(20 ILCS 1905/1905-75) (was 20 ILCS 1905/46)
Sec. 1905-75.
Permits for diesel powered equipment or explosives in
underground coal mines. During the period commencing with the
effective date of this
amendatory Act and ending January 1, 1986, the Department
shall not issue any new permits allowing the use of diesel powered equipment
or explosives while persons are working in any underground coal mine, except
that mines presently using such diesel equipment or explosives shall not
be prohibited from continuing that use. Nothing in this Section
shall be
interpreted or construed so as to prohibit the use of compressed air as
an explosive in any underground coal mine.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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