The following is a list of the dates amendments were submitted to OSM, the dates when the Director's decision approving all, or portions of these amendments, were published in the Federal Register and the State citations or a brief description of each amendment. The amendments in this table are listed in order of the date of final publication in the Federal Register. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date of final
Original amendment submission date publication Citation/description----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------September 13, 1983................... January 3, 1984........ MCA 82-4-237, -251(4), -254.April 2, 1984........................ January 3, 1985........ ARM 26.4.1206 through .1209, .1211, .1212.January 3, 1984...................... November 18, 1985...... ARM 26.4.310, .621 through .626, .1260 through
.1263.July 3, 1985......................... February 14, 1986...... MCA 82-4-231, 232, 254.April 23, 1987....................... December 31, 1987...... MCA 82-4-203, 222, 223.December 21, 1988.................... May 11, 1990........... ARM 26.4 subchapters 3, definitions and strip
mine permit application requirements; 4, mine
permit and test pit prospecting permit
procedures; 5, backfilling and grading
requirements; 6, transportation facilities,
explosives and hydrology; 7, topsoiling,
revegetation, and protection of wildlife and
air resources; 8, alluvial valley floors, prime
farmlands, alternate reclamation, and auger
mining; 9, underground coal and uranium mining;
10, prospecting; 11, bonding, insurance
reporting, and special areas; 12, special
departmental procedures; 13, miscellaneous
provisions.June 19, 1990........................ March 20, 1991, August ARM 26.4.724 through 726, .728, .730 through
19, 1992. .733, .1301A, .724; ARM 26.4.920, .924 through
.927, .930, .932; ARM 26.4 subchapters 3, 5, 8,
11, 12.October 19, 1992..................... February 25, 1994...... MCA 82-4-203(26).June 16, 1993, July 28, 1993......... February 1, 1995....... MCA 82-4-203, subsections (14), (16), (21),
(23), (29), (34), (35), (36), definitions; 82-4-
224, surface owner consent; 82-4-226,
subsections (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (8),
prospecting permits and notices of intent; 82-4-
227, subsections (1), (2), (3), (7) through
(13), permit approval/denial criteria.May 16, 1995......................... January 22, 1999....... MCA 2-15-3501, 2-15-3502, 82-4-203(1) through
(35), except (24); MCA 82-4-204; MCA 82-4-205;
MCA 82-4-221; MCA 82-4-223; MCA 82-4-226(8);
MCA 82-4-227; MCA 82-4-231; MCA 82-4-232(6) and
(7); MCA 82-4-235; MCA 82-4-240; MCA 82-4-242;
MCA 82-4-251; and MCA 82-4-254(1) through (3).
Decision deferred on MCA 82-4-239; MCA 82-4-
203(24) disapproved.March 5, 1996........................ January 22, 1999....... ARM 26.4.301(114); 26.4.410; 26.4.1001; and
26.4.1001A.
July 20 and August 17, 2000.......... 6/12/01................ MCA 82-4-203(1) and (21)(d), 82-4-232(1), (7)
and (8), 82-4-233(1) and 4, 82-4-243, 82-4-
253(1), (2) and (3) and 82-4-254(1), (2), (3),
(4) and (9).April 27, 2001....................... November 21, 2001...... MCA 82-4 part 2 Operating permit revocation--
permit transferFebruary 1 and 28, 1995.............. February 12, 2002...... ARM 26.4.301(79) through (137); 26.4.304(5) and
(6); 26.4.308(2); 26.4.314(3) and (5);
26.4.321(1) and (3); 26.4.404(5); 26.4.405(6)
and (8); 26.4.407(1), (2) and (4);
26.4.501A(3); 26.4.505(4) through (8);
26.4.524(2); 26.4.601(5) and (7); 26.4.602(2);
26.4.603(9) and Introduction; 26.4.605(3);
26.4.623(2); 26.4.633(2); 26.4.634(1) and (2);
26.4.638(2); 26.4.639(1), (10), (18) and (19);
26.4.642(5) and (8); 26.4.702(4); 26.4.711(2)
through(6); 26.4.721(1) through (3);
26.4.724(6); 26.4.726(2) and (3); 26.4.821(1);
26.4.825(4) and (6); 26.4.924(3) through (5),
(8) through (21); 26.4.927(2) and (3);
26.4.930(3); 26.4.932(8); 26.4.1002(1) and (2);
