The commission may enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States Secretary of the Interior to provide for state regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on federal lands within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 53-9-73
Cooperation with Secretary of Interior
Known as the Mississippi Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Law
The act spans §§ 53–53 (61 sections).
Laws, 1979, ch. 477, § 31; Laws, 1997, ch. 306, § 35, eff from and after passage (approved March 10, 1997
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