---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchG/part773"
level: "part"
label: "Part 773"
heading: "Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchG-part773"
sections_count: 24
---

# Part 773 — Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing

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

- [§773.1. Scope and purpose.](/cfr/30/773.1.md)
- [§773.3. Information collection.](/cfr/30/773.3.md)
- [§773.4. Requirements to obtain permits.](/cfr/30/773.4.md)
- [§773.5. Regulatory coordination with requirements under other laws.](/cfr/30/773.5.md)
- [§773.6. Public participation in permit processing.](/cfr/30/773.6.md)
- [§773.7. Review of permit applications.](/cfr/30/773.7.md)
- [§773.8. General provisions for review of permit application information and entry of information into AVS.](/cfr/30/773.8.md)
- [§773.9. Review of applicant and operator information.](/cfr/30/773.9.md)
- [§773.10. Review of permit history.](/cfr/30/773.10.md)
- [§773.11. Review of compliance history.](/cfr/30/773.11.md)
- [§773.12. Permit eligibility determination.](/cfr/30/773.12.md)
- [§773.13. Unanticipated events or conditions at remining sites.](/cfr/30/773.13.md)
- [§773.14. Eligibility for provisionally issued permits.](/cfr/30/773.14.md)
- [§773.15. Written findings for permit application approval.](/cfr/30/773.15.md)
- [§773.16. Performance bond submittal.](/cfr/30/773.16.md)
- [§773.17. Permit conditions.](/cfr/30/773.17.md)
- [§773.19. Permit issuance and right of renewal.](/cfr/30/773.19.md)
- [§773.21. Initial review and finding requirements for improvidently issued permits.](/cfr/30/773.21.md)
- [§773.22. Notice requirements for improvidently issued permits.](/cfr/30/773.22.md)
- [§773.23. Suspension or rescission requirements for improvidently issued permits.](/cfr/30/773.23.md)
- [§773.25. Who may challenge ownership or control listings and findings.](/cfr/30/773.25.md)
- [§773.26. How to challenge an ownership or control listing or finding.](/cfr/30/773.26.md)
- [§773.27. Burden of proof for ownership or control challenges.](/cfr/30/773.27.md)
- [§773.28. Written agency decision on challenges to ownership or control listings or findings.](/cfr/30/773.28.md)