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[CITE: 30USC1309]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
           CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
 
       SUBCHAPTER VII--ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1309. Certification and training of blasters

    In accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior (or 
the approved State regulatory authority as provided for in section 1253 
of this title) shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, 
examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly 
responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining 
operations.

(Pub. L. 95-87, title VII, Sec. 719, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)
