16 Tex. Admin. Code § 11.95 - Surface Mining Bonding, Insurance, and Payment of Fees
After receipt of notification of approval as provided in § 11.94 of this title (relating to Surface Mining Permit Application Approval), applicant shall submit to the commission within 180 days following notification of approval:
(1) a certificate of insurance on a form
provided by the commission and executed by an insurance company authorized to
conduct business in the State of Texas covering all surface mining operations
authorized by said permit showing protection of the following types in the
amounts indicated:
(A) bodily injury,
$500,000 per person, $1.5 million per accident;
(B) property damage, $1 million per accident;
which includes but is not limited to damage resulting from the use of
explosives;
(2) cash or
check, made payable to the Railroad Commission of Texas, in the amount set
forth in the notice of approval to cover the approved application fee or the
first annual installment thereon; and
(3) unless the commission accepts the bond of
the operator itself, as provided in §§
11.201-11.206 of this title (relating to
Amount of Bond; Personal Bond; Duration of Liability; Form of Bond or
Collateral; Changes in Coverage; and Release or Reduction of Bonds), a
performance bond (or other substitute collateral) covering the surface mining
operation or the first increment thereof, on a form to be provided by the
commission (payable to the Railroad Commission of Texas) and conditioned on
full and faithful performance of all requirements of the Act and the permit for
which the application was filed; provided, however, that if the bond (or other
substitute collateral) is provided in increments, it shall cover that area of
land within the permit area on which the first increment of surface mining and
reclamation operations will be conducted. The applicant shall give the
commission 30 days notice before undertaking each additional increment of
surface mining operations and shall include with such notice an appropriate
performance bond for such increment.
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