30 CFR § 816.114 - Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s816.114"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 816.114 - Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "816.114"
section_name: "Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS"
part_number: "816"
part_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS—SURFACE MINING ACTIVITIES"
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 sec 115 of Pub. L. 98-146."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15395, Mar. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "816"
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# 816.114 Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.
Suitable mulch and other soil stabilizing practices shall be used on all areas that have been regraded and covered by topsoil or topsoil substitutes. The regulatory authority may waive this requirement if seasonal, soil, or slope factors result in a condition where mulch and other soil stabilizing practices are not necessary to control erosion and to promptly establish an effective vegetative cover.
[48 FR 40160, Sept. 2, 1983, as amended at 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]