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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 25 — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation

§ 1274. Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations

Statutory text

Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of Federal, State, or local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned corporation of Federal, State, or local government, which proposes to engage in surface coal mining operations which are subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

    Pub. L. 95–87 title V § 524 · 91 Stat. 445

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1274

    (Pub. L. 95–87, title V, § 524, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 511.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–87, title V, § 524, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 511.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 524. public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of Federal, State, Compliance. 30 USC 1274. or local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned corporation of Federal, State, or local government, which proposes to engage in surface coal mining operations which are subject to the requirements of this Act shall comply with the provisions of title V.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–87, title V, § 524, , 91 Stat. 511.)

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