(20 ILCS 205/205-115) (was 20 ILCS 205/40.38)
Sec. 205-115.
Revegetation of post-mining land.
The Department has the
power: to develop data used in the Agricultural Lands
Productivity Formula that is used in determining the success of
revegetation of post-mining land for
row-crop agricultural purposes in accordance with the Surface Coal Mining
Land Conservation and Reclamation Act; to cooperate with
the Department of
Natural Resources in determining the success of the cropland
revegetation
under the Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Act; and to
publish annually a Soil Master and County Cropped Acreage Manual, which is
data derived from and used in the formula. The manual is
exempt from
the rule-making requirements of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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