---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 823.1"
title: "30"
number: "823.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/823.1"
---

# §823.1. Scope and purpose.


This part sets forth special environmental protection performance, reclamation, and design standards for surface coal mining and reclamation operations on prime farmland.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. ; Pub. L. 100-34.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 21463, May 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted.