A bill to amend Sections 502(d), 503(a), and 504(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87), and to provide a seven-month extension for the submission and approval of State programs or the implementation of a Federal program.

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Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend the time periods within which: (1) the regulatory authority is required to process and decide upon permit applications submitted by the operators of surface coal mines in expectation of operating such mines; (2) each State must submit to the Secretary of the Interior a State program which demonstrates that such State has the capability of carrying out the provisions of such Act; (3) the Secretary must prepare, promulgate, and implement a Federal program for a State which fails to submit an acceptable program within the specified time; and (4) each State must submit a program covering surface coal mining and reclamation operations. Eliminates the time extension for States which require an Act of the State legislature to achieve compliance with such Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 July 1979

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