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Kentucky Chapter 350 — Surface Coal Mining

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  • KRS 350.005— Repealed, 1960
  • KRS 350.010— Definitions for chapter
  • KRS 350.020— Declaration of legislative policy and finding of fact
  • KRS 350.024— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.025— Provisions inconsistent with federal law unenforceable
  • KRS 350.026— Repealed, 1966
  • KRS 350.028— Powers of cabinet
  • KRS 350.029— Regulations to implement Interstate Mining Compact -- Adoption -- Limitations
  • KRS 350.030— Repealed, 1956
  • KRS 350.032— Enforcement of subpoenas -- Judicial review of final orders -- Forfeiture of performance bond -- Temporary relief pending final determination
  • KRS 350.035— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.040— Repealed, 1956
  • KRS 350.045— Repealed, 1960
  • KRS 350.050— Powers of cabinet
  • KRS 350.052— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.053— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.054— Illegal mining and conveyance reclamation fund -- Purpose -- Control
  • KRS 350.055— Publication of notice of intention to mine by permit applicant -- Notification of various local government bodies by cabinet
  • KRS 350.057— Coal exploration operations
  • KRS 350.060— Permit requirement -- Contents of application -- Fee -- Bond -- Administrative regulations -- Successive renewal -- Auger mining of previously mined area -- Exempt operations
  • KRS 350.062— Data included in permit application -- Contemporaneous reclamation -- Subsoil augmentation -- Cabinet to compile hydrologic data -- Abandoned land projects classified as government financed construction
  • KRS 350.063— Duty of applicant to meet and confer with well operator if permit will disturb access roads
  • KRS 350.064— Reclamation bond to be filed by applicant
  • KRS 350.066— Bond posting not required until permit application approved
  • KRS 350.068— Cancellation of surety
  • KRS 350.069— Stringency of regulations
  • KRS 350.070— Permit revisions
  • KRS 350.075— Special permits for remining of previously affected areas -- Administrative regulations
  • KRS 350.080— Procedure for obtaining approval of other mining operations -- Deferral of reclamation
  • KRS 350.085— Denial of permits and operations -- Deletion of land areas
  • KRS 350.090— Method of operation, grading, backfilling, and reclamation plans -- Funding from reclamation development fund -- Waste materials in permit area only -- Exclusions
  • KRS 350.093— Time and distance limits on reclamation efforts -- Deferments -- Drift or other underground mining -- Variances -- Release of bond
  • KRS 350.095— Responsibility for successful revegetation -- Cabinet administrative regulations
  • KRS 350.097— Protection and location of pollinator habitats on coal mine reclamation sites
  • KRS 350.100— Time for commencement and completion of reclamation -- Deferred planting
  • KRS 350.105— Easement of necessity to conduct reclamation operations
  • KRS 350.110— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 350.113— Planting report
  • KRS 350.117— Ownership of trees, shrubs, and plants
  • KRS 350.120— Report on expiration of permit -- Contents
  • KRS 350.130— Notice of noncompliance -- Revocation of permit -- Bond forfeiture -- Ineligibility for future permits -- Notice or order effective upon delivery
  • KRS 350.131— Use of forfeited reclamation bond funds -- Contract to reclaim overlapped disturbed area for which bond has been forfeited and collected
  • KRS 350.133— Mountaintop removal
  • KRS 350.135— Requirements for transfer of surface coal mining permit -- Release of bond -- Regulations -- Approval by cabinet
  • KRS 350.139— Deposit of funds to State Treasury -- Exceptions -- Amount to be transferred to fiscal courts -- Remainder for Division of Mine Permits
  • KRS 350.140— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.141— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.143— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.145— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.150— Reclamation work by cabinet -- Procedure -- Acceptance of federal and other funds -- Access to land
  • KRS 350.151— Permanent program administrative regulations for mining and reclamation -- Bond
  • KRS 350.152— Acquisition of land by Commonwealth for reclamation purposes
  • KRS 350.154— Restoration and reclamation by cabinet
  • KRS 350.156— Transfer of jurisdiction of restored land to state agency or sale to political subdivision -- Return of money to revolving fund
  • KRS 350.158— Land under bond for restoration not to be acquired
  • KRS 350.160— Repealed, 1962
  • KRS 350.161— Acquisition and disposal of land, how governed
  • KRS 350.163— Cabinet may accept state and federal funds -- Deposit in State Treasury
  • KRS 350.170— Construction of chapter
  • KRS 350.175— Persons required to comply with requirements of chapter
  • KRS 350.180— Repealed, 1962
  • KRS 350.185— Repealed, 1973
  • KRS 350.190— Repealed, 1962
  • KRS 350.195— Repealed, 1966
  • KRS 350.200— Signs to be posted at mining sites
  • KRS 350.210— Repealed, 1982
  • KRS 350.220— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 350.230— Conformance to statutes and regulations required, when -- Effective date of regulation
  • KRS 350.240— Clay mining regulations
  • KRS 350.245— Permit required to conduct mining for vein minerals -- Exemptions
  • KRS 350.250— Complaints of violation -- Mandamus -- Civil action by person adversely affected by violation -- Intervention by cabinet
  • KRS 350.255— Petition for initiation of proceeding for issuance, amendment or repeal of a regulation -- Notice -- Hearing -- Order -- Judicial review
