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 91 STAT. 526

PUBLIC LAW 95-87—AUG. 3, 1977 of the permittee or lessee of the surface lands as may be determined by the parties involved, or as determined and fixed in an action brought against the operator or upon the bond in a court of competent jurisdiction. This bond is in addition to the performance bond required for reclamation under this Act. ALASKA COAL

30 USC 1306.

43 USC 1604 note.

SEC. 716. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as increasing or diminishing the rights of any owner of coal in Alaska to conduct or authorize surface coal mining operations for coal which has been or is hereafter conveyed out of Federal ownership to the State of Alaska or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Provided, That such surface coal mining operations meet the requirements of the Act. WATER RIGHTS AND REPLACEMENT

30 USC 1307.

SEC. 7l7. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation. (b) The operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from such surface coal mine operation. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS

30 USC 1308.

SEC. 718. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no authority to make payments under this Act shall be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING OF BLASTERS

Regulations. 30 USC 1309. Ante, p. 470.

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SEC. 719. 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. TITLE VIII—UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES

30 USC 1311.

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SEC. 801. (a) The Administrator, Energy Research and Development Administration (hereafter referred to as "Administrator" in this title), after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, is authorized and directed to designate ten institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be established and operated. (b) In making designations under this section, the Administrator shall consider the following criteria:

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