Interior Department Proposes Scrapping Obsolete Surface Mining Rule
November 27, 2025
November 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued a direct final rule to eliminate a regulation regarding performance standards for surface mining operations.
The action revises federal regulations to rescind an obsolete rule that the Secretary of the Interior suspended in 1992, rendering it inoperative for 33 years.
The rule in question, found at 30 CFR 816.101, prescribed time and distance st . . .
The action revises federal regulations to rescind an obsolete rule that the Secretary of the Interior suspended in 1992, rendering it inoperative for 33 years.
The rule in question, found at 30 CFR 816.101, prescribed time and distance st . . .