30 CFR § 784.26 - Air pollution control plan.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s784.26"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 784.26 - Air pollution control plan."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "784.26"
section_name: "Air pollution control plan."
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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# 784.26 Air pollution control plan.
For all surface operations associated with underground mining activities, the application shall contain an air pollution control plan which includes the following:
(a) An air quality monitoring program, if required by the regulatory authority, to provide sufficient data to evaluate the effectiveness of the fugitive dust control practices, under paragraph (b) of this section to comply with applicable Federal and State air quality standards; and
(b) A plan for fugitive dust control practices, as required under 30 CFR 817.95.
[44 FR 15366, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93355, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54958, Nov. 17, 2017]