30 CFR § 823.4 - Responsibilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s823.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 823.4 - Responsibilities."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "823.4"
section_name: "Responsibilities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS"
part_number: "823"
part_name: "SPECIAL PERMANENT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS—OPERATIONS ON PRIME FARMLAND"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201 ; Pub. L. 100-34."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 21463, May 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "823"
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# 823.4 Responsibilities.

(a) The U.S. Soil Conservation Service within each State shall establish specifications for prime farmland soil removal, storage, replacement, and reconstruction.

(b) The regulatory authority within each State shall use the soil-reconstruction specifications of paragraph (a) of this section to carry out its responsibilities under § 785.17 and subchapter J of this chapter.