30 CFR 761.3 – Authority
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The State regulatory authority or the Secretary is authorized by section 522(e) of the Act (30 U.S.C. § 1272(e)) to prohibit or limit surface coal mining operations on or near certain private, Federal, and other public lands, subject to valid existing rights and except for those operations which existed on August 3, 1977.