The commissioner may elect to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Interior to provide for state regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on federal lands within the state, in which event the provisions and requirements of Section 513(c) of Public Law 95-87 shall apply as applicable to Sections 913, 914, and 910 of this Chapter.
30 U.S.C.A. § 1263.
La. R.S. § 30:923