---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 722.13"
title: "30"
number: "722.13"
heading: "Failure to abate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/722.13"
---

# §722.13. Failure to abate.


An authorized representative of the Secretary shall order cessation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations, or the portion relevant to the violation, when a notice of violation has been issued under [§ 722.12](/cfr/30/722.12.md) of this part and the permittee fails to abate the violation within the time originally fixed or subsequently extended. In a cessation order issued under this section, the authorized representative shall impose affirmative obligations to abate the violation in the manner provided in [§ 722.11](/cfr/30/722.11.md) of this part. Reclamation operations not directly the subject of the order or affirmative obligation shall continue during any cessation order. A cessation order issued under this section shall be terminated as provided in [§ 722.11](/cfr/30/722.11.md) of this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 201, 501, and 502, Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (30 U.S.C. 1201).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 62701, Dec. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted.