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 PUBLIC LAW 95-87—AUG. 3, 1977

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91 STAT. 445

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95th Congress An Act To provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior ano the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes.

Aug. 3, 1977 [H.R. 2]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act Surface Mining may be cited as the "Surface Mining Control and Eeclamation Act Control and of 1977".

Reclamation Act ^} 1977. 30 USC 1201 note.

TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I—STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY Sec. 101. Findings. Sec. 102. Purposes. TITLE II—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT Sec. 201. Creation of the Office.

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TITLE III—STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309.

Authorization of State allotments to institutes. Research funds to institutes. Funding criteria. Duties of the Secretary. Autonomy. " '•-'•• Miscellaneous provisions. Center for cataloging. Interagency cooperation. Advisory committee. TITLE IV—ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407.

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413.

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and purposes. Reclamation fee. Objectives of fund. Eligible lands and water. State reclamation programs. Reclamation of rural lands. Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices. Liens. Filling voids and sealing tunnels. Emergency powers. Fund report. Miscellaneous powers. Interagency cooperation. .....

TITLE V—CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURFACE COAL MINING Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

501. 502. 503. 504.

Environmental protection standards. Initial regulatory procedures. State programs. Federal programs. ,

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