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U.S. Code, Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 1279. Anthracite Coal Mines
(a) The Secretary is authorized to and shall issue separate regulations according to time schedules established in this chapter for anthracite coal surface mines, if such mines are regulated by environmental protection standards of the State in which they are located. Such alternative regulations shall adopt, in each instance, the environmental protection provisions of the State regulatory program in existence on August 3, 1977, in lieu of sections 1265 and 1266 of this title. Provisions of sections 1259 and 1269 of this title are applicable except for specified bond limits and period of revegetation responsibility. All other provisions of this chapter apply and the regulation issued by the Secretary of Interior for each State anthracite regulatory program shall so reflect: Provided, however, That upon amendment of a State’s regulatory program for anthracite mining or regulations thereunder in force in lieu of the above-cited sections of this chapter, the Secretary shall issue such additional regulations as necessary to meet the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Omitted.
(Pub. L. 95–87, title V, § 529, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 514.)
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Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress biennially on the effectiveness of State anthracite regulatory programs operating in conjunction with this chapter with respect to protecting the environment, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 109 of House Document No. 103–7.
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Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 1279. Anthracite Coal Mines' in U.S. Code, Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4TX6TZZ84E42PE9.
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