The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the extraction of coal
(1) by a landowner or lessee for the landowner's or lessee's own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by it;
(2) for commercial purposes if the surface coal mining operation affects two acres or less; or
(3) as an incidental part of highway or other construction financed in whole or in part as specified by regulation, by federal, state, or municipal government agency.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 21. Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Article 4. General Provisions.
Sec. 27.21.900. Mining by government agencies.
Sec. 27.21.920. Experimental practices.
Sec. 27.21.930. Water rights and replacement.
Sec. 27.21.940. Certification of blasters.
Sec. 27.21.950. Civil actions.
Sec. 27.21.960. Inconsistencies with federal act.
Sec. 27.21.970. Relationship to other laws.