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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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22-22A-5
Section 22-22A-5 Powers and functions of department; representation of department by Attorney
General in legal actions. In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred
upon it by law, the department is authorized beginning October 1, 1982 to: (1) Administer
appropriate portions of Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-20, which relate to permitting, regulatory
and enforcement functions; administer and enforce the provisions and execute the functions
of Chapter 28 of this title; Chapter 22 of this title; Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title;
Chapter 30 of this title; appropriate portions of Article 1 of Chapter 27 of this title; Sections
22-24-1 through 22-24-11; Sections 22-25-1 through 22-25-15; and Sections 22-36-1 through
22-36-10. (2) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, promulgate rules, regulations,
and standards in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter; provided, however,
that prior to the promulgation of any state primary or...
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9-16-4
Section 9-16-4 Permit for engaging in surface mining operations - Required; exemptions; applicability.
(a) No operator shall engage in any surface mining, as defined in this article, after October
1, 1970, without a valid permit from the department to engage in the surface mining. A separate
permit shall be required for each such surface mining operation that is not contiguous to
a surface mining operation for which the operator has a valid permit. (b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, this chapter shall not apply to surface mining to extract materials
for the use and benefit of the owner of the property being mined or of an interest therein,
the lessee of the property or a charitable institution or organization or governmental entity
and not for commercial sale. This exemption shall apply to all mining operations which meet
the requirements set forth in this section, including those mining operations for which permits
had been issued prior to October 1, 1997. Any permits for...
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9-16-6
Section 9-16-6 Permit for engaging in surface mining operations - Amendments. (a) An operator
desiring to amend a permit issued to him to include additional land may file an amended application
with the department. Upon receipt of the amended application, such increase in the bond or
surety as may be required under the provisions of this article and payment of a $50.00 fee,
the department shall issue an amendment to the original permit covering the additional land
described in the amended application for the period of time remaining in the original permit.
(b) An operator desiring to amend a permit issued to him to withdraw land covered by such
permit may file an amended application with the department. Upon receipt of the amended application
and upon verification by inspection that the land to be withdrawn is not affected land resulting
from surface mining of the applicant, the department shall proportionately reduce the bond
or the security filed by the applicant pursuant to the...
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9-16-7
Section 9-16-7 Duties of operators. (a) Every operator to whom a permit is issued pursuant
to this article and who engages in surface mining on lands described in the permit shall:
(1) Submit to the department, no later than 90 days after expiration of the permit period,
a map or aerial photograph showing the location of the surface mining operation conducted
during the permit period by section, township, range, and county with other description to
identify the land upon which the operator has conducted surface mining during the permit period.
The map or aerial photograph shall include a legend showing the number of acres of affected
land and the reclamation to be made in accordance with this section. (2) Commence contemporaneous
reclamation of mined areas as set out in the comprehensive reclamation plan approved by the
department. Reclamation bonds shall be adjusted annually to reflect unreclaimed disturbed
acreage as well as reclaimed acreage released by the department. Failure to...
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9-16-11
Section 9-16-11 Enforcement of provisions of article - Institution of civil action for enforcement
of final order of director; engaging in surface mining without valid permit; willful misrepresentations,
etc., in applications; rights of exception and appeal. (a) Should the director determine that
any final order or determination made by him, not then the subject of judicial review, is
being violated by any operator, then the director may cause to have instituted a civil action
in any court of competent jurisdiction to forfeit the bond of the operator as to land affected
by the operator's violation of this article or for injunctive or other appropriate relief
to prevent any further or continued violation of such final order or determination. (b) Any
person required by this article to have a permit who engages in surface mining without a valid
permit to do so as prescribed by this article shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this
article and, upon complaint made by the director in a...
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9-17-24
Section 9-17-24 Notification requirement; hearing; fees; Alabama Oil and Gas Board Special
Fund. (a) Any person desiring or proposing to drill any well in search of oil or gas or any
person proposing to drill a Class II injection well as defined in the Federal Safe Drinking
Water Act, 42 U.S.C. ยง 300f et seq., before commencing the drilling of any such well, shall
notify the State Oil and Gas Supervisor upon the form as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor
may prescribe and shall pay to the State Treasurer a fee of three hundred dollars ($300) for
each well. The drilling of any well is hereby prohibited until notice is given and the fee
has been paid as herein provided. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall have the power and
authority to prescribe that the form indicate the exact location of the well, the name and
address of the owner, operator, contractor, driller, and any other person responsible for
the conduct of drilling operations, the proposed depth of the well, the elevation of...
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25-9-84
Section 25-9-84 Coursing of air. (a) Two available openings to the surface are required from
each seam or stratum of coal worked. In drift or slope mines, such openings provided after
August 12, 1949, must be separated by not less than 40 feet of natural strata, and all crosscuts
between them shall be closed with stoppings of fireproof material. In shaft mines, such openings
provided after August 12, 1949, must be separated by not less than 200 feet of natural strata.
The second opening may be made through an adjoining mine. Until these provisions are met,
not over five men in a drift, 10 men in a slope, and 20 men in a shaft shall work in the mine
at one time, and no additional development shall be permitted until the connection is made
to the second opening. In mines wherein final pillar robbing operations necessitate closing
the second opening, the above limitations as to the number of men permitted to work will apply
until the mine is worked out and abandoned. (b) Both openings...
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23-1-352
Section 23-1-352 Definitions. For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics,
the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise
specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires
otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS or AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES. The science and art of flight including,
but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance
of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the use, repair, packing, and
maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, expansion, operation,
improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation
facilities including the aerial and ground approaches thereto; and instruction in flying or
ground subjects pertaining thereto. (2) AERONAUTICAL INSTRUCTION. The imparting of aeronautical
knowledge or information by any aeronautics...
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9-17-13
Section 9-17-13 Integration of interests; cycling operations; orders of board; procedures.
(a) When any mineral or other related interests deriving from two or more separately owned
tracts of land are embraced within an established or a proposed drilling or production unit,
or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of an established or proposed
drilling or production unit, or any combination of such, the persons owning the interests
therein may validly agree to integrate or pool the interests and to develop the interests
and associated lands as a drilling or production unit. Where, however, the owners have not
agreed to so integrate or pool the interests, the board shall, for the prevention of waste
or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, require the persons owning such interests to
do so and to develop their interests and the associated lands as a drilling or production
unit. (b) The board, in order to prevent waste and avoid the drilling of unnecessary...
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