30 CFR § 843.5 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s843.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 843.5 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "843.5"
section_name: "Definitions."
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: "843"
part_name: "FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "47 FR 35637, Aug. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "843"
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# 843.5 Definitions.
As used in this part, the following terms have the specified meanings:
*Unwarranted failure to comply* means the failure of a permittee to prevent the occurrence of any violation of his or her permit or any requirement of the Act due to indifference, lack of diligence, or lack of reasonable care, or the failure to abate any violation of such permit of the Act due to indifference, lack of diligence, or lack of reasonable care.
[47 FR 35637, Aug. 16, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 79670, Dec. 19, 2000]