---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch25/schV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter V"
heading: "Control of the Environmental Impacts of Surface Coal Mining"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch25-schV"
sections_count: 30
---

# Subchapter V — Control of the Environmental Impacts of Surface Coal Mining

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 25 — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation

## Sections

- [§1251. Environmental protection standards](/usc/30/1251.md)
- [§1251a. Abandoned coal refuse sites](/usc/30/1251a.md)
- [§1252. Initial regulatory procedures](/usc/30/1252.md)
- [§1253. State programs](/usc/30/1253.md)
- [§1254. Federal programs](/usc/30/1254.md)
- [§1255. State laws](/usc/30/1255.md)
- [§1256. Permits](/usc/30/1256.md)
- [§1257. Application requirements](/usc/30/1257.md)
- [§1258. Reclamation plan requirements](/usc/30/1258.md)
- [§1259. Performance bonds](/usc/30/1259.md)
- [§1260. Permit approval or denial](/usc/30/1260.md)
- [§1261. Revision of permits](/usc/30/1261.md)
- [§1262. Coal exploration permits](/usc/30/1262.md)
- [§1263. Public notice and public hearings](/usc/30/1263.md)
- [§1264. Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals](/usc/30/1264.md)
- [§1265. Environmental protection performance standards](/usc/30/1265.md)
- [§1266. Surface effects of underground coal mining operations](/usc/30/1266.md)
- [§1267. Inspections and monitoring](/usc/30/1267.md)
- [§1268. Penalties](/usc/30/1268.md)
- [§1269. Release of performance bonds or deposits](/usc/30/1269.md)
- [§1270. Citizens suits](/usc/30/1270.md)
- [§1271. Enforcement](/usc/30/1271.md)
- [§1272. Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining](/usc/30/1272.md)
- [§1273. Federal lands](/usc/30/1273.md)
- [§1274. Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations](/usc/30/1274.md)
- [§1275. Review by Secretary](/usc/30/1275.md)
- [§1276. Judicial review](/usc/30/1276.md)
- [§1277. Special bituminous coal mines](/usc/30/1277.md)
- [§1278. Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter](/usc/30/1278.md)
- [§1279. Anthracite coal mines](/usc/30/1279.md)