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[CITE: 30USC4c]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                CHAPTER 1--UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
 
Sec. 4c. Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal

    The United States Bureau of Mines, under the general direction of 
the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to conduct investigations, 
studies, and experiments on its own initiative and in cooperation with 
individuals, State institutions, laboratories, and other organizations, 
with a view to (1) the development of a commercially practicable 
carbonization method of processing sub-bituminous and lignite coal so as 
to convert such coal into an all-purpose fuel, to provide fertilizers, 
and obtain such other byproducts thereof as may be commercially 
valuable; (2) the development of efficient methods, equipment, and 
devices for burning lignite or char therefrom; and (3) determining and 
developing methods for more efficient utilization of such sub-bituminous 
and lignite coal for purposes of generating electric power.

(May 15, 1936, ch. 397, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1275; Pub. L. 102-285, 
Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)

                         Change of Name

    ``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau 
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a 
note under section 1 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    See note set out under section 1 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4d of this title.
