Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Related to Siltation Structures
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- What it does
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is confirming the effective date of January 27, 2026, for the direct final rule "Rescission of Portions of Permanent Program Performance Standards Related to Siltation Structures," published on November 28, 2025. The direct final rule removes paragraphs that required that all surface drainage from the disturbed area pass through a siltation structure before leaving the permit area. These provisions were struck down by a reviewing court in 1985 and have no legal effect but were never removed from the Code of Federal Regulations. During the comment period, OSM received one substantive comment. That comment was not a significant adverse comment because it did not effectively challenge the rule's underlying premise or approach or explain why the rule would be inappropriate without a change. As a result, the comment does not warrant a delay of the effective date.
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
2 parts of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office has published 21 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 24 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1029-AC92 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
The effective date of the rule is January 27, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-01570 |
|---|---|
| Action | Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date. |
| Agencies | Interior Department; Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office |
| Published | Jan. 27, 2026 |
| Effective date | Jan. 27, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 1029-AC92 |
| Docket | OSM-2025-0010 |
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