30 CFR § 872.34 - Are there any restrictions on how you may use certified in lieu funds?

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title: "30 CFR § 872.34 - Are there any restrictions on how you may use certified in lieu funds?"
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title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "872.34"
section_name: "Are there any restrictions on how you may use 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"
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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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# 872.34 Are there any restrictions on how you may use certified in lieu funds?

There are no limitations or restrictions on the use of certified in lieu funds in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2006 which were enacted as Division C, Title II, Subtitle A of P.L. 109-432.