30 CFR § 785.20 - Augering.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s785.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 785.20 - Augering."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "785.20"
section_name: "Augering."
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: "785"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS FOR SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF MINING"
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 as"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15370, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "785"
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# 785.20 Augering.
(a) This section applies to any person who conducts or intends to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations utilizing augering operations.
(b) Any application for a permit for operations covered by this section shall contain, in the mining and reclamation plan, a description of the augering methods to be used and the measures to be used to comply with 30 CFR part 819.
(c) No permit shall be issued for any operations covered by this section unless the regulatory authority finds, in writing, that in addition to meeting all other applicable requirements of this subchapter, the operation will be conducted in compliance with 30 CFR part 819.