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Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

Chapter 444

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  444.940.  Report on fund required — administration of fund, rules and regulations — authorized activities — water pollution treatment. — 1.  Not later than January 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the commission shall report to the Congress and the general assembly on operations under the abandoned mine reclamation fund together with recommendations as to future uses of the abandoned mine reclamation fund.

  2.  The commission shall have the power and authority, if not granted it otherwise, to engage in any work and to do all things necessary or expedient, including promulgation of rules and regulations, to implement and administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund.

  3.  The commission shall have the power and authority to engage in cooperative projects under this title with any agency of the United States of America, and any state and their governmental agencies to administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund.

  4.  The commission may request the attorney general, who is hereby authorized to initiate, in addition to any other remedies provided for, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct any work provided in sections 444.915 to 444.940.

  5.  The commission shall have the power and authority to construct and operate a plant or plants for the control and treatment of water pollution resulting from mine drainage to implement and administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund.  The extent of this control and treatment may be dependent upon the ultimate use of the water; provided, that no control or treatment under this subsection shall in any way be less than that required under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.  The construction of a plant or plants may include major interceptors and other facilities appurtenant to the plant.

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(L. 1979 H.B. 459)


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