---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3465.2-3"
title: "43"
number: "3465.2-3"
heading: "Failure of lessee or holder of license to mine to act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3465.2-3"
---

# §3465.2-3. Failure of lessee or holder of license to mine to act.


Failure of a lessee or the holder of a license to mine to comply with an immediate cessation order issued under [§ 3465.3-2(b)](/cfr/43/3465.3-2.md?p=b) or with a written notice of noncompliance issued by the Surface Mining Officer in accordance with [part 3480 of this title](/cfr/43/part3480.md) or [30 CFR Chapter VII](/cfr/30/chVII.md), Subchapter D, or by the authorized officer in accordance with [part 3480 of this title](/cfr/43/part3480.md), shall be grounds for suspension of the permit and may be grounds for cancellation of the license to mine, or in accordance with [subpart 3452 of this title](/cfr/43/subpart3452.md), the lease.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 42638, July 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 47 FR 33149, July 30, 1982; 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), the Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 et seq. ), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. ) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42638, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 42638, July 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 47 FR 33149, July 30, 1982; 50 FR 8627, Mar. 4, 1985]