- (1) Each State Regulatory Authority is authorized, under Section 28(a)(1) of the Act to establish a data base and inventory system and a petition process to designate any non-Federal and non-Indian land areas of the State as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§9-16-71, 73, 74, 75, 80, 92, 96.