§ 1279. — Anthracite coal mines.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1279]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
SUBCHAPTER V--CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURFACE COAL
MINING
Sec. 1279. Anthracite coal mines
(a) The Secretary is authorized to and shall issue separate
regulations according to time schedules established in this chapter for
anthracite coal surface mines, if such mines are regulated by
environmental protection standards of the State in which they are
located. Such alternative regulations shall adopt, in each instance, the
environmental protection provisions of the State regulatory program in
existence on August 3, 1977, in lieu of sections 1265 and 1266 of this
title. Provisions of sections 1259 and 1269 of this title are applicable
except for specified bond limits and period of revegetation
responsibility. All other provisions of this chapter apply and the
regulation issued by the Secretary of Interior for each State anthracite
regulatory program shall so reflect: Provided, however, That upon
amendment of a State's regulatory program for anthracite mining or
regulations thereunder in force in lieu of the above-cited sections of
this chapter, the Secretary shall issue such additional regulations as
necessary to meet the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Omitted.
(Pub. L. 95-87, title V, Sec. 529, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 514.)
Codification
Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the Secretary of the
Interior to report to Congress biennially on the effectiveness of State
anthracite regulatory programs operating in conjunction with this
chapter with respect to protecting the environment, terminated,
effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance. See, also, page 109 of House Document No. 103-7.
