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30 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research laboratories

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30 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research laboratories

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**(a) Designation by Secretary of Energy** The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, shall designate thirteen institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. Ten such designations shall be made as provided in subsection (e) and the remaining three shall be made in fiscal year 1980. **(b) Criteria** In making designations under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall consider the following criteria: (1) Those ten institutions of higher education designated as provided in subsection (e) shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves. (2) The institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and potential or currently active, outstanding programs in coal research. (3) The institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this subchapter. **(c) Location of coal laboratories** Not more than one coal laboratory established pursuant to this subchapter shall be located in a single State and at least one coal laboratory shall be established within each of the major coal provinces recognized by the United States Bureau of Mines, including Alaska. **(d) Period for submission of applications for designation; contents** The Secretary of Energy shall establish a period, not in excess of ninety days after August 3, 1977, for the submission of applications for designation under this section. Any institution of higher education desiring to be designated under this subchapter shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy in such form, at such time, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary of Energy may reasonably require. Each application shall— (1) describe the facilities to be established for coal energy resources and conversion research and research on related environmental problems including facilities for interdisciplinary academic research projects by the combined efforts of specialists such as mining engineers, mineral engineers, geochemists, mineralogists, mineral economists, fuel scientists, combustion engineers, mineral preparation engineers, coal petrographers, geologists, chemical engineers, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, and ecologists; (2) set forth a program for the establishment of a test laboratory for coal characterization which, in addition, may be used as a site for the exchange of coal research activities by representatives of private industry engaged in coal research and characterization; (3) set forth a program for providing research and development activities for students engaged in advanced study in any discipline which is related to the development of adequate energy supplies in the United States. The research laboratory shall be associated with an ongoing educational and research program on extraction and utilization of coal. **(e) Time limit** The Secretary of Energy shall designate the ten institutions of higher education under this section not later than ninety days after the date on which such applications are to be submitted.

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30 U.S.C. § 1 — United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees

There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated the United States Bureau of Mines, and there shall be a director of said bureau, who shall be thoroughly equipped for the duties of said office by technical education and experience and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and there shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be required to carry out the purposes of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title in accordance with the appropriations made from time to time by Congress for such purposes.

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30 U.S.C. § 1291 — Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter— (1) “alluvial valley floors” means the unconsolidated stream laid deposits holding streams where water availability is sufficient for subirrigation or flood irrigation agricultural activities but does not include upland areas which are generally overlain by a thin veneer of colluvial deposits composed chiefly of debris from sheet erosion, deposits by unconcentrated runoff or slope wash, together with talus, other mass movement accumulation and windblown deposits; (2) “approximate original contour” means that surface configuration achieved by backfilling and grading of the mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls and spoil piles eliminated; water impoundments may be permitted where the regulatory authority determines that they are in compliance with [section 1265(b)(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1265/b/8&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) “commerce” means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several States, or between a State and any other place outside thereof, or between points in the same State which directly or indirectly affect interstate commerce; (4) “Federal lands” means any land, including mineral interests, owned by the United States without regard to how the United States acquired ownership of the land and without regard to the agency having responsibility for management thereof, except Indian lands: Provided, That for the purposes of this chapter lands or mineral interests east of the one hundredth meridian

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30 U.S.C. § 1312 — Financial assistance

**(a)** The Secretary of Energy is authorized to make grants to any institution of higher education designated under [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing (including the construction of such facilities as may be necessary) and maintaining a coal laboratory. **(b)** Each institution of higher education designated pursuant to [section 1311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy. Each such application shall— (1) set forth the program to be conducted at the coal laboratory which includes the purposes set forth in [section 1311(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1311/d&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) provide assurances that the university will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of carrying out the program set forth; (3) provide such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds received under this subchapter; (4) provide for making an annual report which shall include a description of the activities conducted at the coal laboratory and an evaluation of the success of such activities, and such other necessary reports in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Energy may require, and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as may be necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and (5) set forth such policies and procedures as will insure that Federal funds made available unde

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30 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research

Page 315 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 1311 1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. 2 See References in Text note below. authority as provided for in section 1253 of this title) shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of per- sons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal min- ing operations. (Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 719, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.) § 1309a. Subsidence (a) Requirements Underground coal mining operations con- ducted after October 24, 1992, shall comply with each of the following requirements: (1) Promptly repair, or compensate for, ma- terial damage resulting from subsidence caused to any occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or non-com- mercial building due to underground coal min- ing operations. Repair of damage shall include rehabilitation, restoration, or replacement of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or non-commercial building. Compensation shall be provided to the owner of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto or non-commercial building and shall be in the full amount of the diminution in value result- ing from the subsidence. Compensation may be accomplished by the purchase, prior to min- ing, of a noncancellable premium-prepaid in- surance policy. (2) Promptly replace any drinking, domestic, or residential water supply from a well or spring in existence prior to the application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, which has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption resulting from un- derground coal mining operations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or i

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