---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.373"
title: "30"
number: "75.373"
heading: "Reopening mines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.373"
---

# §75.373. Reopening mines.


After a mine is abandoned or declared inactive, and before it is reopened, mining operations shall not begin until MSHA has been notified and has completed an inspection.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 863.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 9829, Mar. 11, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.