30 CFR § 886.5 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s886.5"
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title: "30 CFR § 886.5 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "886.5"
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: "886"
part_name: "RECLAMATION GRANTS FOR UNCERTIFIED STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67644, Nov. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "886"
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# 886.5 Definitions.

As used in this Part—

*Award* means to approve our grant agreement authorizing you to draw down and expend program funds.

*Distribute* means to annually assign funds to a specific State or Indian tribe. After distribution, funds are available for award in a grant to that specific State or Indian tribe.

*Reclamation plan* or *State reclamation plan* means a plan that a State or Indian tribe submitted and that we approved under section 405 of SMCRA and part 884 of this chapter.