{"abstract":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are reopening the public comment period due to a request for an extension of the public comment period to a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana proposed this amendment to OSMRE, on its own initiative, following its passing of Montana House Bill 576 (2023), which amends the Montana Code Annotated and proposes changes to the definition of material damage and changes to permit requirements related to hydrologic information. HB 576 also adds four contingencies to the proposed amendments of the MCA: a severability clause, a contingent voidness clause, an effective date clause, and a retroactive applicability clause. This document gives the times and locations that the Montana program and this revised proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the revised amendment, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.","action":"Proposed rule; public comment period reopening and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.","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/2023/09/20/2023-20350.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"926","title":30}],"citation":"88 FR 64853","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2023-11-06","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept written comments on this amendment until 4 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), November 6, 2023.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["SATS No. MT-042-FOR","Docket ID: OSM-2023-0007","S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 222S180110","S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 22XS501520"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"MT-042-FOR Administrative Record","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0048"},{"title":"MT-042-34_ConcernLetter","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0040"},{"title":"Public Hearing Transcription_MT-042-FOR_11012023","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0038"},{"title":"Mass Mailing Letter_06052023_Signed","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0004"},{"title":"Montana Submission - HB 576","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0001"}],"agency_name":"OSM","documents":[{"comment_count":223,"comment_start_date":"2023-09-20","updated_at":"2023-11-08T09:57:24.731-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/OSM-2023-0007-0013","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"OSM-2023-0007-0013","comment_end_date":"2023-11-07","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":5,"id":"OSM-2023-0007","title":"Montana Regulatory Program; MT-042-FOR"}],"document_number":"2023-20350","effective_on":null,"end_page":64854,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2023/09/20/2023-20350.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/20/2023-20350/montana-regulatory-program","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-20350?publication_date=2023-09-20","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2023-09-20/2023-20350/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":151,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 14:15:12 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-20/pdf/2023-20350.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-20350.pdf?1695127579","publication_date":"2023-09-20","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2023/09/20/2023-20350.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"MT-042-FOR Administrative Record","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0048"},{"title":"MT-042-34_ConcernLetter","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0040"},{"title":"Public Hearing Transcription_MT-042-FOR_11012023","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0038"},{"title":"Mass Mailing Letter_06052023_Signed","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0004"},{"title":"Montana Submission - HB 576","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0001"}],"comments_count":223,"agency_id":"OSM","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=OSM-2023-0007","supporting_documents_count":5,"docket_id":"OSM-2023-0007","document_id":"OSM-2023-0007-0013","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Montana Regulatory Program; MT-042-FOR","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-11-09T14:00:12Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":64853,"subtype":null,"title":"Montana Regulatory Program","toc_doc":"Montana Regulatory Program","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":88}