---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 632.1"
title: "7"
number: "632.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/632.1"
---

# §632.1. Purpose and scope.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to set forth the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) rules and regulations to carry out the Rural Abandoned Mine Program under [section 406](/cfr/7/406.md), Pub. L. 95-87; 91 Stat. 460 ([30 U.S.C. 1236](/usc/30/1236.md)).
- (b) **The Rural Abandoned Mine Program—**
  - (1) Through the NRCS delivery system, assists land users to voluntarily develop reclamation plans and apply conservation treatment for the reclamation, conservation, and development of eligible coal-mined lands and water, and
  - (2) Provides cost sharing through long-term contracts according to an approved reclamation plan, to land users for establishing land use and conservation treatment on these lands.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 406, Pub. L. 95-87; 91 Stat. 460 (30 U.S.C. 1236).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 44749, Sept. 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.