---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 931.13"
title: "30"
number: "931.13"
heading: "Preemption of New Mexico laws and regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/931.13"
---

# §931.13. Preemption of New Mexico laws and regulations.


Under the authority of [sections 505(b)](/cfr/30/505.md?p=b) of SMCRA, [30 U.S.C. 1255(b)](/usc/30/1255.md?p=b), and in accordance with the position taken by the State of New Mexico, the following provisions of New Mexico law and regulation are hereby preempted and superseded as they may apply to coal exploration and surface coal mining and reclamation operations:


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 45 FR 86489, Dec. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.