{"identifier":"/us/usc/t30/s1292","title":30,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1292.","heading":"Other Federal laws","text":"\u00a7\u202f1292.\nOther Federal laws\n(a)\nConstruction of chapter as superseding, amending, modifying, or repealing certain laws\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed as superseding, amending, modifying, or repealing the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (\n(1) The Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act (\n30 U.S.C. 721\u2013740\n(2) The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (\n83 Stat. 742\n30 U.S.C. 801\n(3) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (\n79 Stat. 903\n33 U.S.C. 1251\n(4) The Clean Air Act, as amended [\n42 U.S.C. 7401\n(5) The Solid Waste Disposal Act [\n42 U.S.C. 6901\n(6) The Refuse Act of 1899 (\n33 U.S.C. 407\n(7) The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934 (\n16 U.S.C. 661\u2013666c\n(8) The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (\n30 U.S.C. 181\n(b)\nEffect on authority of Secretary or heads of other Federal agencies\nNothing in this chapter shall affect in any way the authority of the Secretary or the heads of other Federal agencies under other provisions of law to include in any lease, license, permit, contract, or other instrument such conditions as may be appropriate to regulate surface coal mining and reclamation operations on land under their jurisdiction.\n(c)\nCooperation\nTo the greatest extent practicable each Federal agency shall cooperate with the Secretary and the States in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.\n(d)\nMajor Federal action\nApproval of the State programs, pursuant to\nsection 1253(b) of this title\nsection 1254 of this title\nsection 1273 of this title\n42 U.S.C. 4332\nsection 1251(b) of this title\n42 U.S.C. 4332","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t30/s1292.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1292."},{"t":"heading","text":"Other Federal laws"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Construction of chapter as superseding, amending, modifying, or repealing certain laws"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as superseding, amending, modifying, or repealing the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"30 U.S.C. 21a","href":"/us/usc/t30/s21a","tail":"), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ("},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 4321\u201347","href":"/us/usc/t42/s4321\u201347","tail":"), or any of the following Acts or with any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"30 U.S.C. 721\u2013740","href":"/us/usc/t30/s721\u2013740","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"83 Stat. 742","href":"/us/stat/83/742","tail":") ["},{"t":"ref","text":"30 U.S.C. 801","href":"/us/usc/t30/s801","tail":" et seq.]."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"79 Stat. 903","href":"/us/stat/79/903","tail":"), as amended ["},{"t":"ref","text":"33 U.S.C. 1251","href":"/us/usc/t33/s1251","tail":" et seq.], the State laws enacted pursuant thereto, or other Federal laws relating to preservation of water quality."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t30/s1292/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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