16. Department of the Interior · Minor
Preserve OSM Directive INE-26 on approximate original contour
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“Preserve Directive INE-26, which relates to approximate original contour, a critical factor in permitting efficient and environmentally sound surface mining, especially in Appalachia.”
What has happened
- Done
OSMRE Directive INE-26, "Approximate Original Contour", dated June 26, 2020 and issued by the Program Support Directorate, is listed as current on the agency's directives index, read on 2026-08-27. Nothing in the Federal Register corpus for the window, in Interior's Secretary's Orders series or in OSMRE's FY2027 justification rescinds or supersedes it, and OSMRE's deregulatory rulemakings in the window went to other performance standards — backfilling and grading, siltation structures, subsidence control. A preserve ask is done while the thing continues.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
A preserve ask, and the directive is still on the books.
- Action
- restore
- Object
- OSM Directive INE-26
- ID
- 1517