30 CFR § 783.21 - Soil resources information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s783.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 783.21 - Soil resources information."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "783.21"
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: "783"
part_name: "UNDERGROUND 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 15363, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "783"
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# 783.21 Soil resources information.

(a) The applicant shall provide adequate soil survey information on those portions of the permit area to be affected by surface operations or facilities 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 817.22.

[44 FR 15363, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93330, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54956, Nov. 17, 2017]

For a document suspending § 783.21 in part, see 45 FR 51548, Aug. 4, 1980.