OSMRE has issued a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for Signal Peak Energy's Federal Mining Plan Modification Amendment 3 for Federal Lease MTM-97988 at Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 in Montana. The FEIS was prepared to address deficiencies identified in a 2022 Ninth Circuit ruling that vacated OSMRE's 2018 EA for failing to adequately analyze greenhouse gas emissions. Three alternatives were analyzed: No Action, the Proposed Action (up to 22.8 million tons of Federal coal over 9 years), and a Partial Mining Alternative limited to 5 years. OSMRE selected the Proposed Action and recommends the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management approve the mining plan modification.12