30 USC 1278 - Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter

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§ 1278.

Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the following activities:

(1)

the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; and

(2)

the extraction of coal as an incidental part of Federal, State or local government-financed highway or other construction under regulations established by the regulatory authority.

(Pub. L. 95–87, title V, § 528, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 514; Pub. L. 100–34, title II, § 201(a), May 7, 1987, 101 Stat. 300.)

cite as: 30 USC 1278