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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 30 - Mineral Resources |
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Chapter VII - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior |
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SubChapter F - Areas Unsuitable for Mining |
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Part 762 - Criteria for Designating Areas as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations |
§ 762.13 - Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
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§ 762.13 Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
The requirements of this part do not apply to -
(a) Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on the date of enactment of the Act;
(b) Lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or
(c) Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.