Coal Mining Bonds Seek Smooth Sailing Through OMB Review
Published Date: 7/25/2025
Notice
Summary
The Office of Surface Mining wants to keep collecting info about bonds and insurance for coal mining sites to make sure companies clean up properly. This affects coal miners and regulators, helping protect the environment without adding extra paperwork. They’re asking for approval to continue this process smoothly and on time.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Coal operators keep filing bond info
The Office of Surface Mining is seeking OMB approval to renew an information collection so coal mining operators continue providing bond and insurance information for surface mining and reclamation operations. This is intended to make sure companies clean up mining sites and to keep the process running smoothly and on time.
Continued oversight to protect environment
OSMRE will continue collecting bond and insurance data so regulators can check that coal companies will clean up sites, which helps protect the environment. The agency is asking for approval to keep that review process operating without interruption.
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