§ 1307. — Water rights and replacement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1307]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
SUBCHAPTER VII--ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 95-87, title VII, Sec. 717, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526.)
