30 CFR § 872.28 - Are there any restrictions on how you may use minimum program make up funds?

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title: "30 CFR § 872.28 - Are there any restrictions on how you may use minimum program make up funds?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "872.28"
section_name: "Are there any restrictions on how you may use minimum program make up funds?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION"
part_number: "872"
part_name: "MONEYS AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201  Pub. L. 117-58."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67634, Nov. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 872.28 Are there any restrictions on how you may use minimum program make up funds?

Yes. You may only use minimum program make up funds for:

(a) Priority 1 and 2 coal reclamation under sections 403(a)(1) and (2) of SMCRA;

(b) Priority 3 reclamation that is part of Priority 1 or 2 coal reclamation under sections 403(a)(1) or (2) of SMCRA and § 874.13 of this chapter;