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225 ILCS 720/3.04
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.04)Sec. 3.04.     Grading.     (a) Affected land shall be backfilled, compacted  (where advisable to insure stability or to prevent leaching of toxic materials),  and graded in order to restore the approximate original contour of the land.  All highwalls, spoil piles, and depressions shall be eliminated (unless  small depressions are needed in order to retain moisture, to assist revegetation,  or as otherwise authorized under this Act).(b) In surface mining which is carried out at the same location over a  period greater than one year where the operation transects the coal deposit,  and the thickness of the coal deposits relative to the volume of the overburden  is large and where the operator demonstrates that the overburden and other  spoil and waste materials at a particular point in the permit area or otherwise  available from the entire permit area are insufficient, giving due consideration  to volumetric expansion, to restore the approximate original contour, the  operator, at a minimum, shall backfill, grade, and compact (where advisable)  using all available overburden and other spoil and mine waste materials to attain  the lowest practicable grade, but not more than the angle of repose, to  provide adequate drainage and to cover all acid-forming and other toxic materials,  in order to achieve an ecologically sound land use compatible with the surrounding  region.(c) Where the operator demonstrates that due to volumetric expansion the  amount of overburden and other spoil and waste materials removed in the  course of the mining operation is more than sufficient to restore the approximate  original  contour, the operator shall satisfy the requirements set forth in subsection  (a) of this Section, and shall backfill, grade and compact (where advisable)  the excess overburden and other spoil and waste materials to attain the  lowest grade but not more than the angle of repose, and to cover all acid-forming  and other toxic materials, in order to achieve an ecologically sound land  use compatible with the surrounding region and such overburden and spoil  shall be shaped and graded in such a way as to prevent slides, erosion,  and water pollution, and shall be revegetated in accordance with the requirements  of this Act.(d) Water impoundments which were not part of the original contour may  be permitted by the Department under Section 3.08.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.05
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.05)Sec. 3.05.     Stabilization.     All surface areas, including spoil piles, affected  by the surface mining and reclamation operation shall be stabilized and  protected to effectively control erosion and attendant air and water pollution.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.06
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.06)Sec. 3.06.     Topsoil.     (a)  The topsoil shall be removed from the land in  a separate layer, replaced on the backfill area, or if not used immediately,  segregated in a separate pile from other spoil.  When the topsoil is not  replaced on a backfill area within a time short enough to avoid deterioration  of the topsoil, a successful cover shall be maintained by quick-growing  plant or other means thereafter so that the topsoil is preserved from wind and  water erosion, remains free of any contamination by other acid or toxic  material, and is in  usable condition for sustaining vegetation when restored  during reclamation.(b) If topsoil is of insufficient quantity or of poor quality for sustaining  vegetation, or if other strata or combinations of strata can be shown to  be more suitable for vegetation requirements, then the operator shall remove,  segregate, and preserve in a like manner such other strata which are best  able to support vegetation.(c) The topsoil, or the best available subsoil or combination of soil  which is best able to support vegetation, shall be restored.(d) The term "topsoil" shall be defined by the Department by rule.  Such  definition shall consider regional differences in conditions in this State.     (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.08
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.08)Sec. 3.08.     Runoff Water.     (a) All runoff water from affected areas shall  be impounded, drained, or treated so as to reduce soil erosion, damage to  unmined lands, and pollution of streams and other waters.  The operator  shall construct earth dams where lakes may be formed, in accordance with  sound engineering practices and standards adopted by the Department by rule,  (1) if necessary or desirable to impound water, and (2) if the formation  of the lakes or ponds will not interfere with underground or other mining  operations or other subsequent uses of the area authorized by the Department,  and will not damage adjoining property.  Such water impoundments shall be  approved by the Department based on the expected ability of the lakes or  ponds to support desirable uses such as water for recreation, livestock  or wildlife; and if to be used for fish life,   shall have minimum depths in accordance with standards for fish stocking  in the various areas of the State adopted by the Department by rule.(b) Permanent impoundments of water shall only be authorized when the  applicant adequately demonstrates and the Department finds that:(1) the size of the impoundment is adequate for the intended use;(2) the impoundment dam construction will be designed so as to achieve  necessary stability with an adequate margin of safety compatible with that  of structures constructed under Section 1006 of Title 16 of the United States Code;(3) the quality of impounded water will be permanently suitable for intended  use and will comply with standards established by applicable water quality laws;(4) the level of the water will remain reasonably stable;(5) final grading will provide adequate safety and access for future users  of the impounded water; and(6) the impoundments will not result in the diminution of the quality  or quantity of water utilized by adjacent or surrounding landowners for  agricultural, industrial,   recreational or domestic uses.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.09
