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Ohio Rev Code § 1513.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.03 | Mineral Resources Inspectors - Right of Entry.

Effective: July 1, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly|The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall designate certain employees of the division as mineral resources inspectors for the purpose of enforcing the coal mining laws and the surface mining laws. Those inspectors may enter upon and inspect any coal or surface mining operation at any time, and, upon entering the permit area, an inspector shall notify the operator and shall furnish proper identification. After the final maps have been approved, the inspector shall notify the nearest mine office of the operator and advise of the inspection. Inspectors may serve and execute warrants and other processes of law issued in the enforcement of this chapter and Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them. The inspectors, while in the normal, lawful, and peaceful pursuit of their duties, may enter upon, cross over, and remain upon privately owned lands for such purposes, and shall not be subject to arrest for trespass while so engaged or for such cause thereafter.Before a person, other than a person who was an inspector of coal or surface mining operations or oil and gas operations on July 1, 1999, is eligible for appointment as a mineral resources inspector, the person shall pass an examination prepared and administered by the department of administrative services and shall serve for a probationary period of six months to the satisfaction of the chief. The chief may hire, pending the administration of a civil service examination and establishment of a civil service eligibility list, a person as a mineral resources inspector, who shall have the same authority as an inspector hired from an eligible list. This section does not affect the status of any person employed as an inspector of coal or surface mining operations or oil and gas operations prior to July 1, 1999.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.04 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective: September 1, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1051 - 113th General Assembly|No employee of the state performing any function or duty under Chapter 1513. or 1514. of the Revised Code shall:(A) Engage in coal or surface mining operations as a sole proprietor or as a partner;(B) Be an officer, director, stockholder, owner, or part-owner of any corporation engaged in coal or surface mining operations;(C) Be employed as an attorney, agent, or in any other capacity by any person engaged in coal or surface mining operations;(D) Have a direct or indirect financial interest in any coal mining or reclamation operation.Any person who violates this section shall be removed from office or dismissed from employment.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.072 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.072 | Administrative Rules for Coal Exploration Operations.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Coal exploration operations that substantially disturb the natural land surface shall be conducted in accordance with exploration rules adopted by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The rules shall include, at a minimum:(1) The requirement that prior to conducting any exploration under this section, any person shall file with the chief notice of intention to explore, which shall include a description of the exploration area and period of proposed exploration;(2) Provisions for reclamation in accordance with the performance standards in section 1513.16 of the Revised Code of all lands disturbed in exploration, including excavations, roads, drill holes, and the removal of necessary facilities and equipment.(B) Information submitted to the chief pursuant to this section as confidential concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial or financial information that relates to the competitive rights of the person or entity intending to explore the described area shall not be available for public examination.(C) A person who conducts any coal exploration activities that substantially disturb the natural land surface in violation of this section or rules adopted pursuant thereto is subject to division (E) of section 1513.02 of the Revised Code.(D) No person shall remove more than two hundred fifty tons of coal pursuant to an exploration permit without the specific written approval of the chief.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.074 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.074 | Application for Extension of Permit to Contiguous Land.

Effective: March 18, 1983|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 240 - 114th General Assembly|An operator may file an application for an extension of a currently active permit to land contiguous to the permit area of the permit. The application shall be subject to the full standards applicable to new applications under this chapter, except that the applicant may incorporate by reference current information contained in the application for the original permit. If the original permit is unavailable or the information is not current, the applicant shall replace or supply such information at all appropriate locations.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.076 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.076 | Agency Coordination and Cooperation Respecting Permits.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 386 - 127th General Assembly|The director of environmental protection and the director of natural resources shall jointly establish procedures that do all of the following: (A) Provide for the coordination of the issuance of coal mining and reclamation permits under this chapter and permits and certifications under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code for coal mining and reclamation operations;(B) Provide for the direct cooperation of the staff of the environmental protection agency and the staff of the division of mineral resources management in the review and approval or denial of coal mining and reclamation permits issued under this chapter and permits and certifications issued under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code;(C) Provide for direct and effective communication between the staff of the environmental protection agency and the staff of the division of mineral resources management regarding the review and approval or denial of coal mining and reclamation permits issued under this chapter and permits and certifications issued under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code;(D) Provide for the creation of a joint agency coal task force consisting of employees of the environmental protection agency and the division of mineral resources management for the purpose of ensuring that the procedures established under divisions (A) to (C) of this section are properly implemented.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.11 | Order of Chief or Representative Shall Be in Writing.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|Every order of the chief of the division of mineral resources management or an authorized representative of the chief affecting the rights, duties, or privileges of an operator or the operator's surety or of an applicant for a license or permit shall be in writing and contain a finding of the facts upon which the order is based. Notice of the order shall be given by certified mail or personal service to the person whose rights, duties, or privileges are affected.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.131 | Public Adjudicatory Hearings.

