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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Label	Occurrences
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement canonical	21
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program	3
U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement	3
Office of Surface Mining	2
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (appropriations)	1
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement programs	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85500 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Context triple: [United States Department of the Interior, hasPart, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement]

A. Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration is the U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing safety and health regulations in the nation’s mines to protect miners from workplace hazards.
B. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing vast areas of public lands and natural resources across the United States.
C. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing offshore energy operations to ensure safety, environmental protection, and conservation of resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
D. Office of Natural Resources Revenue
The Office of Natural Resources Revenue is a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for collecting, auditing, and disbursing revenues from energy and mineral resources on federal and tribal lands and offshore areas.
E. United States Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Target entity description: 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.

A. Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration is the U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing safety and health regulations in the nation’s mines to protect miners from workplace hazards.
B. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing vast areas of public lands and natural resources across the United States.
C. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing offshore energy operations to ensure safety, environmental protection, and conservation of resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
D. Office of Natural Resources Revenue
The Office of Natural Resources Revenue is a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for collecting, auditing, and disbursing revenues from energy and mineral resources on federal and tribal lands and offshore areas.
E. United States Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ government regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation	OSMRE ⓘ
administers	Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program ⓘ linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 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 ⓘ linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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 ⓘ linked to: Denver, Colorado, United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1977 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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 ⓘ

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

subject linked to: DOI

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

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement → administers → Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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

subject linked to: USDOI

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

OSMRE → formerlyKnownAs → Office of Surface Mining ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

OSMRE → overseesProgram → Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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 → Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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 programs ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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 (OSMRE) → partOf → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

subject linked to: Western Region

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

subject linked to: Western Region

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

subject linked to: Western Region

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 ⓘ

Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies → hasJurisdictionOver → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies → hasJurisdictionOver → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (appropriations) ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Office of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior → supports → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

bureaus of the U.S. Department of the Interior → hasMember → Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

Bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania → regulatingAuthority → U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Office of Mines and Minerals – Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division → collaboratesWith → U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Western Coal Field → regulatoryJurisdiction → U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ⓘ

linked to: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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