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2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 49 MINES AND MINING
Article 4 MINED-LAND CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION
49-425 Interests in water resources not affected; replacement of water supply.
Universal Citation: KS Stat § 49-425 (2017)
49-425. Interests in water resources not affected; replacement of water supply. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his or her 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 or her 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.
History: L. 1979, ch. 169, § 10; July 1.
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