Move OSMRE HQ to Pittsburgh; cut inspectors; reinstate Schedule F
Mandate would relocate OSMRE to Pittsburgh, reduce coal-reclamation inspectors, reinstate Schedule F, open training to company employees, and keep Trump-era Ten-Day Notice and AOC directives.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 16 (Interior) — Office of Surface Mining: relocate OSMRE HQ to Pittsburgh; reduce field coal-reclamation inspectors; reissue Schedule F; permit coal company employees in OSM Training Program; revise Applicant Violator System for extenuating circumstances; maintain Ten-Day Notice rule and Directive INE-26.
Undo plan
1) Keep inspector capacity matched to active mining and AML workload.
2) Rescind Schedule F conversions of OSM staff.
3) Maintain independence of training and AVS from industry capture.
4) Enforce SMCRA vigorously including ten-day notices when states fail.
5) Verify: inspection frequency; AVS debarments; AML reclamation acres.