30 CFR § 800.12 - Form of the performance bond.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s800.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 800.12 - Form of the performance bond."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "800.12"
section_name: "Form of the performance bond."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "PERFORMANCE BOND, FINANCIAL ASSURANCE, AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS"
part_number: "800"
part_name: "BOND AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS UNDER REGULATORY PROGRAMS"
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 amended; and Pub. L. 100-34."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 32959, July 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "800"
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# 800.12 Form of the performance bond.
The regulatory authority shall prescribe the form of the performance bond. The regulatory authority may allow for:
(a) A surety bond;
(b) A collateral bond;
(c) A self-bond; or
(d) A combination of any of these bonding methods.
[48 FR 32959, July 19, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93381, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54972, Nov. 17, 2017]