30 CFR § 764.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s764.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 764.1 - Scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "764.1"
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: "764"
part_name: "STATE PROCESSES FOR DESIGNATING AREAS 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  and Pub. L. 100-34."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 41351, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "764"
---


# 764.1 Scope.

This part establishes minimum procedures and standards to be included in each approved State program for designating non-Federal and non-Indian lands in a State as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations and for terminating designations.