Interior Department Amends Surface Mining Fund Rules
November 24, 2025
November 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a direct final rule to revise federal regulations related to abandoned mine land funding.
The rule rescinds references to obsolete prior balance replacement funds and makes conforming language edits to several parts of the Code of Federal Regulations. Prior balance replacement funds were from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund that were meant to repla . . .
The rule rescinds references to obsolete prior balance replacement funds and makes conforming language edits to several parts of the Code of Federal Regulations. Prior balance replacement funds were from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund that were meant to repla . . .