2015 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining (Sections 1 - 2006)
Chapter 14 - Anthracite Mine Drainage and Flood Control (Sections 571 - 576)
Sec. 571 - Declaration of policy
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 14 - ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL Sec. 571 - Declaration of policy |
| Contains | section 571 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 15, 1955, ch. 369, §1, 69 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 87-818, §1(1), Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 934. |
| Statutes at Large References | 69 Stat. 352 76 Stat. 934 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 87-818 |
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It is hereby recognized that the presence of large volumes of water in anthracite coal formations involves serious wastage of the fuel resources of the Nation, and constitutes a menace to health and safety and national security. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the control and drainage of water in the anthracite coal formations and thereby conserve natural resources, promote national security, prevent injuries and loss of life, and preserve public and private property, and 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.
(July 15, 1955, ch. 369, §1, 69 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 87–818, §1(1), Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 934.)
AMENDMENTS1962—Pub. L. 87–818 declared it to be the policy of the Congress "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".
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