30 CFR § 840.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s840.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 840.1 - Scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "840.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES"
part_number: "840"
part_name: "STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY: INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT"
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  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 35633, Aug. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "840"
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# 840.1 Scope.

This part sets forth the minimum requirements for the Secretary's approval of the provisions for inspection and enforcement by a State of surface coal mining and reclamation operations and of coal exploration operations which substantially disturb the natural land surface, where a State is the regulatory authority under an approved State program.