Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

The Department of the Interior is the home of the Bureau of Land Management, the Minerals Management Service, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the U.S Geological Suiwey (USGS). 

Federal regulations with the greatest impact on the mining industry are those promulgated (i.e., published) by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ... 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Perennial and Intermittent Streams, 73 Fed. Reg. 75,814 (2008) Duffy, Valley, 145,177 Interior Department Says Final Rule Clarifies Disposal of Coal Mining Waste Near Streams, 39 BNA Env. Rept. 2451 (2008) (mining industry delighted) Elizabeth Shogren, Mining Damage in Appalachia Extensive, U.S. Finds, EAT, May 30, 2003, at A32. 

Corps of Engineers, Suspension and Modification of Nationwide Permit 21, 75 Fed. Reg. 34,711 (2010) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Stream Buffer Zone and Related Rules, 74 Fed. Reg 62,664 200c)) Army Corps Plan Would Ban Permit for Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia, 40 BNA Env. Rept. 1444 (2009). 

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