30 U.S.C. § 1299 — Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
submitted 49 years ago by Pub. L. 95-87 to r/title-30-MINERAL-LANDS-AND-MINING · 332 words · no verdicts yet
The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality must arrange a study of technology and regulation for surface and open-pit mining of minerals other than coal. The study must assess compliance, costs, unmet requirements, comparable requirements, reclamation results, and alternative regulatory methods.
(a) Study. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality must contract, within appropriations, with the National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering, other Government agencies, or private groups for an in-depth study of current and developing technology for surface and open-pit mining and reclamation of minerals other than coal. The study must help establish effective and reasonable regulation and must (1) assess how much this chapter's requirements can be met and the costs; (2) identify where current and developing technology cannot meet them; (3) for those cases, describe comparable requirements that could be met, their costs, and differences in reclamation results; and (4) discuss alternative regulatory methods designed to achieve the most beneficial postmining land use.
(b) Submission. The study and specific legislative recommendations must go to the President and Congress within 18 months after August 3, 1977. For sand and gravel mining, it must be submitted within 12 months. For oil shale and tar sands, a preliminary report must be submitted within 12 months.
(c) Appropriation. $500,000 is authorized for this section, but no new budget authority may be appropriated for fiscal year 1977.
The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality is directed to contract to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts with the National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering, other Government agencies or private groups as appropriate, for an in-depth study of current and developing technology for surface and open pit mining and reclamation for minerals other than coal designed to assist in the establishment of effective and reasonable regulation of surface and open pit mining and reclamation for minerals other than coal. The study shall—
assess the degree to which the requirements of this chapter can be met by such technology and the costs involved;
identify areas where the requirements of this chapter cannot be met by current and developing technology;
in those instances describe requirements most comparable to those of this chapter which could be met, the costs involved, and the differences in reclamation results between these requirements and those of this chapter; and
discuss alternative regulatory mechanisms designed to insure the achievement of the most beneficial postmining land use for areas affected by surface and open pit mining.
The study together with specific legislative recommendations shall be submitted to the President and the Congress no later than eighteen months after August 3, 1977: Provided, That, with respect to surface or open pit mining for sand and gravel the study shall be submitted no later than twelve months after August 3, 1977: Provided further, That with respect to mining for oil shale and tar sands that a preliminary report shall be submitted no later than twelve months after August 3, 1977.
There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section $500,000: Provided, That no new budget authority is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1977.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 709, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 522.)
- 1977Enacted · Pub. L. 95-87 · 91 Stat. 522
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