30 U.S.C. § 555 : US Code - Section 555: Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands

Search 30 U.S.C. § 555 : US Code - Section 555: Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands

(a) Enactment of local laws; agreements
As a condition to the extending of any benefits under section
553(b) of this title to any lands not owned or controlled by the
United States or any of its agencies, except where such action is
necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or
controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, the
Secretary of the Interior may require -
(1) the enactment of State or local laws providing for the
control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires in
coal formations on State or privately owned land and the
cooperation of State or local authorities in the work; and
(2) agreements or covenants as to the performance and
maintenance of the work required to control or extinguish such
fires.
(b) Contributions
The Secretary of the Interior shall require in connection with
any project for the control or extinguishment of fires in any
inactive coal mine on any lands not owned or controlled by the
United States or any of its agencies, except where such project is
necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or
controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, (1) that
the State or person owning or controlling such lands contribute on
a matching basis 50 per centum of the cost of planning and
executing such project, or (2), if such State or person furnishes
evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior of an
inability to make the matching contribution herein provided for,
that such State or person pay to the Government, within such period
of time as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, an amount
equal to 50 per centum of the cost of planning and executing such
project. At least 75 per centum of the funds expended in any fiscal
year, from any appropriation available to carry out the purposes of
this chapter, in connection with projects for the control or
extinguishment of fires in inactive coal mines where such action is
not necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned
or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, shall be
expended in conformity with clause (1) of this subsection.