Oppose Utah Regulatory Program
Utah Regulatory Program
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and EnforcementFederal Register 2026-09024 ↗
The groups on this fight
4 groups work Utah
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
Works Utah: the five-Tribe coalition that petitioned for the monument and shared in managing it until the July 2026 proclamation disbanded the Bears Ears Commission.
- Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
Works Utah: the monument’s friends group: science, stewardship, and the legal fight over its boundaries.
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Works Utah: sued BLM in August 2024 to void 51 reaffirmed oil and gas leases in the San Rafael Desert, including one in the heart of the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness carved by the Green River..
- Utah Diné Bikéyah
Works Utah: the Native-led nonprofit whose cultural mapping work built the original monument proposal.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Utah's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has submitted a proposed amendment to its coal regulatory program following the passage of Utah House Bill 419 in 2026. The bill would require plaintiffs who obtain a legal stay or temporary remedy in an 'environmental action' to post a bond, which could make it significantly harder and riskier for individuals or groups to challenge coal mining permits and operations. This rule affects anyone who might seek to use the courts or agency processes to pause or delay coal-related activities in Utah.
In the agency’s own words
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Utah coal regulatory program (hereinafter, the Utah program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Utah submitted this proposed amendment on its own initiative, following the passage of Utah House Bill 419 (HB 419) during the 2026 legislative session. HB 419 amended Title 72B, chapter 5, part 8 of the Utah Code Annotated (UCA) and would require that a bond be posted by a plaintiff who obtains a "stay or other temporary remedy issued by an agency for an "env…
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