Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 34 - Abandoned Mines

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.01
  When any coal mine is worked out or is about to be abandoned or closed indefinitely, the operator shall make a final survey of...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.02
  A copy of the final map of an abandoned mine shall be delivered to the Department within 90 days after closing. The Department shall...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.03
  The shaft, slope, or drift opening into any abandoned mine shall be filled with earth or other material, or be kept permanently enclosed and...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.03-1
  Whenever the Department is notified that subsidence is causing damage to surface areas overlying or in the proximity of an abandoned mine, the Mining...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.03-2
  Nothing in Section 34.03-1 shall relieve any owner or operator otherwise legally responsible from any obligation imposed by law. (Source: P.A. 80-1.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 34.04
  During pillar recovery in any mine when working places approach within 50 feet of abandoned sealed workings, as shown by surveys made and certified...

Last modified: February 18, 2015