30 CFR § 872.32 - What are certified in lieu funds?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s872.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 872.32 - What are certified in lieu funds?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "872.32"
section_name: "What are certified in lieu 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"
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 Pub. L. 117-58."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67634, Nov. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "872"
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# 872.32 What are certified in lieu funds?
“Certified in lieu funds” are moneys that we distribute to you, the certified State or Indian tribe, in lieu of moneys allocated to your State or Tribal share of the Fund after October 1, 2007. Certified in lieu funds come from general funds of the United States Treasury that are otherwise unappropriated. Beginning with the 2009 Federal fiscal year which starts on October 1, 2008, we distribute certified in lieu funds to you under section 411(h)(2) of SMCRA.