{"source":"reg-mining-safety","note":"Free 5-item preview. The full feed is $0.05/call at GET /v1/reg-mining-safety/changes.","question":"Which final or proposed federal rules affecting mine safety & health (mine, mining, respirable, miner, coal) were published since T, and which carry compliance obligations?","sample":[{"source":"reg-mining-safety","entityId":"fedreg:2026-12734","type":"proposed_rule","title":"Oil and Gas Leasing","summary":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect new requirements in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB); policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.) entitled Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's \"Department of Government Efficiency\" Deregulatory Initiative and Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account; and policy guidance in Secretary's Order entitled Unleashing American Energy. In addition, the proposed rule would reflect provisions of the Royalty Resiliency Act, wh…","significance":6,"detectedAt":"2026-07-16T20:33:17.577Z","effectiveDate":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12734/oil-and-gas-leasing","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-12734","documentType":"Proposed Rule","agencies":"Interior Department, Land Management Bureau","publicationDate":"2026-06-24","vertical":"reg-mining-safety"}},{"source":"reg-mining-safety","entityId":"fedreg:2026-14245","type":"final_rule","title":"Montana Regulatory Program","summary":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving an amendment to the Montana regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Montana submitted this proposed amendment to OSM on its own initiative in response to a State law passed by the Montana Legislature--House Bill 616 (HB 616). The amendment to the Montana coal program regulations proposed that predictive modeling, along with monitoring data, may be included in a permittee's bond release application to prove compliance with their approved reclamation plans. Furtherm…","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:41.925Z","effectiveDate":"2026-08-14","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/15/2026-14245/montana-regulatory-program","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-14245","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Interior Department, Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office","publicationDate":"2026-07-15","vertical":"reg-mining-safety"}},{"source":"reg-mining-safety","entityId":"fedreg:2026-12482","type":"final_rule","title":"West Virginia Regulatory Program","summary":"We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are approving two amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). West Virginia proposed revisions to the West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (WVSCMRA), codified at Title 22, Article 3, of the West Virginia Code (W. Va. Code), along with revisions to its administrative regulations promulgated in the West Virginia Code of State Rules (CSR) that relate to electronic permit filing, pre-subsidence surv…","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:41.925Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-22","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/22/2026-12482/west-virginia-regulatory-program","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-12482","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Interior Department, Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office","publicationDate":"2026-06-22","vertical":"reg-mining-safety"}},{"source":"reg-mining-safety","entityId":"fedreg:2026-12792","type":"final_rule","title":"Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Diesel Particulate Matter Emission Limits in Underground Coal Mines","summary":"MSHA is eliminating outdated requirements for diesel particulate matter (DPM) emission limits for permissible diesel-powered equipment and non-permissible heavy-duty diesel-powered equipment operated in underground coal mines. These requirements are being removed from MSHA's regulations because they contain outdated effective dates that are no longer applicable.","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:41.925Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-27","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12792/improving-and-eliminating-regulations-diesel-particulate-matter-emission-limits-in-underground-coal","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-12792","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration","publicationDate":"2026-06-25","vertical":"reg-mining-safety"}},{"source":"reg-mining-safety","entityId":"fedreg:2026-12793","type":"final_rule","title":"Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Approved Conveyor Belts in Underground Coal Mines","summary":"MSHA is removing outdated flame-resistance approval requirements for conveyor belts used in underground coal mines. These requirements are being removed from MSHA's regulations because they contain outdated effective dates and are no longer applicable.","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:41.925Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-27","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12793/improving-and-eliminating-regulations-approved-conveyor-belts-in-underground-coal-mines","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-12793","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration","publicationDate":"2026-06-25","vertical":"reg-mining-safety"}}]}