30 CFR § 779.21 - Soil resources information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s779.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 779.21 - Soil resources information."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "779.21"
section_name: "Soil resources information."
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: "779"
part_name: "SURFACE MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS—MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES"
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  sec. 115 of Pub. L. 98-146, (30 U.S.C. 1257), and 16 U.S.C. 470"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15354, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "779"
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# 779.21 Soil resources information.

(a) The applicant shall provide adequate soil survey information of the permit area consisting of the following:

(1) A map delineating different soils;

(2) Soil identification;

(3) Soil description; and

(4) Present and potential productivity of existing soils.

(b) Where the applicant proposes to use selected overburden materials as a supplement or substitute for topsoil, the application shall provide results of the analyses, trials, and tests required under 30 CFR 816.22.

[44 FR 15354, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93327, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54948, Nov. 17, 2017]

For a document temporarily suspending § 779.21 in part, see 45 FR 51548, Aug. 4, 1980.