Compacto Geistestatal sobre Minería en Texas

Sec. 132.002. TEXT OF COMPACT. The Interstate Mining Compact reads as follows: INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT ARTICLE I. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES (a) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are of basic significance. (2) The effects of mining on the availability of land, water, and other resources for other uses present special problems which properly can be approached only with due consideration for the rights and interests of those engaged in mining, those using or proposing to use these resources for other purposes, and the public. (3) Measures for the reduction of the adverse effects of Statute text rendered on: 1/18/2025 - 909 - NATURAL RESOURCES CODE mining on land, water, and other resources may be costly and the devising of means to deal with them are of both public and private concern. (4) Such variables as soil structure and composition, physiography, climatic conditions, and the needs of the public make impracticable the application to all mining areas of a single standard for the conservation, adaptation, or restoration of mined land, or the development of mineral and other natural resources, but justifiable requirements of law and practice relating to the effects of mining on land, water, and other resources may be reduced in equity or effectiveness unless they pertain similarly from state to state for all mining operations similarly situated. (5) The states are in a position and have the responsib