43 CFR § 3809.592 - Does release of my financial guarantee relieve me of all responsibility for my project area?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3809.592"
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title: "43 CFR § 3809.592 - Does release of my financial guarantee relieve me of all responsibility for my project area?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3809.592"
section_name: "Does release of my financial guarantee relieve me of all responsibility for my project area?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3800"
part_name: "MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3101  30 U.S.C. 22-42, 181  301-306, 351-359, and 601  31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471  42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and Pub. L. No. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 13974, Mar. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3800"
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# 3809.592 Does release of my financial guarantee relieve me of all responsibility for my project area?

(a) Release of your financial guarantee under this subpart does not release you (the mining claimant or operator) from responsibility for reclamation of your operations should reclamation fail to meet the standards of this subpart.

(b) Any release of your financial guarantee under this subpart does not release or waive any claim BLM or other persons may have against any person under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 *et seq.,* or under any other applicable statutes or regulations.