{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3461.0-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3461.0-3","heading":"-3 Authority.","body":"(a) These regulations are issued under the authority of the statutes listed in § 3400.0-3 of this title.\n(b) These regulations primarily implement:\n(1) The general unsuitability criteria in section 522(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1272(a));\n(2) The Federal lands review in section 522(b) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1272(b)); and\n(3) The prohibitions against mining certain lands in section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1272(e)).","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)","PART 3460—ENVIRONMENT","Subpart 3461—Federal Lands Review: Unsuitability for Mining"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"cfe3195cddf8f31614ecc6d2c4f1aaaa809fcd43bd23f01754b33d7540c776af","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3453.3-4","next":"us/43-cfr-3461.0-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}