2016 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 14 - Anthracite Mine Drainage and Flood Control
Sec. 571 - Declaration of policy
30 U.S.C. § 571 (2016) |
§571. Declaration of policy |
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.) |
AMENDMENTS
1962—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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Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 14 - ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL Sec. 571 - Declaration of policy |
section 571 |
2016 |
January 6, 2017 |
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standard |
69 Stat. 352 76 Stat. 934 |
Public Law 87-818 |