30 USC 1308a: Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
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30 USC 1308a: Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands Text contains those laws in effect on November 22, 2024
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 25-SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATIONSUBCHAPTER VII-ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§1308a. Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands

In fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected for civil penalties assessed under section 1268 of this title, to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended.

( Pub. L. 111–8, div. E, title I, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 712 .)


Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, and also as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, and not as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.