---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 722.17"
title: "30"
number: "722.17"
heading: "Inability to comply."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/722.17"
---

# §722.17. Inability to comply.

- (a) Neither a notice of violation nor a cessation order issued under this part may be vacated because of inability to comply.
- (b) A permittee may not be deemed to have shown good cause for not suspending or revoking a permit by showing inability to comply.
- (c) Unless caused by lack of diligence, inability to comply may be considered in mitigation of the amount of a civil penalty under [part 723](/cfr/30/part723.md) of this chapter and of the duration of the suspension of the permit under [§ 722.16](/cfr/30/722.16.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.