30 CFR § 870.23 - Consequences of noncompliance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s870.23"
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title: "30 CFR § 870.23 - Consequences of noncompliance."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "870.23"
section_name: "Consequences of noncompliance."
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"
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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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# 870.23 Consequences of noncompliance.

If you do not maintain adequate records, provide us with access to records of a surface coal mining operation, or pay overdue reclamation fees, including interest on late payments or underpayments, we may take one or more of the following actions:

(a) Start a legal action against you;

(b) Report you to the Internal Revenue Service;

(c) Report you to State agencies responsible for taxation;

(d) Report you to credit bureaus;

(e) Refer you to collection agencies; or

(f) Take some other appropriate action against you.

[73 FR 67633, Nov. 14, 2008]