26.4.1005(2) and (3); 26.4.1006(1) through (4);
26.4.1007(1) and (2); 26.4.1009(1) and (2);
26.4.1011(1); 26.4.1014; 26.4.1116(7);
26.4.1116A(1) and (2); 26.4.1141(3); and
26.4.1212(1) are approved. ARM 26.4.301(78);
(1), (6) through (8),
(13) through (15), and (20) through (24);
26.4.404(7) through (10); 26.4.405(5);
26.4.405A; 26.4.405B, 26.4.519A; 26.4.645(6);
26.4.646(6); 26.4.932(5)(b) and 26.4.1206(1)
are deferred.May 7, 2002.......................... August 6, 2003......... ARM 17.24.301 (recodified); 17.24.301(13), (34),
(39), (46), (47), (64), (71), (73), (76), (79),
(95), (103), (110), (111), (133); 17.24.302(6);
17.24.303(15)(a)(ii); 17.24.304(5);
17.24.305(2)(b); 17.24.306(1), (3);
17.24.313(6); 17.24.315(1)(b);
(a), (2)-(4);
17.24.324(2), (3); 17.24.327(2); 17.24.401(1),
(5)(b)(i); 17.24.403(2)(a); 17.24.405(1), (8);
17.24.413(4); 17.24.415(1); 17.24.416(1)(d),
(2); 17.24.501(1), (3), (4)-(6); 17.24.501A
deleted; 17.24.503(1); 17.24.505(2);
17.24.507(4); 17.24.510(1), (2); 17.24.514
deleted; 17.24.518(1); 17.24.519A deleted;
17.24.520(1), (2), (3 recodified);
17.24.522(1); 17.24.601(1)-(11); 17.24.603(1)-
(5); 17.24.604 deleted; 17.24.605(1)-(3);
17.24.606 [moved to 17.24.601(7)]; 17.24.607(1)-
(3); 17.24.623(2)(b)(iii); 17.24.625(1), (2);
17.24.632(1); 17.24.633(3)-(5);
(a), (2), (3);
17.24.639(1)(c)-(27); 17.24.640(1);
17.24.642(1)(f), (2), (3), (6); 17.24.645(5
intro), (6); 17.24.646(6); 17.24.647(1);
17.24.652(1); 17.24.702(1), (2), (6);
17.24.711(1), (6)(b); 17.24.716(1), (2), (5);
17.24.718(2); 17.24.724(3)(a); 17.24.725(1);
17.24.726(2); 17.24.728 (intro); 17.24.733(3),
recodified (3)-(5); 17.24.762(1);
17.24.815(2)(c)-(e), (f)(i), (h);
(1)(intro), (1)(g); 17.24.823(2);
17.24.825(1), (3); 17.24.826(1), (2) [replaces
17.24.1103]; 17.24.901(1)(c)(i)-(iii);
17.24.903(1)(a), (c), (d); 17.24.911(1)-(3),
(4)-(6) recodified, (7)(intro), (8)-(10);
17.24.924(15)-(20); 17.24.925(2); 17.24.927(3);
17.24.1001(1)(a), (2)(b)-(o), (4);
17.24.1002(1), (2)(j)-(m), (3); 17.24.1003(1
recodified), (2)-(4); 17.24.1005(3)(c intro);
17.24.1006(1), (3)(intro); 17.24.1010 intro;
17.24.1014(1)(b), (2)(d), (4);
17.24.1017(2)(c), (3)(d); 17.24.1018(3)-(9);
17.24.1103 deleted; 17.24.1104(2), recodify (3)-
(5); 17.24.1108(1); 17.24.1111(4), recodify (5)-
(6); 17.24.1112(1)(h); 17.24.1116(8);
17.24.1116A deleted; 17.24.1132(1)(a)(iv);
17.24.1143(1); 17.24.1221(1); 17.24.1222(2);
17.24.1223(5) (intro), (6)(b);
17.24.1224(1)(b); 17.24.1225(1)-(3);
17.24.1226(1), (2); 17.24.1228(1);
17.24.1261(1), (2), (4)(b), (c), (5);
17.24.1262(1 as recodified).
(1), (2); 82-4-206
(1), (2); 82-4-231(8)(c), (d), (f); 82-4-
241(1)-(3); 82-4-254(3), (4).July 29, 2003........................ February 16, 2005...... MCA 82-4-202(3)(c); (3)(e) except for the phrase
``and attainable''; 82-4-203(2); 82-4-203(4)
except at (4)(c) the phrase ``as necessary to
support postmining land uses within the area
affected and the adjacent area''; 82-4-203(13),
(16), (17), (20) through (23); (24) except the
phrase ``as they relate to uses of land and
water within the area affected by mining and
the adjacent area''; (26), (27), (28), (30),
(37), (38), (42) through (44), (46), (47),
(50), (55); 82-4-221(3); 82-4-222(1)(m)-(p); 82-
4-231(10)(k) except the phrase ``as necessary
to support postmining land uses and to prevent
material damage to the hydrologic balance in
the adjacent area''; 82-4-231(10)(k)(vii);
(viii) except the phrase ``to protect the
hydrologic balance as necessary to support
postmining land uses within the area affected
and to prevent material damage to the
hydrologic balance in adjacent areas''; 82-4-
232(1) through (10); 82-4-233; 82-4-234; 82-4-
(1)-(1)(c); 82-4-235(1)(e)-(f); 82-4-
235(1)(g) except the phrase ``are introduced
species that have become naturalized''; 82-4-
236; HB 373 Section 11; 82-4-252(2); HB 684
repeal of Sec. 5, Chapter 522, Laws of 2001;
also all editorial and codification changes.
