Interior Department Confirms Removal of Outdated Siltation Rules
January 27, 2026
January 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement confirmed that it is finalizing the removal of obsolete water treatment regulations. The move officially deletes requirements that have been legally void for four decades but remained printed in the Code of Federal Regulations.
The rule addresses standards that required all surface drainage from disturbed mining areas to pass through siltation structures before lea . . .
The rule addresses standards that required all surface drainage from disturbed mining areas to pass through siltation structures before lea . . .