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![U.S. Senate Confirms Lanny E. Erdos as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/LannyErdosWide.jpg)
U.S. Senate Confirms Lanny E. Erdos as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to confirm Lanny E. Erdos as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
![Bull Mountains Mine No. 1](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/news/bullMountainsMine101514.jpg)
Available: Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 EA, FONSI and mining plan modification approval document
OSM announces the release of an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 mining plan modification approval. Please visit the OSM Projects page. There you will be able to view and download all documents relating to this project.
![Trump Administration Streamlines Federal Process for Overseeing Coal Mine Operations](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/news/Active_AL_NarleyMineNo3_digger.jpg)
Trump Administration Streamlines Federal Process for Overseeing Coal Mine Operations.
![This link will direct you to a non-government website that may have different policies from those of OSMRE.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/news/Leer_Complex_Excellence_FY20_Q4.jpg)
See the 2020 Excellence In Surface Coal Mining Awards Ceremony, presented virtually for the first time.
![OSM honors the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/news/NTEC_NACC_BistiFuels_NavajoMine.jpg)
OSM honors the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards.
![This link will direct you to a non-government website that may have different policies from those of OSMRE. See the 2020 Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Awards Ceremony; our first virtual awards show.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218003337im_/https://www.osmre.gov/images/news/Ruffner_Mine_Cover.jpg)
See the 2020 Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Awards Ceremony, our first virtual awards show.
- U.S. Senate Confirms Lanny E. Erdos as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- Available: Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 EA, FONSI and mining plan modification approval document.
- Trump Administration Streamlines Federal Process for Overseeing Coal Mine Operations
- See the 2020 Excellence In Surface Coal Mining Awards Ceremony, presented virtually for the first time
- OSM honors the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards
- See the 2020 Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Awards Ceremony, our first virtual awards show
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This is a map of the Unified Interior Regions for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
View the OSMRE Map containing the contact information for States, Tribes, and the Bureau.