Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title30/html/USCODE-2011-title30-chap13.htm
Timestamp: 2016-08-30 01:48:13
Document Index: 270915837

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1', '§2504', '§552', '§2', '§553', '§3', '§554', '§4', '§555', '§5', '§556', '§6', '§6', '§557', '§7', '§558', '§8', '§2504']

CHAPTER 13—CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES
551.Declaration of policy.
552.Definitions.
553.Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects.
554.Lands subject to chapter.
555.Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands.
556.Administration.
557.Rules and regulations.
558.Authorization of appropriations.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §1, 68 Stat. 1009.)
Pub. L. 102–486, title XXV, §2504(d)(1), (2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3105, 3106, provided that:
“(1) In furtherance of the purposes of the Act of August 31, 1954 (30 U.S.C. 551–558) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, shall, upon application by a State, enter into a cooperative agreement with any such State that has an approved abandoned mine reclamation program pursuant to section 405 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 [30 U.S.C. 1235] to undertake the activities referred to in section 3(b) of the Act of August 31, 1954 (30 U.S.C. 553(b)). The Secretary shall immediately enter into such cooperative agreement upon application by a State. Any such cooperative agreement shall not be subject to review or approval by the Appalachian Regional Development Commission.
§552. Definitions
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §2, 68 Stat. 1009.)
§553. Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
(a) to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the causes and extent of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations and the methods for control or extinguishment of such fires; to publish the results of any such surveys, investigations, and researches; and to disseminate information concerning such method; and
(b) to plan and execute projects for control or extinguishment of fires in coal formations.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §3, 68 Stat. 1009.)
§554. Lands subject to chapter
The acts authorized in section 553 of this title may be performed—
(b) on any other lands, upon obtaining proper consent or the necessary rights or interests in such lands: Provided, however, That expenditure of Federal funds for this purpose in any privately owned operating coal mine shall be limited to the acts authorized in section 553(a) of this title.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §4, 68 Stat. 1009.)
§555. Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
As a condition to the extending of any benefits under section 553(b) of this title to any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such action is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, the Secretary of the Interior may require—
(1) the enactment of State or local laws providing for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations on State or privately owned land and the cooperation of State or local authorities in the work; and
(2) agreements or covenants as to the performance and maintenance of the work required to control or extinguish such fires.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §5, 68 Stat. 1010.)
§556. Administration
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §6, 68 Stat. 1010.)
In subsec. (b), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C., sec. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
§557. Rules and regulations
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §7, 68 Stat. 1011.)
§558. Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums,1 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, §8, 68 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 102–486, title XXV, §2504(d)(3), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3106.)
1992—Pub. L. 102–486 struck out “not to exceed $500,000 annually,” after “such sums,”.