---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 905.817"
title: "30"
number: "905.817"
heading: "Performance standards—Underground mining activities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/905.817"
---

# §905.817. Performance standards—Underground mining activities.

- (a) **Part 817 of this chapter, <I>Permanent Program Performance Standards—** Underground Mining Activities, shall apply to any person who conducts underground mining activities, except for [§ 817.116(a)(1)](/cfr/30/817.116.md?p=a-1) regarding revegetation success standards, for which [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section substitutes.
- (b) All operators shall comply with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, Cal. Pub. Res. Code [section 13000](/cfr/30/13000.md) et seq.; the California Water Code [section 1200](/cfr/30/1200.md) et seq.; the California Air Pollution Control Laws, Cal. Health & Safety Code [section 39000](/cfr/30/39000.md) et seq.; the Hazardous Waste Control Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code [section 25100](/cfr/30/25100.md) et seq.; the State Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code [section 25280](/cfr/30/25280.md) et seq.; the Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act of 1972, Cal. Gov. Code [section 66770](/cfr/30/66770.md) et seq.; the California Environmental Quality Act, Cal. Pub. Res. Code [section 21000](/cfr/30/21000.md); the California Coastal Act of 1976, Cal. Pub. Res. Code [section 30000](/cfr/30/30000.md) et seq.; the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, Cal. Pub. Res. Code [section 4511](/cfr/30/4511.md) et seq.; the California Public Resources Code [section 4656](/cfr/30/4656.md); and regulations promulgated pursuant to these laws.
- (c) Standards for success shall be those identified in [§ 817.116(a)(2)](/cfr/30/817.116.md?p=a-2) of this chapter. Statistically valid sampling techniques for measuring success shall be included in the mining and reclamation plan, and approved by the regulatory authority.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 26575, July 13, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
