North Dakota Reclamation Plan

Document 2025-23264 is a Proposed Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on December 18, 2025. We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), announce receipt of a proposed amendment to the North Dakota abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation plan (the North Dakota plan) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The proposed amendment updates the purposes for which the North Dakota abandoned mine reclamation fund may be used and creates a set-aside trust account in the State treasury. The definition of eligible lands and water and project priorities are also revised. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/18/2025-23264/north-dakota-reclamation-plan.

No. Document 2025-23264 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.