30 USC 1239 - Filling voids and sealing tunnels

1 So in original.

governing body of an Indian tribe, is authorized to fill such voids, seal such abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways, and reclaim surface impacts of underground or surface mines which the Secretary determines could endanger life and property, constitute a hazard to the public health and safety, or degrade the environment. State regulatory authorities are authorized to carry out such work pursuant to an approved abandoned mine reclamation program.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 101–508, § 6009(1), substituted “the governing body of an Indian tribe” for “chairman of any tribe”.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 101–508, § 6009(2), substituted “Indian tribes under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 1232(g) of this title” for “Indian reservations under the provisions of suspansection 1232(g) of this title”.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 101–508, § 6009(3), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “The Secretary may make expenditures and carry out the purposes of this section without regard to provisions of section 1234 of this title in such States or Indian reservations where requests are made by the Governor or tribal chairman and only after all reclamation with respect to abandoned coal lands or coal development impacts have been met, except for those reclamation projects relating to the protection of the public health or safety.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 101–508 effective Oct. 1, 1991, see section 6014 of Puspan. L. 101–508 set out as a note under section 1231 of this title.