30 CFR § 701.3 - Authority.

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title: "30 CFR § 701.3 - Authority."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "701.3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "701"
part_name: "PERMANENT REGULATORY PROGRAM"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15316, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 701.3 Authority.

The Secretary is required by section 501(b) of the Act to promulgate regulations which establish the permanent regulatory program; by section 523 of the Act to promulgate regulations which establish the Federal lands programs; and is authorized by section 710 of the Act to promulgate regulations which establish a Federal program for Indian lands.

[49 FR 38477, Sept. 28, 1984]