We are taking no action on: MCA 82-4-202(1); 82-
4-239.
August 31, 2005...................... October 10, 2007....... ARM 17.24.301(6); 17.24.301(11); 17.24.301(13)
(intro) and (a), (b), and (d); 17.24.301(26);
17.24.301(33); 17.24.301(36); 17.24.301(38);
17.24.301(46); 17.24.301(50); 17.24.301(54);
17.24.301(59); 17.24.301(64); 17.24.301(64)(b),
(c), (d), (g), and (h); 17.24.301(67);
17.24.301(90); 17.24.301(103);
17.24.301(107)(b); 17.24.301(143); 17.24.302;
17.24.303(1)(w), (x), and (y);
17.24.305(2)(b)(i); 17.24.308(1)(b)(vii);
17.24.312(1)(b); 17.24.313; 17.24.321(1) and
(3); 17.24.322(2)(a)(x) and (4); 17.24.323;
17.24.324(1)(e); 17.24.401(3)(f) and
(5)(a)(iv); 17.24.404(9) and (10); 17.24.405(1)
and (2), (6)(j), and (7); 17.24.416(1)(b);
17.24.413(1)(f); 17.24.427(1)(a), (c) and (2);
17.24.501(4)(a), (d) and (6)(d); 17.24.515;
17.24.522(3); 17.24.603(4); 17.24.605(8);
17.24.609(1); 17.24.623(2) and (5)(b);
17.24.624(4), (6)(a), (7)(a), (11) and (14);
17.24.626(1)(j); 17.24.633(2); 17.24.634;
17.24.636(2) and (3); 17.24.639(2), (3) and
(7); 17.24.642(1)-(7); 17.24.646(4);
17.24.701(4); 17.24.702(4)(b) and (6);
17.24.711; 17.24.714(1); 17.24.716(1), (3),
(4), and (5); 17.24.717(1); 17.24.718(3);
17.24.719; 17.24.720; 17.24.724(1)-(3);
17.24.726 except at (1) the proposed deletion
of the phrase ``the application and must;''
17.24.728; 17.24.751(1) and (2)(a), (c), (e),
and (f); 17.24.762(1)(a)-(d), (2), and (3);
17.24.764; 17.24.815(1)(a)(i), (ii) and (b);
17.24.821; 17.24.823; 17.24.824; 17.24.825;
17.24.826; 17.24.832(4) and (5)(b) and (c);
17.24.1001; 17.24.1104(1) and (3);
17.24.1108(1), (2) and (4); 17.24.1109(1)(d)-
(g); 17.24.1116; 17.24.1125(2);
17.24.1132(1)(a); 17.24.1133(2)(a), (b), and
(3); 17.24.1201(1)-(4); 17.24.1202; 17.24.1301;
also all minor, editorial, and codification
changes.January 18, 2006..................... May 14, 2008........... Montana Code Annotated (MCA) 82-4-206; 82-4-223;
82-4-225; 82-4-226; 82-4-227; 82-4-231; 82-4-
232; 82-4-233; 82-4-235; 82-4-251; 82-4-254; 82-
4-1001; 82-4-1002.November 6, 2006..................... May 14, 2008........... Administrative Record of Montana (ARM) 17.4.301;
17.4.302; 17.4.303; 17.4.304; 17.4.305;
17.4.306; 17.4.307; 17.4.308; 17.24.1206;
17.24.1211; 17.24.1212; 17.24.1218; 17.24.1219;
17.24.1220.July 7, 2008......................... January 5, 2009........ Montana Strip and Underground Mine Reclamation
Act 82-4-232(3) and (4), 82-4-232 (5)(k), 82-4-
232(5)(l).July 3, 2008......................... December 27, 2010...... Normal husbandry practices.July 14, 2010........................ March 9, 2011.......... ARM 17.24.1109.May 12, 2009......................... May 24, 2011........... MCA 82-4-235(2), -235(3)(a), -235(3)(b), -
235(4)(a), and -235(4)(b).August 19, 2011...................... September 19, 2012..... MCA 82-4-203(4)(c) (definition of AOC); addition
of -203(27) ``in situ coal gasification;'' -
203(44) ``recovery fluid;'' recodification of
former -203(27) through (56).---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [62 FR 9946, Mar. 5, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 3610, 3615, Jan. 22, 1999; 66 FR 31533, June 12, 2001; 66 FR 58381, Nov. 21, 2001; 67 FR 6408, Feb. 12, 2002; 68 FR 46477, Aug. 6, 2003; 70 FR 8018, Feb. 16, 2005; 72 FR 57838, Oct. 10, 2007; 73 FR 27743, May 14, 2008; 74 FR 219, Jan. 5, 2009; 75 FR 81119, Dec. 27, 2010; 76 FR 12859, Mar. 9, 2011; 76 FR 30013, May 24, 2011; 77 FR 58025, Sept. 19, 2012]