North Dakota Regulatory Program

Document 2026-02982 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on February 13, 2026, with an effective date of March 16, 2026. We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving an amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota proposed amendments to its program based on changes to the North Dakota Century Code made by the State legislature that resulted in changes to the North Dakota Administrative Code for surface coal mining and reclamation operations. The changes added a perfected lien or security interest in real property to the definition of collateral bond. The changes also added conditions that must be met for real property pledged as collateral bond. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02982/north-dakota-regulatory-program.

No. Document 2026-02982 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.