CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES > SUBPART L—Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals (§4.1100 to §4.1394) > 4.1100—Definitions.

4.1100—Definitions.

As used in the regulations in this subpart, the term—
(a) Act means the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 91 Stat. 445 et seq., 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq..
(b) Administrative law judge means an administrative law judge in the Hearings Division of the Office of Hearings and Appeals appointed under 5 U.S.C. 3105 (1970).
(c) Board means the Board of Land Appeals in the Office of Hearings and Appeals.
(d) OHA means the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of the Interior.
(e) OSM and OSMRE mean the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior.

Code of Federal Regulations

[43 FR 34386, Aug. 3, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 7565, Mar. 1, 1984; 59 FR 1488, Jan. 11, 1994; 67 FR 61509, Oct. 1, 2002]