---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Resources"
key: "chVII/subchK/part817"
level: "part"
label: "Part 817"
heading: "Permanent Program Performance Standards—underground Mining Activities"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/chVII-subchK-part817"
sections_count: 54
---

# Part 817 — Permanent Program Performance Standards—underground 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

- [§817.1. Scope.](/cfr/30/817.1.md)
- [§817.2. Objectives.](/cfr/30/817.2.md)
- [§817.10. Information collection.](/cfr/30/817.10.md)
- [§817.11. Signs and markers.](/cfr/30/817.11.md)
- [§817.13. Casing and sealing of exposed underground openings: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.13.md)
- [§817.14. Casing and sealing of underground openings: Temporary.](/cfr/30/817.14.md)
- [§817.15. Casing and sealing of underground openings: Permanent.](/cfr/30/817.15.md)
- [§817.22. Topsoil and subsoil.](/cfr/30/817.22.md)
- [§817.41. Hydrologic-balance protection.](/cfr/30/817.41.md)
- [§817.42. Hydrologic balance: Water quality standards and effluent limitations.](/cfr/30/817.42.md)
- [§817.43. Diversions.](/cfr/30/817.43.md)
- [§817.45. Hydrologic balance: Sediment control measures.](/cfr/30/817.45.md)
- [§817.46. Hydrologic balance: Siltation structures.](/cfr/30/817.46.md)
- [§817.47. Hydrologic balance: Discharge structures.](/cfr/30/817.47.md)
- [§817.49. Impoundments.](/cfr/30/817.49.md)
- [§817.56. Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities.](/cfr/30/817.56.md)
- [§817.57. Hydrologic balance: Stream buffer zones.](/cfr/30/817.57.md)
- [§817.59. Coal recovery.](/cfr/30/817.59.md)
- [§817.61. Use of explosives: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.61.md)
- [§817.62. Use of explosives: Preblasting survey.](/cfr/30/817.62.md)
- [§817.64. Use of explosives: General performance standards.](/cfr/30/817.64.md)
- [§817.66. Use of explosives: Blasting signs, warnings, and access control.](/cfr/30/817.66.md)
- [§817.67. Use of explosives: Control of adverse effects.](/cfr/30/817.67.md)
- [§817.68. Use of explosives: Records of blasting operations.](/cfr/30/817.68.md)
- [§817.71. Disposal of excess spoil: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.71.md)
- [§817.72. Disposal of excess spoil: Valley fill/head-of-hollow fills.](/cfr/30/817.72.md)
- [§817.73. Disposal of excess spoil: Durable rock fills.](/cfr/30/817.73.md)
- [§817.74. Disposal of excess spoil: Preexisting benches.](/cfr/30/817.74.md)
- [§817.81. Coal mine waste: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.81.md)
- [§817.83. Coal mine waste: Refuse piles.](/cfr/30/817.83.md)
- [§817.84. Coal mine waste: Impounding structures.](/cfr/30/817.84.md)
- [§817.87. Coal mine waste: Burning and burned waste utilization.](/cfr/30/817.87.md)
- [§817.89. Disposal of noncoal mine wastes.](/cfr/30/817.89.md)
- [§817.95. Stabilization of surface areas.](/cfr/30/817.95.md)
- [§817.97. Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values.](/cfr/30/817.97.md)
- [§817.99. Slides and other damage.](/cfr/30/817.99.md)
- [§817.100. Contemporaneous reclamation.](/cfr/30/817.100.md)
- [§817.102. Backfilling and grading: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.102.md)
- [§817.106. Backfilling and grading: Previously mined areas.](/cfr/30/817.106.md)
- [§817.107. Backfilling and grading: Steep slopes.](/cfr/30/817.107.md)
- [§817.111. Revegetation: General requirements.](/cfr/30/817.111.md)
- [§817.113. Revegetation: Timing.](/cfr/30/817.113.md)
- [§817.114. Revegetation: Mulching and other soil stabilizing practices.](/cfr/30/817.114.md)
- [§817.116. Revegetation: Standards for success.](/cfr/30/817.116.md)
- [§817.121. Subsidence control.](/cfr/30/817.121.md)
- [§817.122. Subsidence control: Public notice.](/cfr/30/817.122.md)
- [§817.131. Cessation of operations: Temporary.](/cfr/30/817.131.md)
- [§817.132. Cessation of operations: Permanent.](/cfr/30/817.132.md)
- [§817.133. Postmining land use.](/cfr/30/817.133.md)
- [§817.150. Roads: General.](/cfr/30/817.150.md)
- [§817.151. Primary roads.](/cfr/30/817.151.md)
- [§817.180. Utility installations.](/cfr/30/817.180.md)
- [§817.181. Support facilities.](/cfr/30/817.181.md)
- [§817.200. Interpretative rules related to general performance standards.](/cfr/30/817.200.md)