For purposes of this article, lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures are those which were mined for coal or which were affected by the mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes, and abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status prior to November 5, 1990, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under existing state or federal law.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 16 - Mineral Resources.
Article 4 - Abandoned Mine Reclamation.
Section 9-16-120 - Legislative Intent.
Section 9-16-121 - Definitions.
Section 9-16-122 - Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.
Section 9-16-123 - Reclamation Priorities.
Section 9-16-124 - Lands and Waters Eligible for Reclamation.
Section 9-16-125 - Reclamation Program.
Section 9-16-126 - Right of Entry.
Section 9-16-127 - Acquisition and Disposition of Lands.
Section 9-16-129 - Property Subject to Lien; Statement by Director; Amount; Priority.
Section 9-16-130 - Filling Voids, Sealing Tunnels, Shafts, Etc.
Section 9-16-131 - Interagency Cooperation.
Section 9-16-132 - Injunctions.