30 CFR § 881.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s881.2"
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title: "30 CFR § 881.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "881.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION"
part_number: "881"
part_name: "SUBSIDENCE AND STRIP MINE REHABILITATION, APPALACHIA"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 205, 79 Stat. 13 (40 U.S.C. App. 205), and Pub. L. 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 37379, Aug. 18, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "881"
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# 881.2 Definitions.

As used in the regulations in this part and in cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to the regulations in this part:

(a) *Government* means the United States of America;

(b) *Commission* means the Appalachian Regional Development Commission established by section 101 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965;

(c) *State* means any one of the States listed in section 403 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; and

(d) *Local authorities* or *local bodies of government* means a county, city, township, town, or borough, and other local governmental bodies organized and existing under authority or State laws.