Effective: July 1, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly|For the purpose of conducting any public adjudicatory hearing under this chapter, the chief, or the reclamation commission may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers, and may, and at the request of any party, shall issue subpoenas for witnesses or subpoenas duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records, papers, or other material relevant to the inquiry, directed to the sheriff of the counties where the witnesses or materials are found, which subpoenas shall be served and returned in the same manner as subpoenas issued by courts of common pleas are served and returned. The fees of sheriffs shall be the same as those allowed by the court of common pleas in criminal cases. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. In cases of disobedience or neglect of any subpoena served on any person or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be interrogated, the court of common pleas of the county in which such disobedience, neglect, or refusal occurs, or any judge thereof, on application of the chief or the commission or any member thereof, shall compel obedience by attachment procedures for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify therein.A witness at any hearing shall testify under oath or affirmation, which the chief or any member of the commission may administer.Hearing officers designated by the commission shall have the same powers and authority in conducting the hearings as granted to the commission. Whenever a hearing officer conducts a hearing, the officer shall prepare a report setting forth the hearing officer's findings of fact and conclusions of law and a recommendation of the action to be taken by the commission. The hearing officer shall file the report with the secretary of the commission and shall mail a copy by certified mail to the parties. A party may, within fourteen days after receipt of the report, serve and file written objections to the hearing officer's report with the secretary of the commission. Objections shall be specific and state with particularity the grounds therefor. Upon consideration of the objections, the commission may adopt, reject, or modify the report; hear additional evidence; return the report to the hearing officer with instructions; or hear the matter itself.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.14 | Appeal to Court of Appeals.

Effective: September 5, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly|(A) Any party aggrieved or adversely affected by a decision of the reclamation commission may appeal to the court of appeals for the county in which the activity addressed by the decision of the commission occurred, is occurring, or will occur, which court has exclusive jurisdiction over the appeal. The appeal shall be filed within thirty days of issuance of the decision of the commission. The court shall confine its review to the record certified by the commission. The court may, upon motion, grant such temporary relief as it considers appropriate pending final disposition of the appeal if all of the following apply:(1) All parties to the appeal have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief.(2) The person requesting the relief shows that there is a substantial likelihood that the person will prevail on the merits.(3) The relief will not adversely affect public health or safety or the health or safety of miners or cause significant imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources.The court shall affirm the decision of the commission unless the court determines that it is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise inconsistent with law, in which case the court shall vacate the decision and remand to the commission for such further proceedings as it may direct.(B) Any order of the chief of the division of mineral resources management adopting a rule shall be subject to judicial review in the Franklin county court of appeals, which court has exclusive original jurisdiction to review the order. A petition for review of the order shall be filed within thirty days from the date of such order. The petition may be made by any person who participated in the rule-making proceedings and who is aggrieved by the order. The court shall confine its review to the record of the rule-making proceedings. The order shall be affirmed unless the court concludes that the order is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise inconsistent with law, in which case the court shall vacate the order or portion thereof and remand to the chief for such further proceedings as it may direct.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.162 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.162 | Operator to Replace Water Supply.

