30 CFR § 773.7 - Review of permit applications.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s773.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 773.7 - Review of permit applications."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "773.7"
section_name: "Review of permit applications."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS PERMITS AND COAL EXPLORATION SYSTEMS UNDER REGULATORY PROGRAMS"
part_number: "773"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT PROCESSING"
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 16 U.S.C. 470 16 U.S.C. 661 16 U.S.C. 703 16 U.S.C. 668a 16 U.S.C. 469 and 16 U.S.C. 1531"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 44391, Sept. 28, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "773"
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# 773.7 Review of permit applications.
(a) The regulatory authority will review an application for a permit, revision, or renewal; written comments and objections submitted; and records of any informal conference or hearing held on the application and issue a written decision, within a reasonable time set by the regulatory authority, either granting, requiring modification of, or denying the application. If an informal conference is held under § 773.6(c) of this part, the decision will be made within 60 days of the close of the conference.
(b) The applicant for a permit or revision of a permit shall have the burden of establishing that his application is in compliance with all the requirements of the regulatory program.
[48 FR 44391, Sept. 28, 1983, as amended at 65 FR 79663, Dec. 19, 2000; 72 FR 68029, Dec. 3, 2007; 81 FR 93323, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54937, Nov. 17, 2017]