---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 735.2"
title: "30"
number: "735.2"
heading: "Objectives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/735.2"
---

# §735.2. Objectives.


The objectives of assistance under this part are—

- (a) To assist the States in meeting the costs of administering reclamation and enforcement programs consistent with the Act;
- (b) To encourage the States to build strong reclamation and enforcement programs; and
- (c) To encourage the States to assume jurisdiction over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 62706, Dec. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 15312, Mar. 13, 1979.