30 CFR § 784.19 - Underground development waste.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s784.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 784.19 - Underground development waste."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "784.19"
section_name: "Underground development waste."
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: "784"
part_name: "UNDERGROUND MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS—MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 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 15366, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "784"
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# 784.19 Underground development waste.
Each plan shall contain descriptions, including appropriate maps and cross section drawings of the proposed disposal methods and sites for placing underground development waste and excess spoil generated at surface areas affected by surface operations and facilities, according to 30 CFR 817.71 through 817.74. Each plan shall describe the geotechnical investigation, design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal, if appropriate, of the structures and be prepared according to 30 CFR 780.35.
[79 FR 76230, Dec. 22, 2014, as amended at 81 FR 93355, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54958, Nov. 17, 2017]