---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 880.5"
title: "30"
number: "880.5"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/880.5"
---

# §880.5. Definitions.


As used in the regulations in this part and in cooperative agreements, entered into pursuant to the regulations in this part:

- (a) Government means the United States of America;
- (b) Commission means the Appalachian Regional Development Commission established by section 101 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965;
- (c) Local authorities means the State or local governmental bodies organized and existing under the authority of State laws, including, but not limited to, a county, city, township, town, or borough;
- (d) Approved abandoned mine reclamation program means a program meeting the requirements defined in [section 405](/cfr/30/405.md) of PL 95-87, as amended;
- (e) Operating coal mine means a coal mine for which the regulatory authority has not terminated its jurisdiction as set out under [30 CFR 700.11(d)(1)](/cfr/30/700.11.md?p=d-1);
- (f) Inactive coal mine means a coal mine for which the regulatory authority has terminated its jurisdiction as set out under [30 CFR 700.11(d)(1)](/cfr/30/700.11.md?p=d-1);
- (g) Project means a project whose purpose is to control or extinguish fires in coal formations.
- (h) **Reclamation plan—** or State reclamation plan means a plan that a State or Indian tribe submitted and that we approved under [section 405](/cfr/30/405.md) of SMCRA and [part 884](/cfr/30/part884.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 37378, Aug. 18, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 59 FR 52377, Oct. 17, 1994; 73 FR 67642, Nov. 14, 2008]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 48 FR 37378, Aug. 18, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 37378, Aug. 18, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 59 FR 52377, Oct. 17, 1994; 73 FR 67642, Nov. 14, 2008]