30 CFR § 780.27 - Reclamation plan: Surface mining near underground mining.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s780.27"
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title: "30 CFR § 780.27 - Reclamation plan: Surface mining near underground mining."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "780.27"
section_name: "Reclamation plan: Surface mining near underground mining."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 780.27 Reclamation plan: Surface mining near underground mining.

For surface mining activities within the proposed permit area to be conducted within 500 feet of an underground mine, the application shall describe the measures to be used to comply with 30 CFR 816.79.

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