30 CFR § 810.3 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s810.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 810.3 - Authority."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "810.3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS"
part_number: "810"
part_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS—GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 102, 201, 501(b), 503, 504, 505, 512, 515, 516 and 517, Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 448, 449, 468, 470, 471, 473, 483, 486, 495, and 498 (30 U.S.C. 1202, 1211, 1251, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1262, 1265, 1266, and 1267)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15393, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "810"
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# 810.3 Authority.

The Secretary shall approve and promulgate minimum coal exploration and surface mining and reclamation operations performance standards and design requirements applicable under regulatory programs which are at least as stringent as subchapter K in accordance with subchapter C of this chapter.