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30 U.S.C. 1265: Environmental protection performance standards

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

11 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 30 U.S.C. 1251a, 30 U.S.C. 1252, 30 U.S.C. 1257, 30 U.S.C. 1258, 30 U.S.C. 1259.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior (3).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

1992Pub. L. 102-486

1986Pub. L. 99-500

1977Pub. L. 95-87created it

30 U.S.C. 1265Environmental protection performance standards

(a)Permit requirement

(b)General standards

(c)Procedures; exception to original contour restoration requirements

(d)Steep-slope surface coal mining standards

(e)Variances to original contour restoration requirements

(f)Standards and criteria for coal mine waste piles

This CongressBills that change it or would

None we track

past change
enacted this Congress
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This Congress

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

How it got here

1992

Pub. L. 102–486 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B). · (b)

1986

Pub. L. 99–500 and Pub. L. 99–591 inserted "or a qualified registered professional land surveyor in any State which authorizes land surveyors to prepare and certify such maps or plans". · (b)

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.