---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 903.779"
title: "30"
number: "903.779"
heading: "Surface mining permit applications—Minimum requirements for information on environmental resources."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/903.779"
---

# §903.779. Surface mining permit applications—Minimum requirements for information on environmental resources.

- (a) **Part 779 of this chapter, <I>Surface Mining Permit Applications—** Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources, applies to any person who submits an application to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
- (b) Each permit application must include a map that delineates existing vegetative types and a description of the plant communities within the proposed permit area and within any proposed reference area.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 60 FR 18716, Apr. 12, 1995, unless otherwise noted.