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.
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