SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Congressional findings
Statement of purpose
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Authorization of State allotments to institutes
Research funds to institutes
Funding criteria
Duties of Secretary
Effect on colleges and universities
Research
Center for cataloging
Interagency cooperation
Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
Eligibility criteria
Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
Reclamation fee
Objectives of fund
Eligible lands and water
State reclamation program
Reclamation of rural lands
Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
Liens
Filling voids and sealing tunnels
Emergency powers
Certification
Powers of Secretary or State
Remining incentives
Abandoned hardrock mine reclamation
Environmental protection standards
Abandoned coal refuse sites
Initial regulatory procedures
State programs
Federal programs
State laws
Permits
Application requirements
Reclamation plan requirements
Performance bonds
Permit approval or denial
Revision of permits
Coal exploration permits
Public notice and public hearings
Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
Environmental protection performance standards
Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
Inspections and monitoring
Penalties
Release of performance bonds or deposits
Citizens suits
Enforcement
Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
Federal lands
Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
Review by Secretary
Judicial review
Special bituminous coal mines
Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
Anthracite coal mines
Designation procedures
Definitions
Other Federal laws
Employee protection
Penalty
Grants to States
Annual report to President and Congress
Separability
Alaskan surface coal mine study
Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
Indian lands
Experimental practices
Authorization of appropriations
Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
Surface owner protection
Federal lessee protection
Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
Water rights and replacement
Advance appropriations
Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
Certification and training of blasters
Subsidence
Establishment of university coal research laboratories
Financial assistance
Limitation on payments
Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
Advisory Council on Coal Research
Fellowship awards
Fellowship recipients
Distribution of fellowships
Stipends and allowances
Limitation on fellowships
Fellowship conditions
Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies