43 CFR § 3400.0-3 - Authority.

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title: "43 CFR § 3400.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3400.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3400"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 189, 359, 1211, 1251, 1266, and 1273; and 43 U.S.C. 1461, 1733, and 1740."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 42609, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3400.0-3 Authority.

(a) These regulations are issued under the authority of and to implement provisions of:

(1) The Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 *et seq.).*

(2) The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of August 7, 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359 *et seq.).*

(3) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 *et seq.).*

(4) The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, August 3, 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 *et seq.).*

(5) The Multiple Mineral Development Act of August 13, 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 *et seq.).*

(6) The Department of Energy Organization Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7101 *et seq.).*

(7) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 *et seq.).*

(8) The Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, as amended (90 Stat. 1083-1092).

(9) The Act of October 30, 1978 (92 Stat. 2073-2075).

(b) Specific citations of authority in subsequent subparts of this Group 3400 are to authorities from which the subpart is chiefly derived or which the subpart chiefly implements.