30 CFR § 780.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s780.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 780.1 - Scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "780.1"
section_name: "Scope."
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: "780"
part_name: "SURFACE MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS—MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR RECLAMATION AND OPERATION PLAN"
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 16 U.S.C. 470"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15357, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "780"
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# 780.1 Scope.

This part provides the minimum requirements for the Secretary's approval of regulatory program provisions for the mining operations and reclamation plan portions of applications for permits for surface mining activities, except to the extent that different requirements for those plans are established under 30 CFR part 785.

[44 FR 15357, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93330, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54949, Nov. 17, 2017]