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30 U.S.C. § 1307

Title 30Chapter 25Current through PL 116-220~1 min readLast updated: March 30, 2026View on OLRC →
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§ 1307. Water rights and replacement

  • (a) Nothing in this chapter 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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