---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 942.764"
title: "30"
number: "942.764"
heading: "Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/942.764"
---

# §942.764. Process for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

- (a) [Part 764](/cfr/30/part764.md) of this chapter, State Process for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations, shall apply to surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
- (b) The Secretary shall notify the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment of any area designated unsuitable or for which such designation has been requested or terminated.
- (c) Unsuitability designations made under the Tennessee State program shall remain valid unless and until terminated.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 49 FR 38892, Oct. 1, 1984, unless otherwise noted.