Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Apr 24, 2024
§ 761.3 - Authority.

The State regulatory authority or the Secretary is authorized by section 522(e) of the Act (30 U.S.C. 1272(e)) to prohibit or limit surface coal mining operations on or near certain private, Federal, and other public lands, subject to valid existing rights and except for those operations which existed on August 3, 1977.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201
source: 48 FR 41348, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 761.3