36 CFR § 228.2 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s228.2"
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title: "36 CFR § 228.2 - Scope."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "228.2"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "228"
part_name: "MINERALS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 478, 551; 30 U.S.C. 226, 352, 601, 611; 94 Stat. 2400."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 31317, Aug. 28, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 36142, July 14, 1981."
cfr_part: "228"
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# 228.2 Scope.

These regulations apply to operations hereafter conducted under the United States mining laws of May 10, 1872, as amended (30 U.S.C. 22 *et seq.*), as they affect surface resources on all National Forest System lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture to which such laws are applicable: *Provided, however,* That any area of National Forest lands covered by a special Act of Congress (16 U.S.C. 482a-482q) is subject to the provisions of this part and the provisions of the special act, and in the case of conflict the provisions of the special act shall apply.