§ 14-34-19-2 — Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures

Indiana § 14-34-19-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 34: SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION
• Ch. 19: Abandoned Mines

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(a) Lands and water eligible for reclamation
or drainage abatement expenditures under this chapter are those:
(1) that were:
(A) mined for coal; or
(B) affected by the mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or
other coal mining processes;
(2) that were:
(A) abandoned; or
(B) left in an inadequate reclamation status;
before August 3, 1977; and
(3) for which there is not a continuing reclamation responsibility
under state or federal law.
(b) Surface coal mining operations on lands eligible for remining do
not affect the eligibility of the lands for reclamation and restoration
under this chapter after the release of the bond or deposit for the
operation under IC 14-34-6.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-15-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27. Amended by P.L.179-1995, SEC.9.