Directives

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement policy directives are written communication provided in the form of instructions, manuals, notices, guides, policies, and procedures. These policy documents assist employees in effectively performing their jobs.

Rescinded and Inactive directives are no longer in effect. These directives are archival documents for historical purposes and can be found on the OSMRE Intranet or obtained by contacting directives@osmre.gov.

To learn how to prepare, modify or remove a Directive, see Directive OPM-1. Templates are located on OSMRE's Intranet for employee use.

Administrative Services (ADS)

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
ADS-2	959	Safety and Occupational Health Program	06/04/09
ADS-6	876	Printing, Publications and Reprographic Management	05/11/00
ADS-7	960	Motor Vehicle Management Program	05/22/09
ADS-13	893	Management of Leased Space	08/10/00
ADS-14	884	Aircraft Safety	08/08/00
ADS-16	740	Uniform Standards and Allowances	08/03/92
ADS-16-1	769	Change Notice - Deletion	02/25/93
ADS-16-2	866	Change Notice - Revisions	10/31/96
ADS-16-3	941	Change Notice	09/30/08
ADS-17	462	Loan of Government-Owned Personal Property	08/08/88
ADS-17-1	691	Change Notice - Clarification	10/24/91
ADS-17-2	742	Change Notice - Amendment	08/12/92
ADS-18	982	Personal Property Management Program	05/29/14
ADS-19	916	Environmental Management Systems	08/31/06
ADS-19-1	964	Change Notice - Environmental Management Systems	02/27/09

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
AML-1	974	Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System	12/12/12
AML-4	888	Procedures for Federal Reclamation Program Emergency and High Priority Projects	05/08/00
AML-22	973	Evaluation of State/Tribe Abandoned Mine Land Programs	03/28/13

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
FIN-1	374	Conference Officer Operations Manual	09/04/87
FIN-1-1	938	Change Notice - Civil Penalty Conference Officers Manual	12/09/08
FIN-7	690	Non-Federal Reimbursements to OSMRE	10/15/91
FIN-7-1	698	Change Notice - Revisions	11/21/91

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
GMT-1	617	Allocation and Suballotment of Small Operator Assistance Program Funds	06/08/90
GMT-1-1	749	Change Notice - Revisions	11/05/92
GMT-6	545	Eligibility of Operators and Authorized Services in the SOAP	06/07/89
GMT-6-1	818	Change Notice - Organizational Titles and Statutory Regulatory changes	06/24/94
GMT-10-16	969	Change Notice	02/09/11
GMT-10-16-1	980	Change Notice; Federal Assistance Manual	07/14/15
GMT-11	461	SOAP Annual Liability Reviews	08/04/88
GMT-11-1	772	Change Notice - Revisions	03/12/93

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
INE-3	321	Furnishing Operator/Permittees with Copies of Inspection Reports and Ten-Day Notices	03/03/87
INE-4	601	Notice of Potential Liability for an Individual Civil Penalty	03/01/90
INE-4-1	764	Change Notice - Revisions	02/05/93
INE-5	939	Mining Without a Permit and/or Mining Off a Valid Permit	09/17/08
INE-6	163	Informal Public Hearing Under 30 CFR 843.15	03/24/83
INE-8	173	Services of Notices of Violation and Cessation Orders	05/19/83
INE-13	166	Revision of Inspection and Enforcement Policy	04/11/83
INE-18	958	Authorized Representatives	12/09/08
INE-19	308	Vacation of Notices of Cessation Orders	01/07/87
INE-23	878	Completion and Processing of Mine Site Inspection Federal Program and Mine Site Evaluation State Program Report Forms	12/28/98
INE-24	336	Response to Citizen Complaints in Primacy States	05/26/87
INE-24-1	388	Change Notice - Revisions	10/28/87
INE-26	981	Approximate Original Contour	02/13/15
INE-29	733	Inspectable Units Inventory	07/07/92
INE-30	599	Alternative Enforcement Referrals for Criminal Penalties and Civil Action for Injunctive Relief	03/01/90
INE-34	954	Improvidently Issued Permits	11/03/08
INE-35	968	Ten-Day Notices	01/31/11
INE-40	600	Individual Civil Penalty Assessment	03/01/90
INE-40-1	950	Change Notice - Rescission	10/07/08
INE-41	559	Civil Penalty Assessment for Unabated Imminent Harm Cessation Orders	07/18/89
INE-43	955	Inspection of Durable Rock Fills Under Construction	11/12/08
INE-44	957	Contemporaneous Evaluation of Reclamation Activities	11/21/08

