Section 717 of SMCRA

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30 CFR Part 786 - Requirements for Permits for Abandoned Coal Refuse Remining Operations

Section 717 of SMCRA

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WATER RIGHTS AND REPLACEMENT

[30 U.S.C. 1307]


SEC. 717. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation.


(b) The operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from such surface coal mine operation.




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