30 CFR § 905.777 - General content requirements for permit applications.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s905.777"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 905.777 - General content requirements for permit applications."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "905.777"
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: "905"
part_name: "CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "53 FR 26575, July 13, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "905"
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# 905.777 General content requirements for permit applications.

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

(b) Any person who wishes to conduct new surface coal mining and reclamation operations shall file a complete application as early as possible prior to the date permit issuance is desired and shall pay to the Secretary a permit fee in accordance with 30 CFR 777.17.

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