Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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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.
All labels observed (4)
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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government regulatory agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OSMRE ⓘ |
| administers |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
federal regulatory program for surface coal mining in non-primacy states ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
coal mining on U.S. federal and tribal lands
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surface coal mining in participating states ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Native American tribes
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other federal agencies ⓘ state regulatory authorities ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | federal civil service employees ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mitigation of mine subsidence and mine fires
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reclamation of abandoned coal mines ⓘ restoration of land and water resources impacted by mining ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Surface Mining
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| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| goal |
protection of public health and safety from coal mining impacts
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protection of the environment from adverse effects of coal mining ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to address hazards from abandoned mine lands
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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, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Denver, Colorado
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1977 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| legalBasis | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| mainRegulatoryArea |
reclamation of mined lands
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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
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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
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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
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environmental regulation ⓘ |
| usesFundingFrom | fees on coal production for abandoned mine land reclamation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.osmre.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Department of the Interior
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hasPart
→
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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subject surface form:
United States Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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formerlyKnownAs
→
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Office of Surface Mining
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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administers
→
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
subject surface form:
United States Department of the Interior
this entity surface form:
Office of Surface Mining
this entity surface form:
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
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establishes
→
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
ⓘ
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
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administeredBy
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
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createsProgram
→
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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this entity surface form:
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
Department of the Interior headquarters
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hasTenant
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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Secretary’s Order of the U.S. Department of the Interior
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appliesTo
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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this entity surface form:
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement programs
subject surface form:
Western Region (OSMRE)
subject surface form:
Western Region (OSMRE)
subject surface form:
Western Region (OSMRE)