(225 ILCS 720/8.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7908.02)
Sec. 8.02.
Records.
(a) In accordance with rules adopted by the Department,
each permittee shall (1) establish and maintain appropriate records, (2)
make monthly reports to the Department, (3) install, use, and maintain any
necessary monitoring equipment or methods, (4) evaluate results in accordance
with such methods, at such locations, intervals, and in such manner as the
Department prescribes, and (5) provide such other information relative to
mining and reclamation operations as the Department deems reasonable and
necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
(b) For those mining and reclamation operations which remove or disturb
strata that serve as aquifers which significantly insure the hydrologic
balance of water use either on or off the mining site, the Department shall
specify (1) monitoring sites to record the quantity and quality of surface
drainage above and below the minesite as well as in the potential zone of
influence; (2) monitoring sites to record level, amount, and samples of
ground water and aquifers potentially affected by the mining and also directly
below the lowermost (deepest) coal seam to be mined; (3) records of well
logs and borehole data to be maintained; and (4) monitoring sites to record
precipitation.
(c) The monitoring data collection and analysis required by this Section
shall be conducted according to standards and procedures set forth by the
Department in order to assure their reliability and validity.
(Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
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