---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchB/part717"
level: "part"
label: "Part 717"
heading: "Underground Mining General Performance Standards"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchB-part717"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part 717 — Underground Mining General Performance Standards

Title 30 C.F.R. — Mineral Resources › Chapter VII — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior › Subchapter B — Initial Program Regulations

## Sections

- [§717.10. Information collection.](/cfr/30/717.10.md)
- [§717.11. General obligations.](/cfr/30/717.11.md)
- [§717.12. Signs and markers.](/cfr/30/717.12.md)
- [§717.13. Reserved](/cfr/30/717.13.md)
- [§717.14. Backfilling and grading of road cuts, mine entry area cuts, and other surface work areas.](/cfr/30/717.14.md)
- [§717.15. Disposal of excess rock and earth materials on surface areas.](/cfr/30/717.15.md)
- [§717.16. Reserved](/cfr/30/717.16.md)
- [§717.17. Protection of the hydrologic system.](/cfr/30/717.17.md)
- [§717.18. Dams constructed of or impounding waste material.](/cfr/30/717.18.md)
- [§717.19. Reserved](/cfr/30/717.19.md)
- [§717.20. Topsoil handling and revegetation.](/cfr/30/717.20.md)