30 CFR § 1228.2 - Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1228.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 1228.2 - Policy."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1228.2"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1228"
part_name: "COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 202, Pub. L. 97-451, 96 Stat. 2457 (30 U.S.C. 1732)."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 37348, Sept. 21, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010."
cfr_part: "1228"
---


# 1228.2 Policy.

It shall be the policy of DOI to enter into cooperative agreements with States and Indian tribes to carry out audits and related investigations and enforcement actions whenever a State or tribe initiates a request to enter into an agreement and a finding is made that a State or tribe has the ability to carry out cooperative activities in a timely and efficient manner.