I just watched my tape of Bill Moyers Journal where he discussed President Bush's proposed policy change to allow the continuation or easing of regulations of surface mining on August 24, 2007.
There is a 60 day waiting period where the public can comment on the new policy.

Here is the PDF of the policy: http://www.osmre.gov/news/082407.pdf
To see the actual proposal you will have to goto
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main and search for Document ID: OSM-2007-0007-0001