30 CFR § 780.33 - Relocation or use of public roads.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s780.33"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 780.33 - Relocation or use of public roads."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "780.33"
section_name: "Relocation or use of public roads."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 780.33 Relocation or use of public roads.
Each application shall describe, with appropriate maps and cross-sections, the measures to be used to ensure that the interests of the public and landowners affected are protected if, under § 761.14 of this chapter, the applicant seeks to have the regulatory authority approve—
(a) Conducting the proposed surface mining activities within 100 feet of the right-of-way line of any public road, except where mine access or haul roads join that right-of-way; or
(b) Relocating a public road.
[44 FR 15357, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 64 FR 70838, Dec. 17, 1999; 81 FR 93330, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54949, Nov. 17, 2017]