---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchF/part761"
level: "part"
label: "Part 761"
heading: "Areas Designated by Act of Congress"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchF-part761"
sections_count: 12
---

# Part 761 — Areas Designated by Act of Congress

Title 30 C.F.R. — Mineral Resources › Chapter VII — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior › Subchapter F — Areas Unsuitable for Mining

## Sections

- [§761.1. Scope.](/cfr/30/761.1.md)
- [§761.3. Authority.](/cfr/30/761.3.md)
- [§761.5. Definitions.](/cfr/30/761.5.md)
- [§761.10. Information collection.](/cfr/30/761.10.md)
- [§761.11. Areas where surface coal mining operations are prohibited or limited.](/cfr/30/761.11.md)
- [§761.12. Exception for existing operations.](/cfr/30/761.12.md)
- [§761.13. Procedures for compatibility findings for surface coal mining operations on Federal lands in national forests.](/cfr/30/761.13.md)
- [§761.14. Procedures for relocating or closing a public road or waiving the prohibition on surface coal mining operations within the buffer zone of a public road.](/cfr/30/761.14.md)
- [§761.15. Procedures for waiving the prohibition on surface coal mining operations within the buffer zone of an occupied dwelling.](/cfr/30/761.15.md)
- [§761.16. Submission and processing of requests for valid existing rights determinations.](/cfr/30/761.16.md)
- [§761.17. Regulatory authority obligations at time of permit application review.](/cfr/30/761.17.md)
- [§761.200. Interpretative rule related to subsidence due to underground coal mining in areas designated by Act of Congress.](/cfr/30/761.200.md)