TITLE 62: MINING CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PART 300 SURFACE MINED LAND CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION ACT The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. View Entire Part SUBPART A: SURFACE MINED LAND CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION ACT Section 300.10 Introduction Section 300.20 Permits Section 300.30 Fees Section 300.40 Bonds Section 300.50 Permit Application Requirements Section 300.60 Role of County Government in Reclamation Section 300.70 Departmental Consideration of Reclamation Plans Section 300.80 Public Filing of Approved Plans Section 300.90 Amendments to Permits Section 300.95 Transfer of Permits Section 300.100 Reclamation Planning Section 300.110 General Reclamation Requirements Section 300.120 Criteria For Types of Land Reclamation Section 300.130 Reclamation of Gob Disposal Areas and Outside Slopes of All Overburden Deposition Areas Section 300.140 Reclamation of Slurry Pond Disposal Areas Section 300.150 Water Impoundment Structures Section 300.160 Affected Acreage Map Section 300.170 Violations and Forfeiture Section 300.180 Bond Release Procedure SUBPART B: USE OF EXPLOSIVES IN NON-COAL MINERAL EXTRACTION OPERATIONS Section 300.200 Scope of this Subpart Section 300.205 Purpose Section 300.210 Definitions Applicable to Subpart B Section 300.215 General Requirements Section 300.220 Monitoring Section 300.225 Use of Explosives; Control of Adverse Effects Section 300.230 Use of Explosives; Blasting Signs, Warnings, and Access Control Section 300.235 Training Section 300.236 Examination Section 300.237 Application and Licensure Section 300.238 Fees Section 300.239 Denial, Issuance of Notice of Infraction, Suspension, Revocation and Other Administrative Actions Section 300.245 Notices of Violation Section 300.246 Cessation Orders Section 300.247 Office of Mines and Minerals Decision Section 300.248 Hearings Section 300.249 Temporary Relief Section 300.250 Subpoenas Section 300.ILLUSTRATION A Tree Sampling Procedure Section 300.ILLUSTRATION B Typical Sections

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Surface-Mined Land Conservation and Reclamation Act [225 ILCS 715] and the Explosive Act [225 ILCS 210].

SOURCE: Adopted January 6, 1976; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 4507; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 3548, effective February 22, 1990; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 9546, effective July 1, 1996; recodified from the Department of Mines and Minerals to the Department of Natural Resources at 21 Ill. Reg. 16192; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 8407, effective April 28, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 11231, effective August 26, 1999; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 4372, effective March 11, 2002; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 6779, effective May 1, 2013; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 10490, effective July 28, 2017; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 9650, effective June 24, 2024.