---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 29.153"
title: "50"
number: "29.153"
heading: "When will the Service release my financial assurance?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/29.153"
---

# §29.153. When will the Service release my financial assurance?

- (a) Your responsibility under the financial assurance will continue until either:
  - (1) The Service determines that you have met all applicable reclamation operating standards and any additional reclamation requirements that may be included in your operations permit; or
  - (2) A new operator assumes your operations, as provided in [§ 29.170(b)](/cfr/50/29.170.md?p=b).
- (b) You will be notified by the Service within 30 calendar days of our determination that your financial assurance has been released.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 79971, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 725, 3161; 30 U.S.C. 185; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 9701; 40 U.S.C. 319; 43 U.S.C. 315a; 113 Stat. 1501A-140.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 16026, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.