(225 ILCS 720/3.25) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7903.25)
Sec. 3.25.
Timing of Reclamation.
(a) Reclamation efforts on all land
that is disturbed by surface mining operations shall proceed in an environmentally
sound manner and as contemporaneously as practicable with the surface mining
operations. The Department shall by rule establish time schedules for reclamation,
which rules shall be no less stringent than the Regulations.
(b) When extension of the reclamation period is necessary to allow continued
mining operations and to accomplish acceptable reclamation, such extension
shall be made until a date certain at the discretion of the Department.
The Department shall not deny a reasonable extension when the operator shows
that acts of God, strikes, inability to receive ordered equipment or extended
periods of unreasonable and unexpected weather have made completion within
the time limits impossible.
(Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
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