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3O § 1201 A7INERAL LANUSi ANll MINING <br />primary governmental responsibility for developing, authorizitr~ <br />ing, and enforcing regulations for surface mining and reel <br />operations subject to this chapter should rest with the Stara;; ' <br />(gl surface mining and reclamation standards art essential ~ <br />to insure that competition in interstate commerce among selletst7 <br />produced in different States will not be used to undermine the abll <br />the several States to improve end maintain adequate xiandards OI <br />mining operations within their borders; <br />(h) there are a substantial number of acres of land throughout <br />regions of the United States disturbed by surface and undergroutif <br />nn which little or no reclamation was conducted, and the impacts <br />these unreclaimed lands impose social and economic costs on rai <br />in nearby and adjoining areas as well as continuing to impair em <br />mental quality; <br />(i) while there is a need to regulate surface mining operati6Ji <br />minerals other than coal, more data and analyses are needed to sU <br />a basis (or effective and reasonable regulation of such o <br />(j) surface and underground coal mining operations affect int <br />commerce, contribute to the economic well-being, security, and: <br />welfare of the Nation and should be conducted in an envirotai <br />sound manner; and <br />fk1 the cooperative effort established by this chapter is n ~ <br />prevent or mitigate adverse rnvironmental effects of prtsent an~• <br />surface coal mining operations. ~, <br />(Pub.L. 45-87, Title I, § 101, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 447.) <br />~ So in original. The penal probably Should be a xmirglon. <br />Historical Note <br />AefercotYS In lest. This chapter, referred <br />to in subsets. (e), (f). and (k), wu in the <br />original "this Act", meaning Pub.L. 95-87, <br />Aug. 3. 1977, 91 Stat. 445, u amcndod. <br />which enacted this eMprcr and ammded sec- <br />tion IIl4 of Trtlc 18, Crimes and Criminal <br />Procedure. For complete cfnssi(iration of <br />this Act to the Code, sec Shon Title note set <br />out below and 7abla volume. <br />Short 7111e. Section 1 of 1xub.L <br />provided: "That this An (which etue <br />ehapta and ammdcd section 1111 t <br />181 may 6e tired u the Surface <br />Control and Rxlamation Act of t4Ti <br />l,egblatlx HWory. For Icgisletive <br />end purpose of Pob.L. 93-fl7, sec 17 <br />Cade Long, and Adm.Ncws, p. 593. <br />West's Federal Practlee M~nwl <br />Minerals on federal Innds, sa § 3301 et seq. <br />Code o! Federal ReguLtions <br />Abandoned mine reclamation fund-(rr rollecnon end coal pmdunion reposing, see 30 <br />870.1 et seq. <br />Appalachia- <br />Mine fire control, sec JD CFR 880.1 n seq. <br />Subsidence and seripmrne rehabilitation, see 30 CFR 861.1 et seq. <br />Arw unswtable for coal mining, criteria (or deaiputron, see 30 CFR 762.1 ct seq. <br />Blutcn-training. examination and Certil~atlon, see 3(1 CFR Ch.p. VII, Subchap. M. <br />Bonding and insurance requircmrnts, xe 30 CFR Chap. VII, Subchap. 1. <br />Bureau of Indus ARaira, root mining exploration and rxlamation of finds, sec 25 CFR <br />et seq. <br />Carl muragemrnl, see /3 CFA attp. 1[, Subchap. C, Grout' 3400. <br />290 <br />