30 CFR § 769.15 - Intervention.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s769.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 769.15 - Intervention."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "769.15"
section_name: "Intervention."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR MINING"
part_number: "769"
part_name: "PETITION PROCESS FOR DESIGNATION OF FEDERAL LANDS AS UNSUITABLE FOR ALL OR CERTAIN TYPES OF SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS AND FOR TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS DESIGNATIONS"
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  and Pub. L. 100-34."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 41354, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "769"
---


# 769.15 Intervention.

Up to 3 days before the OSM holds a hearing on a petition under § 769.17, any person may intervene in the proceeding by filing a statement describing how the designation directly affects the intervenor, allegations of facts and supporting evidence, a short statement identifying the petition to which the allegations pertain, and the intervenor's name, address and telephone number.