TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 280 ILLINOIS SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
AUTHORITY: Implementing, and authorized by Section 12 of, the Surface-Mined Land Conservation and Reclamation Act [225 ILCS 715].
SOURCE: Adopted at 3 Ill. Reg. 5, p. 819, effective February 2, 1979; emergency amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 22, p. 290, effective June 1, 1980, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 472, effective November 21, 1980; emergency amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 8104, effective July 29, 1981, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 1, effective January 14, 1982, codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 9905; recodified from the Department of Mines and Minerals to the Department of Natural Resources at 21 Ill. Reg. 16192.