Sec. 3. The owner or operator of a coal mine may burn in flares the coal bed methane produced from a coal bed methane well if either or both of the following apply:

(1) The burning is necessary to protect coal miners’ safety.

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(2) It is not economical to market the coal bed methane.

As added by P.L.140-2011, SEC.17.