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§ 1328. Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
(a) Authority of Secretary of the Interior to conduct, promote, etc.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of, research, studies, surveys, experiments, demonstration projects, and training relating to—
(1) the development and application of coal mining technologies which provide alternatives to surface disturbance and which maximize the recovery of available coal resources, including the improvement of present underground mining methods, methods for the return of underground mining wastes to the mine void, methods for the underground mining of thick coal seams and very deep seams; and
(2) safety and health in the application of such technologies, methods, and means.
(b) Contracts and grants
(c) Authorization of appropriations
(d) Publication in Federal Register; report to Congress
(e) Availability of information to public
(Pub. L. 95–87, title IX, § 908, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 531; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), title VII, §§ 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 97–257, title I, § 100, Sept. 10, 1982, 96 Stat. 841.)