[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR632.1]

[Page 390]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 632--RURAL ABANDONED MINE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 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, Pub. L. 95-87; 91 Stat. 460 
(30 U.S.C. 1236).
    (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.