(1) The cabinet is authorized to fill voids, seal abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways, and reclaim surface impacts of underground or surface mines which the secretary determines could endanger life and property, constitute a hazard to the public health an d safety, or degrade the environment, with such moneys as may become available under the abandoned mine reclamation fund. (2) The Commonwealth may acquire by purchase, donation, devise, easement, or otherwise such interest in land as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and may dispose of acquired land in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Abandoned Mine Lands Program.
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