§ 761.1 Scope
§ 761.3 Authority
§ 761.5 Definitions
§ 761.10 Information collection
§ 761.11 Areas where surface coal mining operations are prohibited or limited
§ 761.12 Exception for existing operations
§ 761.13 Procedures for compatibility findings for surface coal mining operations on Federal lands in national forests
§ 761.14 Procedures for relocating or closing a public road or waiving the prohibition on surface coal mining operations within the buffer zone of a public road
§ 761.15 Procedures for waiving the prohibition on surface coal mining operations within the buffer zone of an occupied dwelling
§ 761.16 Submission and processing of requests for valid existing rights determinations
§ 761.17 Regulatory authority obligations at time of permit application review
§ 761.200 Interpretative rule related to subsidence due to underground coal mining in areas designated by Act of Congress

Terms Used In 30 CFR Part 761 - Areas Designated by Act of Congress

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.