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Title 30
» Chapter CHAPTER 25— SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
30 U.S.C. § 1295
Grants to States
(a) Assisting any State in development, administration, and enforcement of State programs under this chapterThe Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to any State for the purpose of assisting such State in developing, administering, and enforcing State programs under this chapter. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, such grants shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total costs incurred during the first year, 60 per centum of total costs incurred during the second year, and 50 per centum of the total costs incurred during each year thereafter.
(b) Assisting any State in development, administration, and enforcement of its State programsThe Secretary is authorized to cooperate with and provide assistance to any State for the purpose of assisting it in the development, administration, and enforcement of its State programs. Such cooperation and assistance shall include—(1) technical assistance and training including provision of necessary curricular and instruction materials, in the development, administration, and enforcement of the State programs; and(2) assistance in preparing and maintaining a continuing inventory of information on surface coal mining and reclamation operations for each State for the purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of the State programs. Such assistance shall include all Federal departments and agencies making available data relevant to surface coal mining and reclamation operations and to the development, administration, and enforcement of State programs concerning such operations.(c) Increases in annual grantsIf, in accordance with section 1273(d) of this title, a State elects to regulate surface coal mining and reclamation operations on Federal lands, the Secretary may increase the amount of the annual grants under subsection (a) of this section by an amount which he determines is approximately equal to the amount the Federal Government would have expended for such regulation if the State had not made such election.
(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 705, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 520.)
Notes of Decisions
Indiana Coal Council, Inc. v. Lujan, 774 F. Supp. 1385 (D.D.C. 1991).
“See 30 U.S.C. § 1295 . In addition, under SMCRA, although states with approved programs have exclusive authority to issue mining permits and those decisions are reviewable only under state law, see 30 U.”
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