43 CFR § 3440.1-3 - Limitations on coal use.

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title: "43 CFR § 3440.1-3 - Limitations on coal use."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3440.1-3"
section_name: "Limitations on coal use."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3440"
part_name: "LICENSES TO MINE"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 181"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 42634, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3440.1-3 Limitations on coal use.

(a) A license to mine may be issued to a municipality for the nonprofit mining and disposal of coal to its residents for household use only. Under such a license, a municipality may not mine coal either for its own use or for nonhousehold use such as for factories, stores, other business establishments and heating and lighting plants.

(b) Coal extracted under a license to mine shall not be disposed of for profit.