Sec. 13. (a) The director may do the following:
(1) Fill voids and open abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways resulting from a previous mining operation that constitutes a hazard to the public health or safety.
(2) Reclaim surface impacts of underground or surface mines that the director determines could:
(A) endanger life and property;
(B) constitute a hazard to the public health and safety; or
(C) degrade the environment.
(b) If mine waste piles are being reworked for conservation purposes, the incremental cost of disposing of the wastes from the operations by filling voids and sealing tunnels is eligible for funding under this chapter if the disposal of the wastes meets the purposes of this section.
(c) The director may, by:
(1) purchase;
(2) donation;
(3) easement; or
(4) otherwise;
acquire the interest in land that the director determines necessary to carry out this section.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-15-13.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 34. Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation
14-34-19-1.3. Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Fund
14-34-19-1.5. Reclamation Set-Aside Fund
14-34-19-2. Lands and Water Eligible for Reclamation or Drainage Abatement Expenditures
14-34-19-3. Priorities for Expenditures
14-34-19-4. Director Entering Property to Abate Adverse Effects of Coal Mining Practices
14-34-19-5. Director Entering Property to Conduct Studies or Exploratory Work
14-34-19-6. Acquisition of Adversely Affected Land for Reclamation
14-34-19-7. Title and Price of Land Purchased
14-34-19-8. Public Sale of Land
14-34-19-10. Transfer of Land to State Agency
14-34-19-11. Sale of Land With Governor's Approval
14-34-19-13. Powers of Director
14-34-19-14. Plants for Controlling and Treating Water Pollution From Mine Drainage