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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 25 — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation

§ 1309. Certification and training of blasters

Statutory text

In accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior (or the approved State regulatory authority as provided for in section 1253 of this title) shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining operations.

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 VII § 719 · 91 Stat. 445

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1309

    (Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 719, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 719, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 719. certification and training of blasters In accordance with this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (or the approved State regulatory authority as provided for in section 503 of this Act) shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining operations.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 719, , 91 Stat. 526.)

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