Montana Surface Mining Regulatory Program (SMCRA)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-08-21 — Montana Regulatory Program: cross-connection with smcra-state-regulatory-programs: Both track OSMRE decisions on Montana’s SMCRA program amendments; this denial of drainage-basin and bond-release changes is a Montana-specific instance of the broader state-program review process. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-08-25 — Montana Regulatory Program: cross-connection with smcra-state-regulatory-programs: The Montana state program page is a specific instance of the general SMCRA state-program approval/amendment framework; the prevailing-party cost amendment denial is logged on both. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-15 — Montana Regulatory Program: OSM approved Montana’s SMCRA program amendment allowing use of predictive modeling combined with monitoring data in coal reclamation bond-release applications, and requiring retention of a portion of the bond for areas contributing suspended solids to receiving streams (final rule). (novelty: 2)