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  1. Title 30 —Mineral Resources
  2. Chapter VII —Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
  3. Subchapter T —Programs for the Conduct of Surface Mining Operations Within Each State
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Title 30Mineral ResourcesPart / Section
Chapter VIIOffice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior700 – 999
Subchapter TPrograms for the Conduct of Surface Mining Operations Within Each State900 – 999
Part 941South Dakota941.700 – 941.955
§ 941.700South Dakota Federal program.
§ 941.701General.
§ 941.702Exemption for coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals.
§ 941.707Exemption for coal extraction incident to Government-financed highway or other construction.
§ 941.761Areas designated unsuitable for surface coal mining by act of Congress.
§ 941.762Criteria for designating areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
§ 941.764Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
§ 941.772Requirements for coal exploration.
§ 941.773Requirements for permits and permit processing.
§ 941.774Revision; renewal; and transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights.
§ 941.775Administrative and judicial review of decisions.
§ 941.777General content requirements for permit applications.
§ 941.778Permit applications—minimum requirements for legal, financial, compliance, and related information.
§ 941.779Surface mining permit applications—minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.
§ 941.780Surface mining permit applications—minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan.
§ 941.783Underground mining permit applications—minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.
§ 941.784Underground mining permit applications—minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan.
§ 941.785Requirements for permits for special categories of mining.
§ 941.795Small operator assistance.
§ 941.800General requirements for bonding of surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
§ 941.815Performance standards—coal exploration.
§ 941.816Performance standards—surface mining activities.
§ 941.817Performance standards—underground mining activities.
§ 941.819Special performance standards—auger mining.
§ 941.822Special performance standards—operations in alluvial valley floors.
§ 941.823Special performance standards—operations on prime farmland.
§ 941.824Special performance standards—mountaintop removal.
§ 941.827Special performance standards—coal processing plants and support facilities not located at or near the minesite or not within the permit area for a mine.
§ 941.828Special performance standards—in situ processing.
§ 941.842Federal inspections.
§ 941.843Federal enforcement.
§ 941.845Civil penalties.
§ 941.846Individual civil penalties.
§ 941.955Certification of blasters.
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