30 CFR § 722.17 - Inability to comply.

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title: "30 CFR § 722.17 - Inability to comply."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "722.17"
section_name: "Inability to comply."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_number: "722"
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authority: "Secs. 201, 501, and 502, Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (30 U.S.C. 1201)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 62701, Dec. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 722.17 Inability to comply.

(a) Neither a notice of violation nor a cessation order issued under this part may be vacated because of inability to comply.

(b) A permittee may not be deemed to have shown good cause for not suspending or revoking a permit by showing inability to comply.

(c) Unless caused by lack of diligence, inability to comply may be considered in mitigation of the amount of a civil penalty under part 723 of this chapter and of the duration of the suspension of the permit under § 722.16 of this part.