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paul s
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paul s asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 1 decade ago

Illinois law relative to strip mine land acquistion?

I'm writing about an attempt to take over a particularly nice farm in order to strip mine it for coal. I've read the Illinois statutes, but I don't really understand them.

Can the law help a mining company acquire mining rights to property that is owned 'fee simple', all rights retained?

Update:

with all due respect to Aces, would a British lawyer know the Illinois law? Perhaps. I bet he knows it better than I, and I was raised there, my step-father a small strip miner.

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  • Sticky
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Yes it can.

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