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[CITE: 30USC553]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                 CHAPTER 13--CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES
 
Sec. 553. Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects

    The Secretary of the Interior, in order to effectuate the policy 
declared in section 551 of this title, is hereby authorized--
        (a) to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to 
    the causes and extent of outcrop and underground fires in coal 
    formations and the methods for control or extinguishment of such 
    fires; to publish the results of any such surveys, investigations, 
    and researches; and to disseminate information concerning such 
    method; and
        (b) to plan and execute projects for control or extinguishment 
    of fires in coal formations.

(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 554, 555, 556 of this title.
