Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to: (1) repeal provisions prohibiting the issuance of a coal lease when the leaseholder has not produced coal from the lease deposits in commercial quantities for ten years; (2) eliminate the requirement that a logical mining unit be contiguous; and (3) eliminate the time requirement with respect to the provision which directs a lessee to submit an operation and reclamation plan to the Secretary of the Interior prior to taking any action on a leasehold which might cause a significant disturbance of the environment.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Hearings held.
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