45 ILCS 50/1.3

(45 ILCS 50/1.3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4704)

Sec. 1.3. Article III. State Programs.)

Each party State agrees that within a reasonable time it will formulate and establish an effective program for the conservation and use of mined land, by the establishment of standards, enactment of laws, or the continuing of the same in force, to accomplish:

a. The protection of the public and the protection of adjoining and other landowners from damage to their lands and the structures and other property thereon resulting from the conduct of mining operations or the abandonment or neglect of land and property formerly used in the conduct of such operations.

b. The conduct of mining and the handling of refuse and other mining wastes in ways that will reduce adverse effects on the economic, residential, recreational or aesthetic value and utility of land and water.

c. The institution and maintenance of suitable programs of adaptation, restoration, and rehabilitation of mined lands.

d. The prevention, abatement and control of water, air and soil pollution resulting from mining, present, past and future.

(Source: P.A. 79-231.)