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Title 30
Chapter 25
Subchapter VII
§ 1309. Certification and traini...
§ 1309b. Research...
§ 1309. Certification and traini...
§ 1309b. Research...
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§ 1309a.
Subsidence
(a)
Requirements
Underground coal mining operations conducted after
October 24, 1992
, shall comply with each of the following requirements:
(1)
Promptly repair, or compensate for, material damage resulting from subsidence caused to any occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or non-commercial building due to underground coal mining operations. Repair of damage shall include rehabilitation, restoration, or replacement of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or non-commercial building. Compensation shall be provided to the owner of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto or non-commercial building and shall be in the full amount of the diminution in value resulting from the subsidence. Compensation may be accomplished by the purchase, prior to mining, of a noncancellable premium-prepaid insurance policy.
(2)
Promptly replace any drinking, domestic, or residential water supply from a well or spring in existence prior to the application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, which has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption resulting from underground coal mining operations.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or interrupt underground coal mining operations.
(b)
Regulations
(
Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 720
, as added
Pub. L. 102–486, title XXV, § 2504(a)(1)
,
Oct. 24, 1992
,
106 Stat. 3104
.)
cite as:
30 USC 1309a
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