30 CFR § 816.132 - Cessation of operations: Permanent.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s816.132"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 816.132 - Cessation of operations: Permanent."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "816.132"
section_name: "Cessation of operations: Permanent."
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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# 816.132 Cessation of operations: Permanent.
(a) Persons who cease surface mining activities permanently shall close or backfill or otherwise permanently reclaim all affected areas, in accordance with this chapter and the permit approved by the regulatory authority.
(b) All underground openings, equipment, structures, or other facilities not required for monitoring, unless approved by the regulatory authority as suitable for the postmining land use or environmental monitoring, shall be removed and the affected land reclaimed.
[44 FR 15395, Mar. 13, 1979, as amended at 81 FR 93392, Dec. 20, 2016; 82 FR 54979, Nov. 17, 2017]