§ 762.13 Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
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The requirements of this part do not apply to—
(a) Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on the date of enactment of the Act;
(b) Lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or
(c) Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.
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