TITLE 62: MINING
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PART 240 THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT
SECTION 240.312 FRESHWATER AQUIFER EXEMPTIONS


 

Section 240.312  Freshwater Aquifer Exemptions

 

a)         The following aquifer exemptions have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

b)         Siloam pool located in Township 2 South, Range 4 West in Brown County consisting of:

 

1)         SE/4 SE/4 of Section 7; and

 

2)         S/2 NE/4 and S/2 of Section 8; and

 

3)         SW/4 SE/4 and SW/4 of Section 9; and

 

4)         W/2 NE/4 and NW/4 of Section 15; and

 

5)         NE/4 SE/4 and N/2 NE/4 and NE/4 of Section 16; and

 

6)         N/2 NE/4 and N/2 NW/4 and SE/4 NW/4 of Section 17; and

 

7)         NE/4 NE/4 of Section 18.

 

c)         Buckhorn pool located in Brown County consisting of:

 

1)         Township 1 South, Range 4 West

 

A)        S/2 SW/4 and S/2 SE/4 of Section 24; and

 

B)        all Section 25 except W/2 NW/4; and

 

C)        S/2 SE/4 and S/2 SW/4 of Section 26; and

 

D)        S/2 NE/4 and SE/4 SW/4 and SE/4 of Section 33; and

 

E)        all of Section 34 except NW/4 NW/4; and

 

F)         all of Section 35; and

 

G)        all of Section 36.

 

2)         Township 1 South, Range 3 West

 

A)        W/2 NW/4 and W/2 SW/4 and SE/4 SW/4 and S/2 SE/4 of Section 30; and

 

B)        S/2 SW/4 and S/2 SE/4 of Section 29; and

 

C)        all of Section 31; and

 

D)        all of Section 32; and

 

E)        W/2 NW/4 and W/2 SW/4 of Section 33.

 

3)         Township 2 South, Range 4 West

 

A)        N/2 NE/4 and N/2 NW/4 of Section 1; and

 

B)        all of Section 2 except S/2 SE/4 and NE/4 SE/4; and

 

C)        all of Section 3 except SE/4; and

 

D)        NE/4 and N/2 NW/4 of Section 4; and

 

E)        NE/4 and E/2 SE/4 of Section 10; and

 

F)         NW/4 and W/2 SW/4 of Section 11.

 

4)         Township 2 South, Range 3 West

 

A)        all of Section 5 except SE/4 NE/4 and NE/4 SE/4; and

 

B)        all of Section 6 except SW/4 NW/4 and W/2 SW/4; and

 

C)        N/2 NW/4 and NE/4 of Section 8.

 

d)         Siggins pool in Clark and Cumberland Counties

 

1)         Township 11 North, Range 10 East

 

A)        S/2 NW/4 and SW/4 and SE/4 of Section 35; and

 

B)        SW/4 SW/4 of Section 36.

 

2)         Township 11 North, Range 11 East, SW/4 SE/4 and E/2 SE/4 of fractional Section 31.

 

3)         Township 11 North, Range 14 West

 

A)        all of Section 31 except N/2 NW/4 and SW/4 NW/4; and

 

B)        all of Section 32.

 

4)         Township 10 North, Range 10 East

 

A)        all of Section 1 except N/2 NE/4; and

 

B)        all of Section 2 except SW/4 NW/4 and W/2 SW/4; and

 

C)        all of Section 11 except NW/4 NW/4; and

 

D)        all of Section 12; and

 

E)        all of Section 13; and

 

F)         E/2 of Section 14; and

 

G)        NE/4 and NE/4 SE/4 of Section 23; and

 

H)        all of Section 24.

 

5)         Township 11 North, Range 11 East

 

A)        all of fractional Section 6; and

 

B)        all of fractional Section 7; and

 

C)        all of fractional Section 18; and

 

D)        all of fractional Section 19 except E/2 NE/4 and NE/4 SE/4.

 

6)         Township 10 North, Range 14 West

 

A)        NW/4 and E/2 SW/4 and SW/4 NE/4 and N/2 NE/4 of Section 5; and

 

B)        all of Section 6; and

 

C)        all of Section 7; and

 

D)        W/2 NW/4 of Section 8; and

 

E)        NW/4 and N/2 SW/4 and W/2 NE/4 of Section 18.

 

e)         The following aquifers are the subject of completed applications and meet the criteria of Section 240.310(b)(2).

 

1)         Herscher system located in portions of Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois Counties consisting of:

 

A)        Township 30 North, Range 9 East, Sections 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36;

 

B)        Township 30 North, Range 10 East, Sections 7, 8, 14-23 and 26-35;

 

C)        Township 29 North, Range 9 East, Sections 1, 2 and 12; and

 

D)        Township 29 North, Range 10 East, Sections 2-11 and 15-18.

 

2)         Colmar-Plymouth pool located in McDonough and Hancock Counties and consisting of:

 

A)        Township 4 North, Range 4 West, McDonough County:

 

i)          S/2 S/2 NE/4 and SE/4 SE/4 NW/4 and E/2 SW/4 and SE/4 of Section 9; and

 

ii)         S/2 S/2 NW/4 and SE/4 and SW/4 of Section 10; and

 

iii)        NW/4 SE/4 and N/2 SW/4 and S/2 NW/4 of Section 14; and

 

iv)        N/2 SE/4 and NE/4 and NW/4 of Section 15; and

 

v)         all of Section 16; and

 

vi)        S/2 and S/2 N/2 of Section 17; and

 

vii)       S/2 and NE/4 and S/2 NW/4 of Section 18; and

 

viii)      all of Section 19; and

 

ix)        N/2 and N/2 SE/4 and N/2 SW/4 and SW/4 SW/4 of Section 20; and

 

x)         N/2 and N/2 S/2 of Section 21; and

 

xi)        N/2 N/2 and SW/4 NE/4 and SE/4 NW/4 of Section 30.

 

B)        Township 4 North, Range 5 West, Hancock County:

 

i)          SW/4 and S/2 NE/4 and E/2 SW/4 of Section 23; and

 

ii)         S/2 NW/4 and S/2 NE/4 and NE/4 NE/4 and SE/4 and SW/4 of Section 24; and

 

iii)        NW/4 and N/2 NE/4 and SW/4 NE/4 of Section 26.

 

(Source:  Added at 22 Ill. Reg. 22314, effective December 14, 1998)