Illinois Administrative Code
Title 62 - MINING
Part 2501 - ABANDONED MINED LANDS RECLAMATION
Section 2501.13 - Preliminary Project Selection
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The Department shall select projects for reclamation from an abandoned mine site database which contains all known abandoned mine sites in the State which are eligible under Sections 2501.10 and 2501.11. This database includes sites reported in the Resource Document of the original State Plan, all high priority sites included in the Phase II National Abandoned Mined Land Inventory, and additional sites which may periodically be brought to the attention of the Department by landowners or other concerned citizens.
b) The Department shall review the AML database each year to identify the unreclaimed or inadequately reclaimed sites containing the most significant remaining problem conditions. Problem conditions include in order of relative significance:
c) Sites identified as containing significant problem conditions shall be further prioritized based upon an evaluation of the following criteria to determine the probable benefits to be derived from reclamation: