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9-16-82
Section 9-16-82 Permits - Required; term; successor in interest; termination; renewal;
application. (a) No person shall engage in surface coal mining operations at a particular
location except as a subcontractor of the permittee of that location until such person has
been issued a permit by the regulatory authority for that location in accordance with the
provisions of this section. The term of a permit shall not exceed five years and shall
authorize the permittee to engage in surface coal mining operations within the permitted area,
unless sooner suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of this article. However,
if the applicant demonstrates that a specified longer term is reasonably needed to allow the
applicant to obtain the necessary financing for equipment and the opening of the operation
and that the application is full and complete for such specified longer term, the regulatory
authority may grant a permit for such longer term. A successor in interest of a...
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9-16-89
Section 9-16-89 Performance bonds and bond releases. (a) After a surface coal mining
and reclamation permit application has been approved but before such a permit is issued, the
applicant shall file with the regulatory authority, on a form prescribed and furnished by
the regulatory authority, a bond for performance payable to the state and conditioned upon
faithful performance of all the requirements of this article and the permit. The bond shall
cover all lands disturbed by the surface coal mining operation and the amount of the initial
bond shall be such to cover that area of land within the permit area upon which the operator
will initiate and conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the initial
term of the permit. As succeeding increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations
are to be initiated and conducted within the permit area, the permittee shall file with the
regulatory authority an additional bond or bonds to cover such increments in...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued
pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface
coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and
such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance
standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall
require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to
maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that
reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore
the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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9-16-83
Section 9-16-83 Permits - Contents of application; reclamation plan; copy of application
filed for public inspection; insurance; blasting plan. (a) Each application for a surface
coal mining reclamation permit under this article shall be accompanied by a fee as determined
by the regulatory authority, but not to exceed the anticipated cost of reviewing, administering,
and enforcing the permit. In no event shall the permit fee be less than one thousand dollars
($1,000). The regulatory authority shall develop procedures to enable the cost of the fee
to be paid over the life of the mine. The life of the mine means the term of the permit and
the time required to successfully complete all surface coal mining and reclamation activities
and obtain a full release of the performance bond for each bonded area. (b) The permit application
shall be submitted in a format prescribed by and satisfactory to the regulatory authority
and shall contain, among other things, all of the following: (1) The...
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9-16-84
Section 9-16-84 Reclamation plans; contents. (a) Each reclamation plan submitted as
part of a permit application pursuant to the provisions of this article shall include, in
the degree of detail necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required can be accomplished,
a statement of: (1) The identification of the lands subject to surface coal mining operations
over the estimated life of those operations and the size, sequence, and timing of the sub-areas
for which it is anticipated that individual permits for mining will be sought; (2) The condition
of the land to be covered by the permit prior to any mining including: a. The uses existing
at the time of the application, and if the land has a history of previous mining, the uses
which preceded any mining; and b. The capability of the land prior to any mining to support
a variety of uses giving consideration to soil and foundation characteristics, topography,
and vegetative cover, and, if applicable, a soil survey prepared pursuant to...
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22-27-2
Section 22-27-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AGENCY. Any controlling
agency, public or private, elected, appointed, or volunteer utilizing methods approved by
the health department or the department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the
collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials. (2) ALTERNATIVE COVER. Material
other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall
be approved by the Department of Environmental Management in compliance with federal law and
United States Environmental Protection Agency rules or guidance to achieve a level of performance
equal to or greater than earthen cover material. (3) ASHES. The solid residue from burning
of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible material used for heating, from incineration of
solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating...
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9-16-91
Section 9-16-91 Surface effects of underground coal mining; requirements; remedies.
(a) The regulatory authority shall promulgate rules and regulations directed toward the surface
effects of underground coal mining operations, and embodying the following requirements. In
adopting any rules and regulations, the regulatory authority shall consider all distinct differences
between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. (b) Each permit issued pursuant to
this article and relating to underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Adopt
measures consistent with available technology in order to prevent subsidence causing material
damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and
maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those instances
where the mining methods used requires planned subsidence in a predictable and controlled
manner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit...
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9-16-72
Section 9-16-72 Definitions. The following words and phrases, unless a different meaning
is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any
person or legal entity who or which applied for a license or a permit to engage in surface
coal mining operations. (2) APPROXIMATE ORIGINAL CONTOUR. That surface configuration achieved
by filling and grading of the mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing
or access roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land prior to
mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with
all high walls and spoil piles eliminated; water impoundments may be permitted where the commission
determines that they are in compliance with this article. (3) COAL BROKER and COAL SALES AGENCY.
Those persons whose principal business is the buying and reselling of coal, or the negotiation
or soliciting of coal sales between operators and purchasers; where...
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9-16-92
Section 9-16-92 Inspections; authority to inspect records, equipment, premises; etc.;
violations; maintenance of records, etc., by permittee; authority to enter upon all lands
of the state. (a) For the purpose of developing or assisting in the development, administration,
and enforcement of this article or in the administration and enforcement of any permit under
this article, or of determining whether any person is in violation of any requirement of this
article: (1) The regulatory authority shall require any permittee to (i) establish and maintain
appropriate records, (ii) make monthly reports to the regulatory authority, (iii) install,
use, and maintain any necessary monitoring equipment or methods, (iv) evaluate results in
accordance with such methods, at such locations, intervals, and in such manner as the regulatory
authority shall prescribe, and (v) provide such other information relative to surface coal
mining and reclamation operations as the regulatory authority deems...
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9-16-88
Section 9-16-88 Permits - Review and appeal of applications. (a) At the time of submission
of an application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, or revision of an existing
permit, pursuant to the provisions of this article, the applicant shall submit to the regulatory
authority a copy of his advertisement of the ownership, precise location, and boundaries of
the land to be affected. At the time of submission such advertisement shall be placed by the
applicant in a local newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the proposed surface
mine at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The regulatory authority shall notify
various local governmental bodies, planning agencies, and sewage and water treatment authorities
or water companies in the locality in which the proposed surface mining will take place, notifying
them of the operator's intention to surface mine a particularly described tract of land and
indicating the application's permit number and where a...
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