Kentucky Statutes 350.075 – Special permits for remining of previously affected areas — Administrative regulations
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(1) In order to bring about a more desirable land use or promote the public interest and the environment, the cabinet may, at its discretion, issue special permits for the remining of previously affected areas, including but not limited to, secondary coal recovery operations, such as coal extraction from coal refuse piles and coal recovery from slurry ponds. Such permits may provide for alternate requirements for revegetation, topsoil, bonding, premining data collection requirements, water quality requirements where there are pre-existing pollutional discharges resulting from previous mining, and other provisions which may encourage remining and secondary coal recovery.
(2) The cabinet is hereby authorized to promulgate administrative regulations as necessary in order to implement the provisions of this section.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. — Created
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.
(2) The cabinet is hereby authorized to promulgate administrative regulations as necessary in order to implement the provisions of this section.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 350.075
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Operations: means surface coal mining operations, all of the premises, facilities, roads, and equipment used in the process of producing coal from a designated area or removing overburden for the purpose of determining the location, quality, or quantity of a natural coal deposit or the activity to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or the removal of coal. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. — Created
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.