30 CFR § 762.4 - Responsibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s762.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 762.4 - Responsibility."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "762.4"
section_name: "Responsibility."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING"
part_number: "762"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATING AREAS AS UNSUITABLE FOR SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS"
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"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 41350, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "762"
---


# 762.4 Responsibility.

The regulatory authority or OSM shall use the criteria in this part for the evaluation of each petition for the designation of areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.