207.19 - SURFACE EFFECTS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINING OPERATIONS.
207.19 SURFACE EFFECTS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINING
OPERATIONS.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to surface
operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine
with such modifications to the permit application requirements,
permit approval or denial procedures, and bond requirements as are
necessary to accommodate the distinct difference between surface and
underground coal mining. The division shall promulgate such
modifications in its rules to allow for such distinct differences and
still fulfill the purposes of this chapter and be consistent with the
requirements in section 516 of Pub. L. No. 95-87 and the permanent
regulations issued pursuant to that Act.
In order to protect the stability of the land, the division shall
suspend underground coal mining under urbanized areas, cities, and
communities and adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major
impoundments, or permanent streams if the administrator finds
imminent danger to inhabitants of the urbanized areas, cities, and
communities. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 83.19] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 207.19
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §64