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Regulatory Amendments [Jan. 30, 2007]

Amendments to elminate procedural requirement that the parties' names be included in a Decision and Order, 72 Fed. Reg. 4202 (Jan. 30, 2007) HTML | PDF

Regulatory Amendments [Dec. 15, 2003]

Amendments to conform regulations to holdings in National Mining Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor, 292 F.3d 849 (D.C. Cir. 2002), 69 Fed. Reg. 69929 (Dec. 15, 2003) HTML | PDF

Regulatory Provisions [effective January 19, 2001]

20 CFR Part 718
     "Part C" claims filed after April 1, 1980
20 CFR Part 725
     Procedures applicable to "Part C" claims
Regulatory History
Final Rule (Dec. 2000), 65 Fed. Reg. 79919
Revised Proposed Rule, 64 Fed. Reg. 54965 (Oct. 8, 1999)
Proposed Rule, 62 Fed. Reg. 3337 (Jan. 22, 1997)

[Note: The general effective date for the current regulations was January 19, 2001. Section 725.2(c) states the applicability of these regulations to pending claims; Part 727 was deleted from the current CFR publication]

Old Regulatory Provisions [effective prior to January 19, 2001]

20 CFR Part 718
     "Part C" claims filed after April 1, 1980
20 CFR Part 725
     Procedures applicable to "Part C" claims
20 CFR Part 727
     "Part C" claims filed after July 1, 1973
20 CFR Part 410
     "Part B" claims filed on or before July 1, 1973 (Links to GPO Access)

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