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26 Jul 2010, 11:48 am by Lawyer Sanders
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is preparing to do an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to analyze the effects of potential rule revisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to improve the protections of streams from adverse impacts of surface mining. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 1:55 pm by Anthony B. Cavender
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, holding that a mining permit issued under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) is terminated by operation of law if the mining activities authorized by the permit have not commenced within three years of the date of issuance, unless an authorized extension has been granted pursuant to the SMCRA. [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 9:12 am
In the administrative appeal WVHC had challenged a decision of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) that rejected a citizen complaint filed by WVHC with the agency. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 8:58 am by WIMS
Plaintiffs sought costs and expenses, including attorney's and expert witness fees, from the Federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) after Black Mesa participated in a successful challenge to OSM's grant of a coal mining permit revision. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 8:12 am by Sarah M Donnelly
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Park Service (NPS) Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Office of the Secretary (OS) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) Solicitor’s Office (SOL) U.S. [read post]
8 Jun 2022, 1:54 pm by NARF
Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html H.R.7937 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, to establish a program to facilitate coal mine reclamation and award grants to certain States and Indian Tribes to carry out coal mine reclamation, and for other… [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 7:09 am by Sarah M Donnelly
Geological Survey) Division of Mineral Resources (serves Office of Surface Mining and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement) Division of Parks & Wildlife (serves National Park Service, U.S. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 1:14 pm by WIMS
In West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) administers the SMCRA permit program, subject to the Department of the Interior's (Interior) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's (OSM) finding that the state program is in accordance with federal law. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) proposed a rule intended to reduce the environmental impact of surface coal mining by amending current regulations to require a maximum level in permits above which mining causes “material damage” to the environment, and create new groundwater monitoring requirements, among other changes. [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 6:00 am by Cari Rincker
Fish and Wildlife Service Indian Affairs- Bureau of Indian Affairs Land and Minerals Management-Bureau of Land Management, Office of Surface, Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Water & Science- U.S. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 1:07 pm by WIMS
    The House Natural Resources Committee received testimony from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joseph Pizarchik at a Committee oversight hearing on the status of the Department of the Interior's (DOI's) rewrite of a 2008 coal regulation which Republicans said "could cost thousands of jobs and economic harm in 22 states, as well as the failure of the Department to… [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 1:44 pm by WIMS
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) under the Department of Interior (DOI) approved an application by BHP Navajo Coal Company (BNCC) to revise the mining plan at its Navajo Mine -- a large open pit coal mine on tribal reservation lands in northwestern New Mexico. [read post]
12 Apr 2019, 8:15 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
H.R.2156: To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide funds to States and Indian tribes for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes. [read post]
Despite the Project’s inclusion of 13,000+ acres of classified and/or designated mineral resources, which are a natural resource protected under CEQA (like air, water, and wildlife), the County approved the Project without (i) consulting with either CGS or SMGB in accordance with sections 2762 and 2763 of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA), or (ii) undertaking a CEQA analysis of the Project’s environmental impacts, including the impacts to mineral… [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 9:48 pm by Hugh Rennie
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement finalized a rule that would amend the Office’s notification procedures of violations of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 1:32 pm by WIMS
Johnson (R-OH) to prohibit the use of funds for the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) from moving forward with a proposed rule that would effectively eliminate the Stream Buffer Zone Rule, a rule that presently allows surface mining operations with qualified permits to work within 100 feet of a stream. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) released a policy advisory on self-bonding—a coal industry practice in which mining companies pledge to use their profits to finance the cleanup of their mining. [read post]