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
INF-1	942	OSMRE Records Management; Records Management Manual	10/08/08
INF-2	576	Administrative Records System	09/28/89
INF-3	796	Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)	09/20/93
INF-5	797	Subpoenas to Compel the Attendance of Witnesses, the Production of Written or Printed Materials, or Both	10/19/93
INF-11	663	Information Resources Management Policy and Procedures Manual	03/12/91
INF-13	762	Information Resources Management Review Council	01/19/93

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
IT-1	889	Information Systems Security Program	03/20/00
IT-2	945	Hardware and Software Management;	12/09/08
IT-3	975	OSMRE Social Media Policy; Social Media Guidance	12/10/12

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
OPM-1	984	Establishment and Maintenance of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Directives System	04/13/16
OPM-5	953	Delegations of Authority	12/06/12

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
PER-6	622	Alternative Work Schedule	07/10/90
PER-16	894	Merit Promotion Policy and Implementation	08/31/00
PER-21	971	Change Notice - Discipline and Adverse Action	02/02/12
PER-22	965	Change Notice - Agency Administered Grievance Procedure	08/03/09
PER-23	976	OSMRE Telework Policy	12/08/11
PER-23 -1	977	Change Notice - OSMRE Telework Policy	05/16/12

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
PRC-6	793	Uniform Contract Review System (Except Federal Emergency Reclamation Projects)	08/02/93
PRC-7	465	Interagency Acquisitions (Agreements)	08/30/88
PRC-7-1	551	Change Notice - Clarification	07/06/89
PRC-10	692	Anti-Lobbying Statute - Restrictions on Lobbying and Semi-Annual Reporting Requirements	10/24/91

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
REG-1	490	Handbook on Procedures for Implementing the NEPA; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook	11/29/88
REG-1-1	859	Change Notice - Revisions	07/23/96
REG-2	649	522(b) Federal Lands Review	12/07/90
REG-6	854	Information Collection Request - Rescission Notice	07/12/96
REG-7	719	Experimental Practices	04/24/92
REG-8	967	Oversight of State Regulatory Programs	01/31/11
REG-10	339	Bond Forfeiture	05/26/87
REG-10-1	804	Change Notice - Revisions	12/20/93
REG-14	362	Interpretation of Initial Program and Indian Lands Regulations Concerning Rills and Gullies	07/09/87
REG-15	696	Policy and Procedures for Maintaining Confidentiality of Permit Application Information	11/21/91
REG-18	979	Tribal Consultation and Protection of Tribal Trust Resources	06/26/13
REG-19	387	Incidental Boundary Revisions	10/19/87
REG-22	880	Developing and Processing State - Federal Cooperative Agreements for State Regulation on Federal Lands	05/04/99
REG-23	966	Corrective Actions for Regulatory Program Problems and Action Plans	01/31/11
REG-28	525	Bond Forms and Procedures	03/10/89
REG-31	881	Preparation of Mining Plan Decision Documents	06/04/99
REG-33	962	Federal Blaster Certification Program and Blasting Enforcement	12/09/08
REG-35	630	Permit Fees in Federal Program States and On Indian Lands	08/27/90
REG-35-1	798	Change Notice - Revisions	10/26/93

Subject Number	Transmittal Number	Directive	Effective Date
TSR-1	882	Handbook for Calculation of Reclamation bond Amounts	04/05/00
TSR-2	375	Quarterly Examination of Water Impoundments	09/14/87
TSR-3	393	Sediment Control Using Best Technology Currently Available	11/02/87
TSR-4	940	Technical Studies	09/25/08
TSR-5	399	Alternative Postmining Land Use Requirements for Real Property	11/10/87
TSR-6	400	Drainage Control on Valley and Durable Rock Fills	11/10/87
TSR-7	404	Protecting Historic Properties	12/18/87
TSR-8	434	Transportation and Handling of Abandoned Coal Mine Refuse Piles	03/31/88
TSR-9	441	Construction Certification of Siltation Structures	04/27/88
TSR-10	874	Use of Wetland Treatment Systems for Coal Mine Drainage	10/27/97
TSR-12	990	Post-Act Reclamation Program	06/13/17
TSR-14	828	Construction of Wetlands as a Postmining Land Use	01/31/95
TSR-15	857	Dam Safety Program	08/14/96
TSR-16	931	Reforestation of Title IV and Title V mined lands	06/10/08

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