30 CFR § 769.19 - Regulatory policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s769.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 769.19 - Regulatory policy."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "769.19"
section_name: "Regulatory policy."
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: "2026-03-24"
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 41354, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "769"
---


# 769.19 Regulatory policy.

Once an area of Federal lands is designated as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations, any permit or lease shall be conditioned in a manner so as to limit or prohibit surface coal mining operations on the designated areas in accordance with the designation.