Final rule · Office of Surface Mining
Interior approves Wyoming's typo fixes to coal drilling rules
Official title: Wyoming Regulatory Program
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- Mining
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, part of the Interior Department, is approving an amendment to Wyoming's coal mining regulatory program. The amendment fixes spelling, punctuation and wording errors in the state's rules on coal exploration by drilling. These errors were left unapproved in a 2024 decision and Wyoming has now corrected them. The changes are not substantive, and the rule takes effect November 25, 2026.
Details
- Agency
- Department of the Interior; Office of Surface Mining
- Document type
- Final rule
- Published
- Monday, October 26, 2026
- Comments due
- No comment period stated
- Document number
- 2026-21835
- Docket
- SATS No. WY-055-FOR; Docket ID No. OSM-2025-0002; S1D1S SS08009000 SX064A000 278S180110; S2D2S SS08009000 SX064A000 27XS501520; S2R2B SS08009000 SX064A000 22XS5015I
- Who is affected
- Wyoming coal exploration drilling operators
- Wyoming Land Quality Division
- Wyoming coal mining regulation
- Where
- Wyoming 42.968, -107.552 · derived centroid
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