30 CFR § 735.12 - Eligibility for administration and enforcement grants.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s735.12"
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title: "30 CFR § 735.12 - Eligibility for administration and enforcement grants."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "735.12"
section_name: "Eligibility for administration and enforcement grants."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT REGULATORY PROGRAMS FOR NON-FEDERAL AND NON-INDIAN LANDS"
part_number: "735"
part_name: "GRANTS FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 201, 501, and 502, Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (30 U.S.C. 1201)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 62706, Dec. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 15312, Mar. 13, 1979."
cfr_part: "735"
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# 735.12 Eligibility for administration and enforcement grants.

(a) *Approved program required.* In order to receive a grant to administer and enforce a State program, the State must have an approved State regulatory program.

(b) *Designation of a State agency.* In order to receive a grant to administer and enforce a State program, the Governor must designate a single agency to receive and administer administration and enforcement grants, including cooperative agreement grants described in § 735.16 of this part.

(c) *Nondiscrimination.* The agency shall monitor the compliance activity of its subrecipients with respect to the nondiscrimination provisions in § 735.21(a)(4) of this part.