2018 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 25 - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Subchapter VII - Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 1305 - Federal lessee protection
| 30 U.S.C. § 1305 (2018) |
| §1305. Federal lessee protection |
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In those instances where the coal proposed to be mined by surface coal mining operations is owned by the Federal Government and the surface is subject to a lease or a permit issued by the Federal Government, the application for a permit shall include either: (1) the written consent of the permittee or lessee of the surface lands involved to enter and commence surface coal mining operations on such land, or in lieu thereof; (2) evidence of the execution of a bond or undertaking to the United States or the State, whichever is applicable, for the use and benefit of the permittee or lessee of the surface lands involved to secure payment of any damages to the surface estate which the operations will cause to the crops, or to the tangible improvements of the permittee or lessee of the surface lands as may be determined by the parties involved, or as determined and fixed in an action brought against the operator or upon the bond in a court of competent jurisdiction. This bond is in addition to the performance bond required for reclamation under this chapter. |
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(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, §715, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 525.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
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| Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 25 - SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION SUBCHAPTER VII - ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 1305 - Federal lessee protection |
| section 1305 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
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| 91 Stat. 525 |
| Public Law 95-87 |