Effective: September 1, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1051 - 113th General Assembly|(A) The operator of a coal mining operation shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the coal mining operation and shall reimburse the owner for the reasonable cost of obtaining a water supply from the time of the contamination, diminution, or interruption by the operation until the water supply is replaced.(B) This chapter does not affect in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a coal mining operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.17 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective: April 6, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly|(A) No person shall:(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.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.20 | Purchase or Acquisition of Eroded Land.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|The chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may purchase or acquire by gift, donation, or contribution any eroded land, including land affected by strip mining, for which no cash is held in the reclamation forfeiture fund created by section 1513.18 of the Revised Code. For this purpose the chief may expend money deposited in the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. All lands purchased or acquired shall be deeded to the state, but no deed shall be accepted or the purchase price paid until the title has been approved by the attorney general.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.21 | Chief of Division Shall Reclaim Land.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|From moneys appropriated for this purpose, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall reclaim any land or tract of land acquired pursuant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code in such manner that, after reclamation, such land or tract shall be suitable for agriculture, forests, recreation, wildlife, water conservation, or such other use as the chief may deem proper for such land, or tract of land, in light of the character of the soil, the topography of the land or tract to be reclaimed and of the surrounding lands, the proximity thereof to urban centers, and the requirements of any applicable conservation program.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.22 | Plan of Reclamation and Estimate of Cost.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|Before proceeding to reclaim any land or tract of land acquired pursuant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall determine the purpose or purposes for which such land or tract should be devoted after reclamation and shall develop a plan of reclamation for such land or tract reasonably designed to accomplish such purpose or purposes and an estimate of the cost thereof. When completed such plan shall be submitted to the director of natural resources who may approve or disapprove the same.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.23 | Studies, Surveys and Maps for Planning Reclamation.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|In determining the purpose or purposes for which any land or tract of land should be devoted after reclamation and in preparing a plan of reclamation, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may call to the chief's assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department or in the Ohio state university, or other educational institutions financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of making studies, surveys, and maps and for the purpose of devising the most effective and economical plan of reclamation.Such engineers and employees shall not receive any additional compensation other than that which they receive from the department by which they are employed, but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred while working under the direction of the chief.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.24 | Implementing Reclamation Plan.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|After a plan of reclamation is approved by the director of natural resources, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, from any moneys appropriated for the reclamation of strip mined lands, shall proceed to carry out the plan.With the approval of the director, the chief may carry out any such plan or any part of such plan with the employees and equipment of any division of the department of natural resources or the chief may carry out any such plan, or any part of such plan by contracting therefor, provided that the chief shall not enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding unless the same is approved by the director.Any such contract shall be entered into by the chief, with the approval of the director, with persons who agree therein to furnish any of the materials, equipment, or labor. Each such contract shall be awarded by the chief to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, after sealed bids therefor are received, opened, and published at the time and place fixed by the chief, and notice of the time and place at which the sealed bids will be received, opened, and published, has been published by the chief at least once at least ten days before the opening of the bids in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the area of land to be reclaimed under the contract is located, provided that if, after so advertising for bids for the contract, no bids therefor are received by the chief at the time and place fixed for receiving them, the chief may advertise again for such bids, but the chief is not required to do so, and the chief may, if the chief considers the public interest will be best served thereby, enter into a contract for the reclamation of the land or tract without further advertisement for bids. The chief may reject any or all bids received and fix and publish again notice of the time and place at which bids for such contracts will be received, opened, and published.The chief shall require every contractor performing reclamation work under this section to pay workers at the greater of their rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate paid in this state for the same or similar work as determined by the chief under section 1513.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.25 | Transferring or Selling Reclaimed Land or Interest in Land.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|After completion of the reclamation of a tract of land acquired pursuant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may, if the land is suitable to the uses of any other department, division, office, or institution of the state, transfer the land or tract to that department, division, office, or institution, subject to the approval of the director of natural resources.With the approval of the attorney general and the director, the chief may sell any such land or tract, after completion of the plan of reclamation, when the sale is advantageous to the state.With the approval of the attorney general and the director, the chief may grant easements and leases on the land or tract under terms advantageous to the state, and may grant mineral rights on a royalty basis.All money received from the sale of reclaimed lands, or in payment for easements, leases, or royalties, shall be paid to the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1513.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1513 | Coal Surface Mining|Section 1513.26 | Annual Report.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall make an annual report to the governor and to the general assembly. The report shall identify each reclamation project, state the number of acres reclaimed by the division or persons with whom it contracts under sections 1513.20 to 1513.25 of the Revised Code, identify the county in which the project is located, and make a detailed accounting of expenditures.