As used in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act:
A. "director" means the director of the mining and minerals division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department;
B. "eligible lands and water" means all lands and water eligible for expenditures pursuant to the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended;
C. "emergency" means a sudden danger or impairment that presents a high probability of substantial physical harm to health, safety or general welfare of people before the danger can be abated under normal program procedures; and
D. "fund" means the abandoned mine reclamation fund.
History: Laws 1980, ch. 87, § 3; 1985, ch. 42, § 1; 1987, ch. 234, § 55; 1992, ch. 18, § 3; 2011, ch. 65, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, clarified the application of the act by redefining "eligible lands and water".
The 1992 amendment, effective May 20, 1992, in Subsection B, deleted "for coal" following "mined", deleted "coal" preceding "processing" and preceding "mining", deleted "prior to August 3, 1977" following "status", and made minor stylistic changes throughout the subsection.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, in Subsection A, substituted "energy, minerals and natural resources" for "energy and minerals."
The 1985 amendment added present Subsection C and redesignated former Subsection C as present Subsection D.