30 U.S.C. § 555 — Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands

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Before extending benefits to nonfederal land for controlling or extinguishing inactive coal-mine fires, the Secretary may require State or local laws and agreements. The State or owner generally must contribute half the project cost, subject to an inability exception and a 75-percent spending rule.

(a) As a condition of extending section 553(b) benefits to land not owned or controlled by the United States or its agencies, unless needed to protect such federal land or property, the Secretary of the Interior may require: (1) State or local laws controlling and extinguishing outcrop and underground coal-formation fires on State or private land, plus State or local cooperation; and (2) agreements or covenants to perform and maintain the required work. (b) For a project controlling or extinguishing a fire in an inactive coal mine on such nonfederal land, unless needed to protect federal land or property, the Secretary must require either: (1) the State or person owning or controlling the land contributes 50 percent of planning and execution costs on a matching basis; or (2) if that State or person satisfactorily shows inability to make the match, pays the Government an amount equal to 50 percent of those costs within the time the Secretary sets. At least 75 percent of money spent in each fiscal year from an appropriation for this chapter on projects not needed to protect federal land or property must be spent under paragraph (1).

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(a) Enactment of local laws; agreements

As a condition to the extending of any benefits under section 553(b) of this title to any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such action is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, the Secretary of the Interior may require—

(1)

the enactment of State or local laws providing for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations on State or privately owned land and the cooperation of State or local authorities in the work; and

(2)

agreements or covenants as to the performance and maintenance of the work required to control or extinguish such fires.

(b) Contributions

The Secretary of the Interior shall require in connection with any project for the control or extinguishment of fires in any inactive coal mine on any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such project is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, (1) that the State or person owning or controlling such lands contribute on a matching basis 50 per centum of the cost of planning and executing such project, or (2), if such State or person furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior of an inability to make the matching contribution herein provided for, that such State or person pay to the Government, within such period of time as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, an amount equal to 50 per centum of the cost of planning and executing such project. At least 75 per centum of the funds expended in any fiscal year, from any appropriation available to carry out the purposes of this chapter, in connection with projects for the control or extinguishment of fires in inactive coal mines where such action is not necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, shall be expended in conformity with clause (1) of this subsection.

Source credit: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 5, 68 Stat. 1010.)

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1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156 · 68 Stat. 1010

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