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30 U.S.C. 1257: Application requirements

Created in 1977 by Public Law 95-87. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 30 U.S.C. 1231, 30 U.S.C. 1232, 30 U.S.C. 1258, 30 U.S.C. 1260, 30 U.S.C. 1265.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–486, §2513(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "If the regulatory authority finds that the probable total annual production at all locations of any coal surface mining operator will not exceed 300,000 tons, the determination o… · (c)
    • Pub. L. 102–486, §2513(b), added subsec. (h). · (h)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508 substituted "300,000" for "100,000". · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.