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30 U.S.C. § 1278

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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the following activities:
  1. (1)the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; and
  2. (2)the extraction of coal as an incidental part of Federal, State or local government-financed highway or other construction under regulations established by the regulatory authority.