30 CFR § 700.14 - Availability of records.

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title: "30 CFR § 700.14 - Availability of records."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "700.14"
section_name: "Availability of records."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "700"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15313, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 700.14 Availability of records.

(a) Records required by the Act to be made available locally to the public shall be retained at the geographically closest office of the State or Federal regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the area involved.

(b) Other records or documents in the possession of the Office may be requested under 43 CFR part 2, which implements the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act.