New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 27 - NEW YORK STATE MINED LAND RECLAMATION LAW

  • 23-2701 - Short Title.
    This title shall be known and may be cited as the "New York State Mined Land Reclamation Law".
  • 23-2703 - Declaration of Policy.
    1. The legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of this state to foster and encourage the development of an economically sound and stable...
  • 23-2705 - Definitions.
    As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Abandoned" means the cessation of mining and reclamation activities on land affected by mining...
  • 23-2709 - Administration of Title.
    1. The department shall have and be entitled to exercise the following powers and duties: (a) to issue permits in accordance with the criteria set...
  • 23-2711 - Permits.
    1. After September first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, any person who mines or proposes to mine from each mine site more than one thousand tons or...
  • 23-2713 - Mined Land-Use Plan.
    1. All mining and reclamation activities on the affected land shall be conducted in accordance with an approved mined land-use plan. The approved mined land-use...
  • 23-2715 - Financial Security for Reclamation.
    1. Before the department may issue a permit, the applicant, unless exempt, shall furnish financial security to ensure the performance of reclamation as provided in...
  • 23-2719 - Enforcement.
    The provisions of this title and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be enforced pursuant to title 13, article 71 of this chapter.
  • 23-2721 - Judicial Review.
    Any act, omission, determination or order of the department or of any officer or employee thereof, pursuant to or within the scope of this title,...
  • 23-2722 - Interstate Mining Compact.
    The "interstate mining compact" is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form...
  • 23-2723 - Severability.
    The provisions of this title shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this title, or the applicability thereof to any...

Last modified: February 3, 2019