Assistance program
Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining
$540.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants;Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 15.250
- What it does
- To assist the States and Tribes with active coal mining in administering approved regulatory programs.
- Who benefits
- State agencies responsible for regulation, reclamation and enforcement of provisions protecting the environment from negative effects of coal mining operations.
- Who applies
- The State or Tribe must have an approved program to regulate surface coal mining and a designated State agency to receive administration and enforcement regulatory grants.
- Authorized by
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 91 Stat. 445-532.
- Program site
- http://www.osmre.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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Direct payments