General Reclamation Requirements

Document 2026-01566 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on January 27, 2026, with an effective date of March 30, 2026. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is delaying the effective date of the direct final rule "General Reclamation Requirements," published on November 28, 2025. The direct final rule revised the Federal regulations to rescind language requiring compliance with the regulations when funding reclamation projects with prior balance replacement funds, which are moneys from the United States Treasury's General Fund that replaced State or Tribal share funds that were allocated before October 1, 2007, but never appropriated by Congress. During the comment period, OSM received comments that require further review and consideration to determine whether they are significant adverse comments warranting a response, withdrawal, or modification of the final rule. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01566/general-reclamation-requirements.

No. Document 2026-01566 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.