Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 08, 2026

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Jan 27, 2026
§ 762.4 - Responsibility.

The regulatory authority or OSM shall use the criteria in this part for the evaluation of each petition for the designation of areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201
source: 48 FR 41350, Sept. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 762.4