Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 36 > Chapter 1 – Surface Mining Reclamation
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- affected area: means the area of land:
Indiana Code 14-36-1-4
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- cast overburden: means a bank or deposit of overburden after removal from the overburden's natural state. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-5
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- mineral: means coal, clay, or shale, including oil shale. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-6
- mining refuse: means all waste material directly connected with the cleaning and preparation of substances mined by surface mining. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-7
- operation: means the premises, facilities, nonpublic roads, and equipment used in the process of producing minerals from a surface mine. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-8
- operator: means a person engaged in carrying on surface mining operations. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-9
- overburden: means the soil and other materials that lie above a mineral deposit. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-10
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- reclamation: means the rehabilitation of the area of land affected by surface mining under an approved reclamation plan. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-11
- reclamation plan: means the operator's written proposal approved by the commission for reclamation of the affected area. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-12
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5