Rule
Montana Regulatory Program
Interior Department / Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Federal Register summary (shortened to 600 characters)
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are denying an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Montana submitted this proposed amendment to OSM on its own initiative in response to a State law passed by the Montana Legislature (Senate Bill (SB) 392). The proposed amendment would have added a provision requiring equal application of court costs to the prevailing party in contested case proceedings by a court or administrative agency that issues a decision. The proposal would have also amended…
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- Document number
- 2026-17333
- Published
- Tue, Aug 25, 2026
- Effective
- Thu, Sep 24, 2026
- First on the line
- Oct 10, 2026, 10:00 PM