(1) The executive director is hereby given authority to: (a) Enter into contracts with the Colorado school of mines to develop and conduct research concerning: (I) New and more efficient methods of mining, preparing, and utilizing coal; (II) Markets for coal of the western United States and especially that of Colorado; (III) Development in the scientific, technical, and economic fields related to the coal industry; (b) Accept grants from, contract with, and otherwise cooperate with the office of coal research of the United States department of the interior.
(a) Enter into contracts with the Colorado school of mines to develop and conduct research concerning: (I) New and more efficient methods of mining, preparing, and utilizing coal; (II) Markets for coal of the western United States and especially that of Colorado; (III) Development in the scientific, technical, and economic fields related to the coal industry;
(I) New and more efficient methods of mining, preparing, and utilizing coal;
(II) Markets for coal of the western United States and especially that of Colorado;
(III) Development in the scientific, technical, and economic fields related to the coal industry;
(b) Accept grants from, contract with, and otherwise cooperate with the office of coal research of the United States department of the interior.