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30 U.S. Code § 572 - United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 30 › Chapter 14 › § 572 30 U.S. Code § 572 - United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in order to carry out the purposes mentioned in section 571 of this title, to make financial contributions on the basis of programs or projects approved by the Secretary to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (hereinafter designated as the “Commonwealth”) to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines, in those instances where such work is in the interest of the public health or safety, and for control and drainage of water which, if not so controlled or drained, will cause the flooding of anthracite coal formations, said contributions to be applied to the cost of drainage works, pumping plants, and related facilities but subject, however, to the following conditions and limitations:
(July 15, 1955, ch. 369, § 2,69 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(2)–(7), Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 934.)
1962—Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(2), authorized the Secretary of the Interior, in the preamble clause, to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines, in those instances where such work is in the interest of the public health or safety.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(3), reserved $1,500,000 of the unexpended balance remaining as of July 31, 1962, for the control and drainage of water.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(4), prohibited the use of contributions for the purchase of culm, rock, or spoil banks.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(5), struck out “and” after the semicolon.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(6), prescribed that projects be so located, operated, and maintained as to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines in those instances where such work would be in the interest of the public health or safety.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 87–818, § 1(7), added subsec. (f).