[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR632.2]

[Page 460]
 
                          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. 632.2  Objectives.

    (a) The objectives of the program are to protect people and the 
environment from the adverse effects of past coal-mining practices and 
to promote the development of the soil and water resources of 
unreclaimed mined lands by:
    (1) Stabilizing mined lands.
    (2) Controlling erosion and sediment on mined areas and areas 
affected by mining.
    (3) Reclaiming lands and water for useful purposes.
    (4) Enhancing water quality or quantity where it has been disturbed 
by past coal-mining practices.