---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 824.2"
title: "30"
number: "824.2"
heading: "Objectives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/824.2"
---

# §824.2. Objectives.


The objectives of this part are to—

- (a) Enhance coal recovery;
- (b) Reclaim the land to equal or higher postmining use; and
- (c) **Protect and enhance environmental and other values protected under the Act and this chapter.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 102, 201, 501, 503, 504, 506, 508, 510, 515, 517, 701 Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 448, 449, 467, 470, 471, 474, 478, 480, 486, 498, 516 (30 U.S.C. 1202, 1211, 1251, 1253, 1254, 1256, 1258, 1260, 1265, 1267, 1291).