agreements are provided for under section 523(c) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). These amendments clarify Montana's responsibility for the administration of its approved State program on lands subject to the Federal lands program in Montana.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/07/30/98-20195/surface-coal-mining-and-reclamation-operations-under-the-federal-lands-program-state-federal)
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