43 CFR 3461.0-6

Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 19, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Sep 06, 2024

View all text of Subpart 3461 [§ 3461.0-3 - § 3461.5]

§ 3461.0-6 - Policy.

The Department shall carry out the review of Federal lands under section 522(b) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1272(b)) principally through land use planning assessments by the surface management agency regarding the unsuitability of Federal lands for all or certain stipulated methods of coal mining.

authority: The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181

source: 44 FR 42638, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 3461.0-6