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.09)Sec. 3.09.     Augering.     Any augering operation associated with surface  mining shall be conducted in a manner to maximize recoverability of mineral  reserves remaining after mining operations and reclamation are complete.  All auger holes shall be sealed with an impervious and noncombustible material  in order to prevent drainage except where the Department determines that  the resulting impoundment of water in such auger holes may create a hazard  to the environment or the public health or safety, provided that augering  may be prohibited if necessary to maximize the utilization, recoverability  or conservation of the solid fuel resources or to protect against adverse  water quality impacts.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.10)Sec. 3.10.     Hydrology.     (a) Disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic  balance at the mine-site and in associated offsite areas and to the  quality and quantity of water in surface and ground water systems shall  be minimized both during and after surface mining operations and during  reclamation.(b) Acid or other toxic mine drainage shall be avoided by such  measures as, but not limited to (1) preventing or removing water from  contact with toxic-producing deposits; (2) treating drainage to reduce  toxic content which adversely affects downstream water upon being  released to water courses; and (3) casing,   sealing, or otherwise  managing boreholes, shafts, and wells and keeping acid or other toxic  drainage from entering ground land surface waters.(c) Surface mining operations shall be conducted so as to prevent,  to the extent possible using the best technology currently available,  additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow, or runoff  outside the permit area.  In no event shall such contributions be in  excess of requirements set by applicable State or Federal law.(d) Siltation structures may be constructed pursuant to subsection  (c) prior to commencement of surface mining operations.  Such structures  shall be certified by a qualified registered engineer and be constructed  as designed and as approved in the permit or reclamation plan.(e) Unless consistent with the reclamation plan, temporary or large  settling ponds or other siltation structures shall be cleaned out and  removed from drainways after disturbed areas are revegetated and  stabilized.  Silt and debris shall be deposited at a site and in a  manner approved by the Department.(f) Recharge capacity of the mined area shall be restored to  approximate premining conditions.(g) Channel deepening or enlargement shall be avoided in operations  requiring the discharge of water from mines.(h) The Department may prescribe other actions to achieve the  standards set forth in subsection (a) of this Section.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.11)Sec. 3.11.     Wastes.(a) With respect to surface disposal of mine wastes,  tailings, coal processing wastes, and other wastes in areas other than the  mine working or excavations, the operator shall stabilize all waste piles  in designated areas through construction in compacted layers, including the  use of noncombustible and impervious materials if  necessary, and shall assure that the final contour of the waste pile will be  compatible with natural surroundings and that the site can and will be  stabilized and revegetated according to the provisions of this Act.(b) The operator shall design, locate, construct, operate, maintain,  enlarge, modify, and remove or abandon, in accordance with the standards and  criteria developed pursuant to the Federal Act, all existing and new coal mine  waste piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing wastes, or  other liquid and solid wastes, and used either temporarily or permanently  as dams or embankments.(c) All debris, acid-forming materials, toxic materials, or materials  constituting a fire hazard shall be treated or buried and compacted or  otherwise disposed of in a manner designed to prevent contamination of ground  or surface waters.  At a minimum, such materials constituting a fire hazard  present in the exposed face of the mined mineral seam or seams in the final cut  shall, if approved by the Department, be covered at all times with not less  than 4 feet of water or other materials which shall be placed with  slopes having no more than 30% grade, capable of supporting plant and animal  life.  Final cuts or other depressed affected areas, no longer in use in mining  operations, which accumulate toxic waters will not meet reclamation  requirements.  Contingency plans shall be developed to prevent sustained  combustion.(d) Slurry shall be confined in depressed or mined areas bounded by levees  or dams constructed from materials capable of supporting acceptable vegetation  and built in accordance with sound engineering practices.  Such areas shall  be screened with border plantings of tree species which by their seeding  habits will encourage propagation of vegetation on these areas, and levees  or dams built to confine slurry shall be adapted to established species  of grasses.  Gob and slurry not capable of supporting vegetation shall be  covered to a minimum depth of 4 feet with soil or other material  in accordance with sound soil conservation practices as prescribed by the  Department.  Such material shall be capable of being vegetated and an  acceptable cover shall be established.  The reclamation measures set forth in  this subsection are minimum performance standards and do not supersede any  other requirements of this Act.    (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
225 ILCS 720/3.12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.12)Sec. 3.12.     Nearby Mines.     Surface mining shall not be permitted within  five hundred feet from active and abandoned underground mines except as  provided in this Section.  The Department may permit an operator to mine  near, through or partially through an abandoned underground mine or  closer than five hundred feet to an active underground mine if (1) the  nature, timing, and sequencing of the approximate coincidence of  specific surface mine activities with specific underground mine  activities are jointly approved in accordance with law under laws  concerned with surface mine regulation and the health and safety of  underground miners, and (2) such operations will result in improved  resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or elimination of  hazards to the health and safety of the public.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.13)Sec. 3.13.     Explosives.     (a) Explosives shall be used only in  accordance with existing State and Federal law and rules promulgated by  the Department. Such rules shall include provisions to-(1) provide adequate advance written notice to local governments and  residents who might be affected by the use of such explosives by  publication of the planned blasting schedule in a newspaper of general  circulation in the locality and by mailing a copy of the proposed  blasting schedule to every resident living within one-half mile of the  proposed blasting site and to every other person within or outside such  area to whom the Department requires notice to be mailed, and by  providing daily notice to such persons prior to any blasting;(2) maintain for a period of at least three years and make available  for public inspection on request a log detailing the location of the  blasts, the pattern and depth of the drill holes, the amount of  explosives used per hole, and the order and length of delay in the  blasts;(3) limit the type of explosives and detonating equipment, the size,  the timing and frequency of blasts based upon the physical conditions of  the site so as to prevent (1) injury to persons, (2) damage to public  and private property outside the permit area, (3) adverse impacts on any  underground mine, and (4) change in the course, channel, or availability  of ground or surface water outside the permit area;(4) require that all blasting operations be conducted by trained and  competent persons as certified by the Department; and(5) provide that on the request to the Department and the applicant  or permittee by a resident or owner of a man-made dwelling or structure  (1) within one-half mile of any portion of the permitted area or (2) not  within such area, but within one mile of the blasting area and within an  area determined by the Department to be appropriate in a particular  situation on the basis of complaints or other information received by  the Department, the applicant or permittee shall conduct a pre-blasting  survey of such structures and submit the survey to the Department and a  copy to the resident or owner making the request. The areas and contents  of the survey shall be determined by the Department and shall include  provisions required under the Federal Act.(b) The Department shall promulgate regulations requiring the  training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or  directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in mining  operations.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.14)Sec. 3.14.     Roads and Ditches.     (a) The construction, maintenance, and postmining  conditions of roads into and across the site of mining operations shall  control or prevent erosion and siltation, pollution of water, damage to  fish or wildlife or their habitat, or public or private property.(b) Construction of roads or other access ways shall not be permitted  up a stream bed or drainage channel or in such proximity to such channel  so as to seriously alter the normal flow of water.(c) All abandoned roads and all mine drainage ditches shall  be removed  and graded, except where the Department determines that a road or ditch  is consistent with and necessary to the reclamation plan.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
225 ILCS 720/3.15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.15)Sec. 3.15.     Vegetation.(a) A suitable, diverse, effective, and permanent  vegetative cover of the same seasonal variety native to the area of affected  land shall be established on all regraded areas, and all other land affected.  The Department may approve vegetation plans for the purpose of soil building  or preparing land for crop production.  Vegetative cover must  be capable of self-regeneration and plant succession at least equal in extent  of cover to the natural vegetation of the area. Vegetative cover will be  considered of the same seasonal variety when it consists of a mixture of  species of equal or superior utility for the intended land use when compared  with the utility of naturally occurring vegetation during each season of  the year. Introduced species may be used in the revegetation process where  desirable and necessary to achieve the approved post-mining land use plan  only if approved by the Department. Introduced species shall not include  poisonous or toxic species.(b) The operator shall assume the responsibility for successful  revegetation, as required by this Act, for a period of five full years after  the  last  year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work in order  to assure compliance with this Act. This does not preclude responsible land  management practices on portions of the total area as deemed necessary and  approved by the Department.(c) When the Department determines lands to be high capability lands or  approves a long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use, the applicable  5-year period of responsibility for revegetation shall commence at the date  of initial planting for such use. The Department may grant exceptions to  this requirement to accomplish the purposes of this Act in accordance with  rules adopted by the Department.(d) The Department may not require that high capability lands be revegetated  with row crops.(e) On lands eligible for remining, the operator shall assume the  responsibility for successful revegetation for a period of 2 full years after  the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work in  order to assure compliance with the applicable standards of the Act.  This does  not preclude responsible land management practices on portions of the total  area as deemed necessary and approved by the Department.    (Source: P.A. 88-599, eff. 9-1-94.)
225 ILCS 720/3.16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS|225 ILCS 720/ - Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act.|Article III - Performance Standards For Surface Mining

 (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.16)Sec. 3.16.     Offsite Areas.     (a) Offsite areas shall be protected from slides  or damage occurring during surface mining and reclamation operations.(b) Surface mining operations that remove and do not replace the lateral  support shall not, unless mutually agreed on by the operator and the adjacent  property owner, approach property lines or established right-of-way lines  of any public roads, streets, or highways closer than a distance equal to  10 feet plus one and one-half times the depth of the excavation except where  consolidated material or materials of sufficient hardness or ability to  resist weathering and to inhibit erosion or sloughing exist in the highwall,  the distance from the property line or any established right-of way line  shall not, unless mutually agreed, be closer than a distance equal to 10  feet plus one and one-half times the depth from the natural ground surface  to the top of the consolidated material or materials.(c) No operator shall deposit soil material or locate any part of the  surface mining and reclamation operations or waste accumulations outside  the permit area.    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)