30 U.S.C. § 554
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The acts authorized in section 553 of this title may be performed—
- (a)on lands owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency having jurisdiction thereof; and
- (b)on any other lands, upon obtaining proper consent or the necessary rights or interests in such lands: Provided, however, That expenditure of Federal funds for this purpose in any privately owned operating coal mine shall be limited to the acts authorized in section 553(a) of this title.