Office of Mines and Minerals – Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division

E865066

Illinois state government unit government agency division

The Office of Mines and Minerals – Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division is a unit of Illinois state government responsible for restoring and managing lands and water resources degraded by past mining activities.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of Mines and Minerals – Land Reclamation Division	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Illinois state government unit ⓘ government agency division ⓘ
activity	designing reclamation plans ⓘ identifying abandoned mine lands ⓘ implementing reclamation construction projects ⓘ monitoring reclaimed sites ⓘ prioritizing reclamation projects ⓘ
beneficiary	ecosystems impacted by historic mining in Illinois ⓘ landowners affected by abandoned mines in Illinois ⓘ residents of Illinois ⓘ
collaboratesWith	U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement NERFINISHED ⓘ environmental consultants and contractors ⓘ local governments in Illinois ⓘ private landowners ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
environmentalConcern	acid mine drainage ⓘ degraded surface water quality from mining ⓘ hazardous mine openings ⓘ mine spoil erosion ⓘ subsidence from underground mines ⓘ
focus	abandoned mined lands reclamation ⓘ environmental restoration of mined lands ⓘ mitigation of hazards from abandoned mines ⓘ public safety on abandoned mine sites ⓘ
fundingSource	State of Illinois appropriations NERFINISHED ⓘ federal abandoned mine land fees under SMCRA ⓘ
goal	improve water quality affected by mining ⓘ protect public health and safety near abandoned mines ⓘ reduce environmental impacts of historic mining ⓘ restore land to beneficial use ⓘ
handles	coal mine reclamation on abandoned sites ⓘ non-coal abandoned mine reclamation where authorized ⓘ
industry	mining regulation and reclamation ⓘ
jurisdiction	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
legalBasis	federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Illinois Department of Natural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Mines and Minerals NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryResponsibility	managing water resources degraded by past mining activities ⓘ restoring lands degraded by past mining activities ⓘ
programType	abandoned mine land reclamation program ⓘ
reportingTo	Illinois Department of Natural Resources leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceArea	abandoned mine lands within Illinois ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
usesTool	engineering design for reclamation structures ⓘ environmental site assessments ⓘ geographic information systems for site inventory ⓘ
websiteLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources → hasPart → Office of Mines and Minerals – Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Mines and Minerals – Land Reclamation Division