---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3480.0-4"
title: "43"
number: "3480.0-4"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3480.0-4"
---

# §3480.0-4. Scope.


The rules of this part shall govern operations for the exploration, development, and production of Federal coal under Federal coal leases, licenses, and permits, regardless of surface ownership, pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (MLA), and in conjunction with the rules at [43 CFR](/cfr/43.md) Group 3400 and [30 CFR Chapter](/cfr/30.md) VII. Included are provisions relating to resource recovery and protection, royalties, diligent development, continued operation, maximum economic recovery (MER), and logical mining units (LMU's). Except as otherwise provided in [25 CFR Chapter I](/cfr/25/chI.md) or Indian lands leases, these rules do not apply to operations on Indian lands. The provisions in these rules relating to advance royalty, diligent development, continued operation, MER, and LMU's shall not apply to Indian lands, leases and permits. The rules governing exploration licenses for unleased Federal coal are codified at [43 CFR part 3410](/cfr/43/part3410.md). Until final rulemaking is promulgated and implemented by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) regarding the initial Federal lands Programs, the initial Federal lands Program rules codified at [30 CFR part 211](/cfr/30/part211.md) (1981) shall remain in effect.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189, 359, 1211, 1251, 1266, and 1273; and 43 U.S.C. 1461, 1733, and 1740.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 33179, July 30, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 48 FR 41589, Sept. 16, 1983.