This part implements the provisions in Pub. L. 100-71 which authorize the Crow, Hopi, and Navajo Tribes to obtain the Secretary’s approval of Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation programs without prior approval of surface mining regulatory programs as ordinarily required by section 405 of SMCRA.

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[53 FR 17190, May 16, 1988]