(1) The commissioner shall, upon the application therefor in written form by any person, make or cause to be made, at the expense of the applicant, a duplicate of any final or abandoned mine map on file with the department. The department also may make public or divulge any portion of a mine map submitted to the department by a licensee or operator.
(2) When any underground mine is worked out or is about to be abandoned or indefinitely closed, the licensee shall make or cause to be made a final map of the mine, to show the entire worked-out area at the time the mine was abandoned or closed. A certified copy of the final map of the mine, on a scale of not less than one hundred (100) and not more than five hundred (500) feet to the inch, shall be filed with the commissioner.

Effective: June 24, 2003

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 352.480

  • Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Licensee: means any owner, operator, lessee, corporation, partnership, or other person who procures a license from the department to operate a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Mine: means any open pit or any underground workings from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use, and all shafts, slopes, drifts, or inclines leading thereto, and includes all buildings and equipment, above or below the surface of the ground, used in connection with the workings. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Operator: means the licensee, owner, lessee, or other person who operates or controls a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010

History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 24, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 43. –
– Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-43.