30 CFR § 921.764 - Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

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title: "30 CFR § 921.764 - Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "921.764"
section_name: "Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations."
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: "921"
part_name: "MASSACHUSETTS"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 41004, Sept. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 921.764 Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

Part 764 of this chapter, *State Processes for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations,* pertaining to petitioning, initial processing, hearing requirements, decisions, data base and inventory systems, public information, and regulatory responsibilities, are applicable in Massachusetts beginning on May 28 1983.