---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchK/part816"
level: "part"
label: "Part 816"
heading: "Permanent Program Performance Standards—surface Mining Activities"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchK-part816"
sections_count: 56
---

# Part 816 — Permanent Program Performance Standards—surface Mining Activities

Title 30 C.F.R. — Mineral Resources › Chapter VII — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior › Subchapter K — Permanent Program Performance Standards

## Sections

- [§816.1. Scope.](/cfr/30/816.1.md)
- [§816.2. Objectives.](/cfr/30/816.2.md)
- [§816.10. Information collection.](/cfr/30/816.10.md)
- [§816.11. Signs and markers.](/cfr/30/816.11.md)
- [§816.13. Casing and sealing of drilled holes: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.13.md)
- [§816.14. Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Temporary.](/cfr/30/816.14.md)
- [§816.15. Casing and sealing of drilled holes: Permanent.](/cfr/30/816.15.md)
- [§816.22. Topsoil and subsoil.](/cfr/30/816.22.md)
- [§816.41. Hydrologic-balance protection.](/cfr/30/816.41.md)
- [§816.42. Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.](/cfr/30/816.42.md)
- [§816.43. Diversions.](/cfr/30/816.43.md)
- [§816.45. Hydrologic balance: Sediment control measures.](/cfr/30/816.45.md)
- [§816.46. Hydrologic balance: Siltation structures.](/cfr/30/816.46.md)
- [§816.47. Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.](/cfr/30/816.47.md)
- [§816.49. Impoundments.](/cfr/30/816.49.md)
- [§816.56. Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities.](/cfr/30/816.56.md)
- [§816.57. Hydrologic balance: Stream buffer zones.](/cfr/30/816.57.md)
- [§816.59. Coal recovery.](/cfr/30/816.59.md)
- [§816.61. Use of explosives: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.61.md)
- [§816.62. Use of explosives: Preblasting survey.](/cfr/30/816.62.md)
- [§816.64. Use of explosives: Blasting schedule.](/cfr/30/816.64.md)
- [§816.66. Use of explosives: Blasting signs, warnings, and access control.](/cfr/30/816.66.md)
- [§816.67. Use of explosives: Control of adverse effects.](/cfr/30/816.67.md)
- [§816.68. Use of explosives: Records of blasting operations.](/cfr/30/816.68.md)
- [§816.71. Disposal of excess spoil: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.71.md)
- [§816.72. Disposal of excess spoil: Valley fills/head-of-hollow fills.](/cfr/30/816.72.md)
- [§816.73. Disposal of excess spoil: Durable rock fills.](/cfr/30/816.73.md)
- [§816.74. Disposal of excess spoil: Preexisting benches.](/cfr/30/816.74.md)
- [§816.79. Protection of underground mining.](/cfr/30/816.79.md)
- [§816.81. Coal mine waste: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.81.md)
- [§816.83. Coal mine waste: Refuse piles.](/cfr/30/816.83.md)
- [§816.84. Coal mine waste: Impounding structures.](/cfr/30/816.84.md)
- [§816.87. Coal mine waste: Burning and burned waste utilization.](/cfr/30/816.87.md)
- [§816.89. Disposal of noncoal mine wastes.](/cfr/30/816.89.md)
- [§816.95. Stabilization of surface areas.](/cfr/30/816.95.md)
- [§816.97. Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values.](/cfr/30/816.97.md)
- [§816.99. Slides and other damage.](/cfr/30/816.99.md)
- [§816.100. Contemporaneous reclamation.](/cfr/30/816.100.md)
- [§816.101. Reserved](/cfr/30/816.101.md)
- [§816.102. Backfilling and grading: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.102.md)
- [§816.104. Backfilling and grading: Thin overburden.](/cfr/30/816.104.md)
- [§816.105. Backfilling and grading: Thick overburden.](/cfr/30/816.105.md)
- [§816.106. Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.](/cfr/30/816.106.md)
- [§816.107. Backfilling and grading: Steep slopes.](/cfr/30/816.107.md)
- [§816.111. Revegetation: General requirements.](/cfr/30/816.111.md)
- [§816.113. Revegetation: Timing.](/cfr/30/816.113.md)
- [§816.114. Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.](/cfr/30/816.114.md)
- [§816.116. Revegetation: Standards for success.](/cfr/30/816.116.md)
- [§816.131. Cessation of operations: Temporary.](/cfr/30/816.131.md)
- [§816.132. Cessation of operations: Permanent.](/cfr/30/816.132.md)
- [§816.133. Postmining land use.](/cfr/30/816.133.md)
- [§816.150. Roads: general.](/cfr/30/816.150.md)
- [§816.151. Primary roads.](/cfr/30/816.151.md)
- [§816.180. Utility installations.](/cfr/30/816.180.md)
- [§816.181. Support facilities.](/cfr/30/816.181.md)
- [§816.200. Interpretative rules related to general performance standards.](/cfr/30/816.200.md)