---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1303"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1303"
heading: "Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1303"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation"
  - "Subchapter VII — Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §1303. Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities

- (a) The President shall, to the extent appropriate, and in keeping with the particular enforcement requirements of each Act referred to herein, insure the coordination of regulatory and inspection activities among the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to which such activities are assigned by this chapter, by the Clean Air Act [[42 U.S.C. 7401](/usc/42/7401.md) et seq.], by the Water Pollution Control Act [[33 U.S.C. 1251](/usc/33/1251.md) et seq.], by the Department of Energy Organization Act [[42 U.S.C. 7101](/usc/42/7101.md) et seq.], and by existing or subsequently enacted Federal mine safety and health laws, except that no such coordination shall be required with respect to mine safety and health inspections, advance notice of which is or may be prohibited by existing or subsequently enacted Federal mine safety and health laws.
- (b) The President may execute the coordination required by this section by means of an Executive order, or by any other mechanism he determines to be appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 713, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 524.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Clean Air Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, which is classified generally to chapter 85 (§ 7401 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7401 of Title 42 and Tables.

The Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 62 Stat. 1155, known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.

The Department of Energy Organization Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95–91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565, which is classified principally to chapter 84 (§ 7101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7101 of Title 42 and Tables.