30 CFR § 777.15 - Completeness.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s777.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 777.15 - Completeness."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "777.15"
section_name: "Completeness."
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: "777"
part_name: "GENERAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 44398, Sept. 28, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "777"
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# 777.15 Completeness.
An application for a permit to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations shall be complete and shall include at a minimum—
(a) For surface mining activities, the information required under parts 778, 779, and 780 of this chapter, and, as applicable to the operation, part 785 of this chapter; and
(b) For underground mining activities, the information required under parts 778, 783, and 784 of this chapter, and, as applicable to the operation, part 785 of this chapter.
[48 FR 44398, as amended at 81 FR 93327, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54947, Nov. 17, 2017]