  • KRS 350.260— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.270— Disposal of coal combustion by-products at surface coal mining operations -- Permitting process -- Requirements for disposal -- Authority for administrative regulations
  • KRS 350.275— Legislative findings and declaration on backstowing and reinjection of coal processing and coal underground development waste
  • KRS 350.280— Easements of necessity to abate certain dangerous violations and for appraisal purposes when access to property denied -- When effective -- Appraisal and calculation of damages -- Independent appraisal by property owner or legal occupant -- Payment of damages -- Payment of entry fee for appraisal purposes
  • KRS 350.0281— Repealed, 1992
  • KRS 350.0285— Notification to Transportation Cabinet of permits for mine openings and of mine closings under authority of cabinet
  • KRS 350.285— Repealed, 2006
  • KRS 350.300— Interstate Mining Compact enacted
  • KRS 350.0301— Petition challenging determination of cabinet -- Conduct of hearings -- Administrative regulations -- Secretary may designate deputy to sign final orders
  • KRS 350.0305— Appeal of cabinet's order
  • KRS 350.310— Mining Council -- Members -- Terms
  • KRS 350.320— Bylaws of Interstate Mining Commission -- Where filed
  • KRS 350.400— Repealed, 1982
  • KRS 350.405— Restoration of land
  • KRS 350.410— Restoration of approximate original contour
  • KRS 350.415— Soil segregation
  • KRS 350.420— Minimization of the disturbance to hydrologic balance
  • KRS 350.421— Protection of water resources
  • KRS 350.425— Waste used as dams -- Jurisdiction over dams
  • KRS 350.430— Explosives
  • KRS 350.435— Vegetation
  • KRS 350.440— Placement of excess spoil
  • KRS 350.445— Steep-slope strip mining -- Performance standards -- Conditions for disturbing land above highwall for road construction
  • KRS 350.450— Prime farmland -- Mountaintop removal -- Variance upon written request of surface owner -- Technical assistance for small operator -- Release of portion of bond
  • KRS 350.455— Water impoundment on mining site
  • KRS 350.460— Financial interest by state employee prohibited
  • KRS 350.465— Permanent regulatory program
  • KRS 350.470— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.475— Regulations regarding disturbance of reclaimed permit areas and for transferring liability for reclamation
  • KRS 350.480— Use of simplified procedures for determining restoration of soil productivity on mined prime farmlands
  • KRS 350.485— Promotion of research and data collection on simplified procedures to determine their validity with respect to restoration of soil productivity on mined prime farmlands
  • KRS 350.500— Definitions for KRS 350.500 to 350.521
  • KRS 350.503— Kentucky reclamation guaranty fund
  • KRS 350.506— Reclamation Guaranty Fund Commission -- Membership -- Bylaws -- Meetings -- Conflicts of interest -- Applicability of Executive Branch Code of Ethics
  • KRS 350.509— Duties of commission
  • KRS 350.512— Office of the Reclamation Guaranty Fund -- Duties of executive director
  • KRS 350.515— Mandatory participation in fund -- Initial capitalization -- One-time assessments -- Full-cost bond in lieu of participation
  • KRS 350.518— Permittee to submit permit-specific bond under KRS 350.060(11) -- Tonnage fees -- Assignment of mine type classification -- Inclusion of future permits of existing classification -- Inclusion of future permits of existing voluntary bond pool fund members -- Permit-specific penal bond -- Administrative regulations -- Suspension of permit for arrearage in fees -- Rights and remedies
  • KRS 350.521— Forfeiture of bonds for permits covered by fund -- Use of additional moneys when bond insufficient to cover estimated reclamation cost
  • KRS 350.550— Creation of Abandoned Mine Lands Program -- Reclamation fund -- Use of fund
  • KRS 350.553— Certification of achievement of priorities -- Effect of concurrence in certification
  • KRS 350.555— Priorities for expenditure of moneys from fund
  • KRS 350.560— Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures
  • KRS 350.563— Restrictions on use of reclamation project grants
  • KRS 350.565— Authority to submit plans and reports to federal Department of the Interior
  • KRS 350.570— Right of cabinet to enter upon land for reclamation purposes -- Acquisition and disposal of land by Commonwealth
  • KRS 350.575— Lien for reclamation
  • KRS 350.580— Reclamation of surface impacts of underground or surface mining
  • KRS 350.585— Emergency restoration and reclamation
  • KRS 350.590— Power of cabinet to administer provisions of Abandoned Mine Lands Program
  • KRS 350.595— Application for inclusion under Abandoned Mine Land Enhancement Program -- Coverage under Kentucky reclamation guaranty fund
  • KRS 350.597— Special trust fund
  • KRS 350.600— Legislative findings and intent -- Commercial oil shale mining prohibited until adoption of rules and regulations
  • KRS 350.610— Designation of lands as unsuitable for surface coal mining
  • KRS 350.700— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.705— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.710— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.715— Repealed, 2017
  • KRS 350.720— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.725— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.730— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.735— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.740— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.745— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.750— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.755— Repealed, 2013
  • KRS 350.990— Penalties