Chapter 40 - COAL MINING

  1. Rule 27-40.1 - Authority and scope
  2. Rule 27-40.2 - Rules or subrules are severable
  3. Rule 27-40.3 - General
  4. Rule 27-40.4 - Permanent regulatory program and exemption for coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals
  5. Rule 27-40.5 - Restrictions on financial interests of state employees
  6. Rule 27-40.6 - Exemptions for coal extraction incident to government-financed highway or other constructions
  7. Rule 27-40.7 - Protection of employees
  8. Rule 27-40.8 - Reserved
  9. Rule 27-40.9 - Reserved
  10. Rule 27-40.10 - Reserved
  11. Rule 27-40.11 - Initial regulatory program
  12. Rule 27-40.12 - General performance standards-initial program
  13. Rule 27-40.13 - Special performance standards-initial program
  14. Rule 27-40.14 - Reserved
  15. Rule 27-40.15 - Reserved
  16. Rule 27-40.16 - Reserved
  17. Rule 27-40.17 - Reserved
  18. Rule 27-40.18 - Reserved
  19. Rule 27-40.19 - Reserved
  20. Rule 27-40.20 - Reserved
  21. Rule 27-40.21 - Areas designated by an Act of Congress
  22. Rule 27-40.22 - Criteria for designating areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
  23. Rule 27-40.23 - State procedures for designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
  24. Rule 27-40.24 - Reserved
  25. Rule 27-40.25 - Reserved
  26. Rule 27-40.26 - Reserved
  27. Rule 27-40.27 - Reserved
  28. Rule 27-40.28 - Reserved
  29. Rule 27-40.29 - Reserved
  30. Rule 27-40.30 - Requirements for coal exploration
  31. Rule 27-40.31 - Requirements for permits and permit processing
  32. Rule 27-40.32 - Revision or amendment; renewal; and transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights
  33. Rule 27-40.33 - General content requirements for permit applications
  34. Rule 27-40.34 - Permit application-minimum requirements for legal, financial, compliance, and related information
  35. Rule 27-40.35 - Surface mining permit applications-minimum requirements for information on environmental resources
  36. Rule 27-40.36 - Surface mining permit applications-minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan
  37. Rule 27-40.37 - Underground mining permit applications-minimum requirements for information on environmental resources
  38. Rule 27-40.38 - Underground mining permit applications-minimum requirements for reclamation and operation plan
  39. Rule 27-40.39 - Requirements for permits for special categories of mining
  40. Rule 27-40.40 - Reserved
  41. Rule 27-40.41 - Permanent regulatory program-small operator assistance program
  42. Rule 27-40.42 - Reserved
  43. Rule 27-40.43 - Reserved
  44. Rule 27-40.44 - Reserved
  45. Rule 27-40.45 - Reserved
  46. Rule 27-40.46 - Reserved
  47. Rule 27-40.47 - Reserved
  48. Rule 27-40.48 - Reserved
  49. Rule 27-40.49 - Reserved
  50. Rule 27-40.50 - Reserved
  51. Rule 27-40.51 - Bond and insurance requirements for surface coal mining and reclamation operations under regulatory programs
  52. Rule 27-40.52 - Reserved
  53. Rule 27-40.53 - Reserved
  54. Rule 27-40.54 - Reserved
  55. Rule 27-40.55 - Reserved
  56. Rule 27-40.56 - Reserved
  57. Rule 27-40.57 - Reserved
  58. Rule 27-40.58 - Reserved
  59. Rule 27-40.59 - Reserved
  60. Rule 27-40.60 - Reserved
  61. Rule 27-40.61 - Permanent program performance standards-general provisions
  62. Rule 27-40.62 - Permanent program performance standards-coal exploration
  63. Rule 27-40.63 - Permanent program performance standards-surface mining activities
  64. Rule 27-40.64 - Permanent program performance standards-underground mining activities
  65. Rule 27-40.65 - Special permanent program performance standards-auger mining
  66. Rule 27-40.66 - Special permanent program performance standards-operations on prime farmland
  67. Rule 27-40.67 - Permanent program performance standards-coal preparation plants not located within the permit area of a mine
  68. Rule 27-40.68 - Reserved
  69. Rule 27-40.69 - Reserved
  70. Rule 27-40.70 - Reserved
  71. Rule 27-40.71 - State regulatory authority-inspection and enforcement
  72. Rule 27-40.72 - Inspections and monitoring
  73. Rule 27-40.73 - Enforcement
  74. Rule 27-40.74 - Civil penalties
  75. Rule 27-40.75 - Individual civil penalties
  76. Rule 27-40.76 - Reserved
  77. Rule 27-40.77 - Reserved
  78. Rule 27-40.78 - Reserved
  79. Rule 27-40.79 - Reserved
  80. Rule 27-40.80 - Reserved
  81. Rule 27-40.81 - Permanent regulatory program requirements-standards for certification of blasters
  82. Rule 27-40.82 - Certification of blasters
  83. Rule 27-40.83 - Reserved
  84. Rule 27-40.84 - Reserved
  85. Rule 27-40.85 - Reserved
  86. Rule 27-40.86 - Reserved
  87. Rule 27-40.87 - Reserved
  88. Rule 27-40.88 - Reserved
  89. Rule 27-40.89 - Reserved
  90. Rule 27-40.90 - Reserved
  91. Rule 27-40.91 - Procedural rules-contested cases and public hearings
  92. Rule 27-40.92 - Contested cases
  93. Rule 27-40.93 - Commencement of proceeding
  94. Rule 27-40.94 - Appeals of division notices and orders
  95. Rule 27-40.95 - Prehearing motions
  96. Rule 27-40.96 - Issuance of notices of hearing
  97. Rule 27-40.97 - Hearing procedures
  98. Rule 27-40.98 - Posthearing procedures
  99. Rule 27-40.99 - Decision of the administrative law judge, procedure in appeals before the committee, extensions of time, public hearings, and judicial review of the committee decision

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