(225 ILCS 720/3.12) (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.)
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