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30 U.S.C. § 551 — Declaration of policy
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It is recognized that outcrop and underground fires in coal formations involve serious wastage of the fuel resources of the Nation, and constitute a menace to the health and safety of the public and to surface property. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground coal fires and thereby to prevent injuries and loss of life, protect public health, conserve natural resources, and to preserve public and private surface property.
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It is recognized that outcrop and underground fires in coal formations involve serious wastage of the fuel resources of the Nation, and constitute a menace to the health and safety of the public and to surface property. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground coal fires and thereby to prevent injuries and loss of life, protect public health, conserve natural resources, and to preserve public and private surface property.
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**(a) Promulgation of regulations** Not later than the end of the one hundred and eighty-day period immediately following August 3, 1977, the Secretary shall promulgate and publish in the Federal Register regulations covering implementation of an abandoned mine reclamation program incorporating the provisions of this subchapter and establishing procedures and requirements for preparation, submission, and approval of State programs consisting of the plan and annual submissions of projects.
**(b) Submission of State Reclamation Plan and annual projects** Each State having within its borders coal mined lands eligible for reclamation under this subchapter, may submit to the Secretary a State Reclamation Plan and annual projects to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
**(c) Restriction** The Secretary shall not approve, fund, or continue to fund a State abandoned mine reclamation program unless that State has an approved State regulatory program pursuant to [section 1253 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1253&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Approval of State program; withdrawal** If the Secretary determines that a State has developed and submitted a program for reclamation of abandoned mines and has the ability and necessary State legislation to implement the provisions of this subchapter, sections 1232 and 1240 of this title excepted, the Secretary shall approve such State program and shall grant to the State exclusive responsibility and authority to implement the provisions of the approved program: Provided, That the Secretary shall withdraw such approval and authorization if he determines upon the basis of information provided under this section that the State program is not in compliance with the procedures,
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**(a) Enactment of local laws; agreements** As a condition to the extending of any benefits under [section 553(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section553/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such action is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, the Secretary of the Interior may require—
(1) the enactment of State or local laws providing for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations on State or privately owned land and the cooperation of State or local authorities in the work; and
(2) agreements or covenants as to the performance and maintenance of the work required to control or extinguish such fires.
**(b) Contributions** The Secretary of the Interior shall require in connection with any project for the control or extinguishment of fires in any inactive coal mine on any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such project is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, (1) that the State or person owning or controlling such lands contribute on a matching basis 50 per centum of the cost of planning and executing such project, or (2), if such State or person furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior of an inability to make the matching contribution herein provided for, that such State or person pay to the Government, within such period of time as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, an amount equal to 50 per centum of the cost of planning and executing such p
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The Secretary of the Interior, in order to effectuate the policy declared in [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section551&num=0&edition=prelim), is hereby authorized—
**(a)** to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the causes and extent of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations and the methods for control or extinguishment of such fires; to publish the results of any such surveys, investigations, and researches; and to disseminate information concerning such method; and
**(b)** to plan and execute projects for control or extinguishment of fires in coal formations.
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 541e
1 See References in Text note below.
§ 541e. Definitions
As used in this chapter ‘‘mineral leasing laws’’
shall mean the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat.
741); the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [30
U.S.C. 181 et seq.]; the Act of April 17, 1926 (44
Stat. 301) [30 U.S.C. 271 et seq.]; the Act of Feb-
ruary 7, 1927 (44 Stat. 1057) [30 U.S.C. 281 et seq.];
and all Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted
which are amendatory of or supplementary to
any of the foregoing Acts; ‘‘Leasing Act min-
erals’’ shall mean all minerals which, upon Au-
gust 11, 1955, are provided in the mineral leasing
laws to be disposed of thereunder; ‘‘lignite’’
shall mean coal classified as ASTM designation:
D 388–38, according to the standards established
in the American Society for Testing Materials
on Coal and Coke under standard specifications
for Classification of Coals by Rank, contained in
public-land deposits considered as valuable
under the coal-land classification standards es-
tablished by the Secretary of the Interior and
prescribed in section 30, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, part 201; and ‘‘source material’’ shall
mean uranium, thorium, or any other material
which is determined by the Atomic Energy Com-
mission pursuant to the provisions of section
2091 of title 42 to be source material.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, § 6, 69 Stat. 680.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of October 20, 1914, referred to in text, is act Oct.
20, 1914, ch. 330, 38 Stat. 741, known as the Alaska Coal
Lands Act, which was repealed by Pub. L. 86–252, § 1,
Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 490. The subject matter of this Act
is generally covered by subchapters I to VII (§ 181 et
seq.) of chapter 3A of this title. For complete class
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