---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchG/part772"
level: "part"
label: "Part 772"
heading: "Requirements for Coal Exploration"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchG-part772"
sections_count: 7
---

# Part 772 — Requirements for Coal Exploration

Title 30 C.F.R. — Mineral Resources › Chapter VII — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior › Subchapter G — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permits and Coal Exploration Systems under Regulatory Programs

## Sections

- [§772.1. Scope and purpose.](/cfr/30/772.1.md)
- [§772.10. Information collection.](/cfr/30/772.10.md)
- [§772.11. Notice requirements for exploration removing 250 tons of coal or less.](/cfr/30/772.11.md)
- [§772.12. Permit requirements for exploration that will remove more than 250 tons of coal or that will occur on lands designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.](/cfr/30/772.12.md)
- [§772.13. Coal exploration compliance duties.](/cfr/30/772.13.md)
- [§772.14. Commercial use or sale.](/cfr/30/772.14.md)
- [§772.15. Public availability of information.](/cfr/30/772.15.md)