FEDERAL · 30 U.S.C. · Chapter 25
Water rights and replacement
Current through Pub. L. 119-102
(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation.
(b)The operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from such surface coal mine operation.
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466 S.E.2d 794 (West Virginia Supreme Court, 1995)
In Re Permanent Surface Mining Regulation Litigation
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Antco, Inc. v. Dodge Fuel Corp.
550 S.E.2d 622 (West Virginia Supreme Court, 2001)
Schultz v. Consolidation Coal Co.
475 S.E.2d 467 (West Virginia Supreme Court, 1996)
Wiggins v. Brazil Coal and Clay Corp.
452 N.E.2d 958 (Indiana Supreme Court, 1983)
Russell v. Island Creek Coal Co.
389 S.E.2d 194 (West Virginia Supreme Court, 1989)
Wiggins v. Brazil Coal and Clay Corp.
440 N.E.2d 495 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1982)
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History
(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, §717, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)