30 CFR § 875.20 - Contractor eligibility.

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title: "30 CFR § 875.20 - Contractor eligibility."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "875.20"
section_name: "Contractor eligibility."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION"
part_number: "875"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION AND NONCOAL RECLAMATION"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
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# 875.20 Contractor eligibility.

Every successful bidder for any contract by an uncertified State or Indian tribe under this part, or for any contract by a certified State or Indian tribe to undertake a noncoal reclamation project under this part, must be eligible under §§ 773.12, 773.13, and 773.14 of this chapter at the time of contract award to receive a permit or be provisionally issued a permit to conduct surface coal mining operations. This section applies only to any contracts by a certified State or Indian tribe that are for coal reclamation or that are for a noncoal reclamation project under this part.

[80 FR 6446, Feb. 5, 2015]