Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement
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Office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement. All osmre websites. Government s official website for the appalachian region of the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement osmre. Department of the interior osmre is responsible for.
Office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement po box 25065 denver co 80225 0065 1 800 799 4265. The office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement protects populations and the environment during surface coal mining operations. In tennessee the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement osmre has operated a federal regulatory program as the primary regulator under the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 smcra since october 1984 when the state repealed its surface mining law.
Osmre s business practices are to reclaim abandoned mine lands title iv regulate active coal mines title v and apply sound science through technology transfer. Government s official website for the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement osmre. These missions are accomplished primarily through regulation and oversight of state programs.
Osmre also has regulatory authority responsibilities for surface coal mining activities in the states of georgia. Department of the interior. The office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement osmre is a branch of the united states department of the interior it is the federal agency entrusted with the implementation and enforcement of the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 smcra which attached a per ton fee to all extracted coal in order to fund an interest accruing trust to be used for reclamation of.
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