---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 746.13"
title: "30"
number: "746.13"
heading: "Decision document and recommendation on mining plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/746.13"
---

# §746.13. Decision document and recommendation on mining plan.


OSM shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a decision document recommending approval, disapproval or conditional approval of the mining plan to the Secretary. The recommendation shall be based, at a minimum, upon:

- (a) The permit application package, including the resource recovery and protection plan;
- (b) Information prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, [42 U.S.C. 4321](/usc/42/4321.md), et seq.;
- (c) Documentation assuring compliance with the applicable requirements of other Federal laws, regulations and executive orders other than the Act;
- (d) Comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, as applicable, and the public;
- (e) The findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management with respect to the resource recovery and protection plan and other requirements of the lease and the Mineral Leasing Act;
- (f) The findings and recommendations of the regulatory authority with respect to the permit application and the State program; and
- (g) The findings and recommendations of OSM with respect to the additional requirements of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 48 FR 6941, Feb. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.