30 CFR 761.3
§ 761.3 Authority.
United States · 30 CFR — Mineral Resources · Status: effective
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- 30 CFR 761.3, § 761.3 Authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/136295
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.