Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 13 — Control of Coal-Mine Fires
§ 553. Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior, in order to effectuate the policy declared in section 551 of this title, is hereby authorized—
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
to plan and execute projects for control or extinguishment of fires in coal formations.
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, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.) · 68 Stat. 1009
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 553
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Credits
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)