Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60
§574 Hearings; Withholding Payments
Title 30 › Chapter 14— ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL › § 574
Summary
Payments to the Commonwealth stop when the Secretary of the Interior, after giving reasonable notice and a hearing, finds the federal funds were not spent properly. He must tell the Commonwealth and withhold payments until he is satisfied the problem is fixed.
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Title 30, §574
Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever the Secretary of the Interior, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, finds that there is a failure to expend funds in accordance with the terms and conditions governing the Federal contribution for such approved projects, he shall notify the Commonwealth that further payments will not be made to the Commonwealth from appropriations under this chapter until he is satisfied that there will no longer be any such failure. Until he is so satisfied the Secretary of the Interior shall withhold the payment of any financial contributions to the Commonwealth.
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30 U.S.C. § 574
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60