903.777—General content requirements for permit applications.
        
        (a) 
         Part 777 of this chapter, General Content Requirements for Permit Applications, applies to any person who makes application for a permit to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
    
    
        
        (b) 
         Any person who wishes to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations must file a complete application as early as possible before the date the permit is desired and pay to OSM a permit fee in accordance with  § 903.736.
    
    
        
        (c) 
         Any person who wishes to revise a permit shall submit a complete application as early as possible before the desired approval date of the permit revision and shall pay a permit fee in accordance with  30 CFR 777.17.