---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 211.5"
title: "25"
number: "211.5"
heading: "Authority and responsibility of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/211.5"
---

# §211.5. Authority and responsibility of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM).


The OSM is the regulatory authority for surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Indian lands pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ([30 U.S.C. 1201](/usc/30/1201.md) et seq.). The relevant regulations for surface coal mining and reclamation operations are found in [30 CFR part 750](/cfr/30/part750.md). Those regulations apply to mining and reclamation on leases approved under this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 4, Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347); Act of August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 744); 25 U.S.C. 396a-g; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 35653, July 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted.