Title 30, Part 922 — Michigan

Michigan Federal program.

General.

Exemption for coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals.

Exemption for coal extraction incident to government-financed highway or other construction.

Areas designated unsuitable for surface coal mining by act of Congress.

Criteria for designating areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

Requirements for coal exploration.

Requirements for permits and permit processing.

Revision; renewal; and transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights.

Administrative and judicial review of decisions.

General content requirements for permit applications.

Permit applications—minimum requirements for legal, financial, compliance, and related information.

Surface mining permit applications—minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.

Surface mining permit applications—minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan.

Underground mining permit applications—minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.

Underground mining permit applications—minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan.

Requirements for permits for special categories of mining.

Small operator assistance.

General requirements for bonding of surface coal mining and reclamation operations.

Performance standards—coal exploration.

Performance standards—surface mining activities.

Performance standards—underground mining activities.

Special performance standards—auger mining.

Special performance standards—operations on prime farmland.

Special performance standards—mountaintop removal.

Special performance standards—coal processing plants and support facilities not located at or near the minesite or not within the permit area for a mine.

Special performance standards—in situ processing.

Federal inspections.

Federal enforcement.

Civil penalties.

Individual civil penalties.

Certification of blasters.