30 CFR § 870.16 - Acceptable payment methods.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s870.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 870.16 - Acceptable payment methods."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "870.16"
section_name: "Acceptable payment methods."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION"
part_number: "870"
part_name: "ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND—FEE COLLECTION AND COAL PRODUCTION REPORTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 1746, 30 U.S.C. 1201  and Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 28593, June 30, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "870"
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# 870.16 Acceptable payment methods.

(a) If you owe total quarterly reclamation fees of $500 or more for one or more mines, you must:

(1) Use an electronic fund transfer mechanism approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury;

(2) Forward payments by electronic transfer;

(3) Include the applicable Master Entity No.(s) (Part 1-Block 3 on the OSM-1 Form), and OSM Document No.(s) (Part 1-upper right corner of the OSM-1 Form) with the electronic payment; and

(4) Use our approved form or approved electronic form to report coal tonnage sold, used, or for which ownership was transferred to the address indicated in the Instructions for Completing the OSM-1 Form.

(b) If you owe less than $500 in quarterly reclamation fees for one or more mines, you may:

(1) Forward payments by electronic transfer in accordance with the procedures specified in paragraph (a) of this section; or

(2) Submit a check or money order payable to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in the same envelope with the OSM-1 Form to the address indicated in the Instructions for Completing the OSM-1 Form.

[73 FR 67632, Nov. 14, 2008, as amended at 89 FR 8073, Feb. 6, 2024]