{"abstract":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE or OSM), are amending our regulations concerning stream buffer zones, stream-channel diversions, excess spoil, and coal mine waste to comply with an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 20, 2014, which vacated the stream buffer zone rule that we published December 12, 2008. The court remanded the matter to us for further proceedings consistent with the decision. In relevant part, the Memorandum Decision stated that vacatur of the 2008 stream buffer zone rule resulted in reinstatement of the regulations in effect before the vacated rule took effect. Therefore, the rule that we are publishing today removes the provisions of the vacated 2008 rule and reinstates the corresponding regulations in effect before the effective date of the 2008 rule (January 12, 2009).","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement","name":"Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office","id":480,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/480","parent_id":253,"slug":"surface-mining-reclamation-and-enforcement-office"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/12/22/2014-29864.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":780,"title":30},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":784,"title":30},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":816,"title":30},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":817,"title":30}],"citation":"79 FR 76227","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This regulation is effective December 22, 2014. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in 30 CFR 780.25(a)(2) and 784.16(a)(2) was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on December 22, 2014.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket ID: OSM-2012-0010","S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A00067F 134S180110","S2D2S SS08011000 SX066A00 33F 13XS501520"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2014-29864","effective_on":"2014-12-22","end_page":76233,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2014/12/22/2014-29864.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/12/22/2014-29864/excess-spoil-coal-mine-waste-diversions-and-buffer-zones-for-perennial-and-intermittent-streams","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2014-29864?publication_date=2014-12-22","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2014-12-22/2014-29864/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":477,"last_updated":"2026-07-28 08:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-22/pdf/2014-29864.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-29864.pdf?1418998307","publication_date":"2014-12-22","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/12/22/2014-29864.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1029-AC69":{"issue":"201410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1029-AC69/2008-stream-buffer-zone-vacatur","title":"2008 Stream Buffer Zone Vacatur","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201410&RIN=1029-AC69&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1029-AC69"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee","document_id":"OSM_FRDOC_0001-0325"},{"title":"Surface Mining Permit Applications; CFR Correction","document_id":"OSM_FRDOC_0001-0256"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=OSM_FRDOC_0001","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"OSM_FRDOC_0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-01-12T19:22:30Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":76227,"subtype":null,"title":"Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, Diversions, and Buffer Zones for Perennial and Intermittent Streams","toc_doc":"Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, Diversions, and Buffer Zones for Perennial and Intermittent Streams","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Environmental protection","Incorporation by reference","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Surface mining","Underground mining"],"type":"Rule","volume":79}