43 CFR 3461.1 : Public Lands: Interior (§ 1.1 To Parts 10011-10099) — (Parts 1000-1599 To Parts 10011-10099) — Regulations Relating To Public Lands (Continued) (Parts 1000-1599 To Parts 10011-10099) — Bureau Of Land Management, Department Of The Interior (Parts 1000-1599 To Parts 9261-9999) — Minerals Management (3000) (§ 3000.0-5 To § 3936.40) — Environment (§ 3461.0-3 To § 3465.2-3) — Federal Lands Review: Unsuitability For Mining (§ 3461.0-3 To § 3461.5) — Underground mining exemption from criteria.

4 Aug 2016

(a) Federal lands with coal deposits that would be mined by underground mining methods shall not be assessed as unsuitable where there would be no surface coal mining operations, as defined in § 3400.0-5 of this title, on any lease, if issued.

(b) Where underground mining will include surface operations and surface impacts on Federal lands to which a criterion applies, the lands shall be assessed as unsuitable unless the surface management agency finds that a relevant exception or exemption applies.

43 CFR 3461.1
[44 FR 42638, July 19, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 33149, July 30, 1982. Redesignated at 52 FR 46473, Dec. 8, 1987]