Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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United States federal agency government regulatory agency

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating coal mining and overseeing the restoration of abandoned mine lands to protect the environment and public health.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement canonical	18
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program	3
Office of Surface Mining	2
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement programs	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ government regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation	OSMRE ⓘ
administers	Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program federal regulatory program for surface coal mining in non-primacy states ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	coal mining on U.S. federal and tribal lands ⓘ surface coal mining in participating states ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Native American tribes ⓘ other federal agencies ⓘ state regulatory authorities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	federal civil service employees ⓘ
focusesOn	mitigation of mine subsidence and mine fires ⓘ reclamation of abandoned coal mines ⓘ restoration of land and water resources impacted by mining ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Surface Mining
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
goal	protection of public health and safety from coal mining impacts ⓘ protection of the environment from adverse effects of coal mining ⓘ
hasMission	to address hazards from abandoned mine lands ⓘ to ensure coal mining is conducted in an environmentally responsible manner ⓘ to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations ⓘ to reclaim lands and waters degraded by mining ⓘ
hasOfficeIn	Alton, Illinois ⓘ Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ surface form: Denver, Colorado Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1977 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
mainRegulatoryArea	reclamation of mined lands ⓘ surface coal mining ⓘ
oversees	implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act ⓘ state abandoned mine land reclamation programs ⓘ state regulatory programs for surface coal mining ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
regulates	surface coal mining operations in states without approved programs ⓘ surface coal mining operations on federal lands ⓘ surface coal mining operations on tribal lands ⓘ
responsibleFor	distribution of abandoned mine land grants to states and tribes ⓘ enforcement of environmental performance standards for coal mining ⓘ oversight of state enforcement of coal mining laws ⓘ review and approval of state coal regulatory programs ⓘ
sector	energy and natural resources ⓘ environmental regulation ⓘ
usesFundingFrom	fees on coal production for abandoned mine land reclamation ⓘ
website	https://www.osmre.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of the Interior → hasPart → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

DOI → oversees → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of the Interior

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement → formerlyKnownAs → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Surface Mining

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement → administers → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program

USDOI → oversees → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of the Interior

OSMRE → fullName → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

OSMRE → formerlyKnownAs → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Surface Mining

OSMRE → overseesProgram → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 → establishes → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 → administeredBy → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 → createsProgram → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program

Department of the Interior headquarters → hasTenant → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Secretary’s Order of the U.S. Department of the Interior → appliesTo → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement programs

Mid-Continent Region → partOf → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Mid-Continent Region → operatedBy → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Mid-Continent Region → parentOrganization → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Western Region → partOf → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Region (OSMRE)

Western Region → operatedBy → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Region (OSMRE)

Western Region → parentAgency → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Region (OSMRE)

SMCRA → establishes → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

SMCRA → primaryAgency → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Public Law 95-87 → establishes → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Public Law 95-87 → creates → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Public Law 95-87 → administeredBy → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