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§1303 Coordination of Regulatory and Inspection Activities

Title 30 › CHAPTER 25 — SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › SUBCHAPTER VII — ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 1303

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must make sure that agencies and parts of the federal government coordinate their regulatory and inspection work when appropriate and when it fits each law’s enforcement needs. This coordination covers activities under laws like the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act, the Department of Energy Organization Act, and federal mine safety and health laws, but it is not required for mine safety inspections if those laws forbid or might forbid giving advance notice. The President can do this by issuing an Executive order or by using any other method he thinks is appropriate.

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Title 30, §1303

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(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 et seq.], by the Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], by the Department of Energy Organization Act [42 U.S.C. 7101 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.

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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

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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

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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

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note set out under section 7101 of Title 42 and Tables.

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30 U.S.C. § 1303

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102