Eligible lands and water
Eligible lands and water means lands and water eligible for expenditures under title IV of SMCRA and this chapter. Eligible lands and water for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures under the Abandoned Mine Land program contained in this chapter are those which were mined for coal or which were affected by such mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes and left or abandoned in either an unreclaimed or inadequately reclaimed condition prior to August 3, 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility. However, lands and water damaged by coal mining operations after that date and on or before November 5, 1990, may also be eligible for reclamation if they meet the requirements specified in 874.12 and (e) of this chapter. Following certification of the completion of all known coal problems, eligible lands and water for noncoal reclamation purposes are those sites that meet the eligibility requirements specified in 875.14 of this chapter. For additional eligibility requirements for water projects, see 874.14 of this chapter, and for lands affected by remining operations, see section 404 of SMCRA.
Source
30 CFR § 700.5
Scoping language
As used throughout this chapter, the following terms have the specified meaning except where otherwise indicated