30 CFR § 761.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s761.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 761.1 - Scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "761.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING"
part_number: "761"
part_name: "AREAS DESIGNATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 41348, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "761"
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# 761.1 Scope.

This part establishes the procedures and standards to be followed in determining whether a proposed surface coal mining and reclamation operation can be authorized in light of the prohibitions and limitations in section 522(e) of the Act for those types of operations on certain Federal, public and private lands.