During any action under which the Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, assumes responsibility for the inspection and enforcement of surface coal mining and reclamation activities in the State of Oklahoma under the authority granted by 30 U.S.C. 1271, the Department may inspect such surface coal mining and reclamation activities on a less frequent basis than required under Section 766 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes until full authority for inspection and enforcement is regained from the Office of Surface Mining. Added by Laws 1984, c. 248, § 7, emerg. eff. May 29, 1984.
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