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 PUBLIC LAW 100-34—MAY 7, 1987

101 STAT. 301

State law before the date 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall preclude reclamation activities pursuant to State law or regulations at the site of any surface coal mine which was exempt from the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 under section 528(2) of that Act, as in effect before the enactment of this Act. (d) EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—TO the extent that any provision of a State law, or of a State regulation, adopted pursuant to the exception under section 528(2) of the Surface Mining Control and Recl£unation Act of 1977 as in effect before the enactment of this Act, is inconsistent with the amendments made by this section, such provision shall be of no further force and effect after the effective date of such amendments. (e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term "surface coal mining operations" has the meaning provided by section 701(28) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Approved May 7, 1987.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1963 (S. 643):

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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-59 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-37 accompanying S. 643 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): Apr. 21, considered and passed House. Apr. 23, considered and passed Senate.

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