§ 35-11-1211 — Long-term abandoned mine reclamation account

Wyoming § 35-11-1211

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 11: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
• Art. 12: ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION PROGRAM

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(a) There is created the long-term abandoned mine
reclamation account. The state treasurer shall, upon direction
from the department, deposit up to thirty percent (30%) of the
amount of all funds provided to the state by the United States
secretary of the interior under section 40701(c) of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as amended by section
801 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, into the
account. The state treasurer shall invest funds in the account
in accordance with law, and earnings from these investments
shall be credited to the account. The liability of the state to
fulfill the requirements of this section is limited to the
amount of unobligated, unexpended funds in the account. The
state shall have no obligations under this section except to the
extent of federal funds deposited into this account and the
earnings of the account. No funds in the account shall be
expended for any purpose not specified in section 40701(c) of
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as amended by
section 801 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Funds
in the account shall be expended only upon legislative
appropriation for the following purposes:
(i) The abatement of the causes and the treatment of
the effects of acid mine drainage resulting from coal mining
practices, including for the costs of building, operating,
maintaining and rehabilitating acid mine drainage treatment
systems;
(ii) The prevention, abatement and control of
subsidence;
(iii) The prevention, abatement and control of coal
mine fires.