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87 FR 1372

OSM announced the receipt of and seeks comment on a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program pertaining to ownership and control under SMCRA. 

Mining Our Future Critical Minerals: Does Darkness Await Us?

We are told the transition to a zero-carbon economy will depend upon the United States’ ability to assure a sufficient supply of rare earths and minerals such as cobalt, nickel, or lithium. The Biden Administration is intent on promoting some new form of a critical mineral policy, and calls for reforming the 1872 Mining Law have persisted for well over one hundred years. This Article is designed to provoke a meaningful conversation about a critical minerals policy informed by our past.

86 FR 59019

OSM approved an amendment to the Wyoming abandoned mine land reclamation plan under SMCRA.

86 FR 59674

OSM announced a proposed regulatory and statutory amendment to the Wyoming coal program under SMCRA. 

86 FR 55757

CEQ proposed to modify aspects of its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA to generally restore regulatory provisions that were in effect before modifications in 2020.  

86 FR 52384

NOAA announced that the Deepwater Horizon federal natural resource trustee agencies for the regionwide trustee implementation group prepared the "Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment 1: Birds, Marine Mammals, Oysters, and Sea Turtles" and FONSI in accordance with OPA, NEPA, and a consent decree with BP Exploration and Production Inc.

86 FR 42879

BLM proposed to reinstate four competitive oil and gas leases in Oklahoma. 

86 FR 41907

OSM announced receipt of a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program under SMCRA.

86 FR 37039

OSM approved an amendment to the Montana abandoned mine land reclamation plan under SMCRA.

86 FR 26941

Based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, OSM determined that the state of Oklahoma no longer has authority to implement SMCRA programs within the exterior boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation; the Act designates OSM as the regulatory authority instead because no tribe has obtained primacy in the jurisdiction.