---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 740.1"
title: "30"
number: "740.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/740.1"
---

# §740.1. Scope and purpose.


This part provides for the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Federal lands.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 6935, Feb. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.