30 CFR § 746.13 - Decision document and recommendation on mining plan.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s746.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 746.13 - Decision document and recommendation on mining plan."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "746.13"
section_name: "Decision document and recommendation on mining plan."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LANDS PROGRAM"
part_number: "746"
part_name: "REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINING PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201  and 30 U.S.C. 181"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 6941, Feb. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "746"
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# 746.13 Decision document and recommendation on mining plan.

OSM shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a decision document recommending approval, disapproval or conditional approval of the mining plan to the Secretary. The recommendation shall be based, at a minimum, upon:

(a) The permit application package, including the resource recovery and protection plan;

(b) Information prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321, *et seq.;*

(c) Documentation assuring compliance with the applicable requirements of other Federal laws, regulations and executive orders other than the Act;

(d) Comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, as applicable, and the public;

(e) The findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management with respect to the resource recovery and protection plan and other requirements of the lease and the Mineral Leasing Act;

(f) The findings and recommendations of the regulatory authority with respect to the permit application and the State program; and

(g) The findings and recommendations of OSM with respect to the additional requirements of this subchapter.