Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 13 — Control of Coal-Mine Fires
§ 552. Definitions
Statutory text
As used in this chapter:
“Coal” means any of the recognized classifications and ranks of coal, including anthracite, bituminous, semibituminous, subbituminous, and lignite.
“Outcrop” means any place where a formation is visible or substantially exposed at the surface.
“Formation” means any vein, seam, stratum, bed, or other naturally occurring deposit.
“Coal mine” means any underground, surface, or strip mine from which coal is obtained.
“State” means any State or Territory of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.
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.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 2, 68 Stat. 1009.) · 68 Stat. 1009
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 552
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 2, 68 Stat. 1009.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 2, 68 Stat. 1009.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Credits
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 2, 68 Stat. 1009.)