Permit

Permit means a permit to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations issued by the State regulatory authority pursuant to a State program or by the Secretary pursuant to a Federal program. For purposes of the Federal lands program, permit means a permit issued by the State regulatory authority under a cooperative agreement or by OSM where there is no cooperative agreement.

Source

30 CFR § 701.5

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Scoping language

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the specified meanings, except where otherwise indicated:

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