30 CFR § 905.817 - Performance standards—Underground mining activities.

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title: "30 CFR § 905.817 - Performance standards—Underground mining activities."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "905.817"
section_name: "Performance standards—Underground mining activities."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "53 FR 26575, July 13, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 905.817 Performance standards—Underground mining activities.

(a) Part 817 of this chapter, *Permanent Program Performance Standards—Underground Mining Activities,* shall apply to any person who conducts underground mining activities, except for § 817.116(a)(1) regarding revegetation success standards, for which paragraph (c) of this section substitutes.

(b) All operators shall comply with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, Cal. Pub. Res. Code section 13000 *et seq.;* the California Water Code section 1200 *et seq.;* the California Air Pollution Control Laws, Cal. Health & Safety Code section 39000 *et seq.;* the Hazardous Waste Control Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code section 25100 *et seq.;* the State Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code section 25280 *et seq.;* the Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act of 1972, Cal. Gov. Code section 66770 *et seq.;* the California Environmental Quality Act, Cal. Pub. Res. Code section 21000; the California Coastal Act of 1976, Cal. Pub. Res. Code section 30000 *et seq.;* the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, Cal. Pub. Res. Code section 4511 *et seq.;* the California Public Resources Code section 4656; and regulations promulgated pursuant to these laws.

(c) Standards for success shall be those identified in § 817.116(a)(2) of this chapter. Statistically valid sampling techniques for measuring success shall be included in the mining and reclamation plan, and approved by the regulatory authority.