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title: "30 U.S.C. § 1309"
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title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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chapter_name: "SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 1309 - Certification and training of blasters

## Text

In accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior (or the approved State regulatory authority as provided for in section 1253 of this title) shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining operations.

(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 719, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)