30 CFR § 903.777 - General content requirements for permit applications.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s903.777"
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title: "30 CFR § 903.777 - General content requirements for permit applications."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "903.777"
section_name: "General content requirements for permit applications."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH STATE"
part_number: "903"
part_name: "ARIZONA"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "60 FR 18716, Apr. 12, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "903"
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# 903.777 General content requirements for permit applications.

(a) Part 777 of this chapter, *General Content Requirements for Permit Applications,* applies to any person who makes application for a permit to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations.

(b) Any person who wishes to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations must file a complete application as early as possible before the date the permit is desired and pay to OSM a permit fee in accordance with § 903.736.

(c) Any person who wishes to revise a permit shall submit a complete application as early as possible before the desired approval date of the permit revision and shall pay a permit fee in accordance with 30 CFR 777.17.