Ohio Code 1513.17 – Prohibited acts
(A) No person shall:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1513.17
- coal mining operation: means :
(1) Activities conducted on the surface of lands in connection with a coal mine, the removal of coal from coal refuse piles, and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine. See Ohio Code 1513.01
- Operator: means any person conducting a coal mining operation. See Ohio Code 1513.01
- Performance security: means a form of financial assurance, including, without limitation, a surety bond issued by a surety licensed to do business in this state; cash; a negotiable certificate of deposit; an irrevocable letter of credit that automatically renews; a negotiable bond of the United States, this state, or a municipal corporation in this state; a trust fund of which the state is the primary beneficiary; or other form of financial guarantee or financial assurance that is acceptable to the chief. See Ohio Code 1513.01
- Permit: means a permit to conduct coal mining and reclamation operations issued by the chief pursuant to section 1513. See Ohio Code 1513.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Reclamation: means backfilling, grading, resoiling, planting, and other work that has the effect of restoring an area of land affected by coal mining so that it may be used for forest growth, grazing, agricultural, recreational, and wildlife purpose, or some other useful purpose of equal or greater value than existed prior to any mining. See Ohio Code 1513.01
(1) Engage in coal mining or conduct a coal mining operation without a permit issued by the chief of the division of mineral resources management;
(2) Knowingly violate a condition or exceed the limits of a permit;
(3) Knowingly fail to comply with an order of the chief issued under this chapter;
(4) Knowingly violate any provision of this chapter not specifically mentioned in this section;
(5) Knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification or knowingly fail to make any statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or under a final order or decision issued by the chief;
(6) Knowingly prevent, hinder, delay, or otherwise obstruct the operator from completing backfilling, grading, resoiling, establishing successful vegetation, and meeting all other reclamation requirements of this chapter prior to the final release of the operator’s performance security.
(B) Division (A)(1) of this section imposes strict criminal liability.