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TN Code § 59-4-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 2 - Certification|§ 59-4-207. Penalty for Forging or Falsifying Certificates

 Any person who forges or counterfeits a certificate, or knowingly makes or causes to be made any false statement in any certificate or in any official copy of the same, or urges and influences others to do so, or utters or uses any such false certificate or unofficial copy thereof, or makes, gives, utters, produces, or makes use of any false declaration, representation, or statement in any such certificate or copy thereof, or any document containing same, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-4-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 2 - Certification|§ 59-4-208. Registration and Certification Requirements for Mine Foremen

   It is unlawful for any person to act as mine foreman unless the person is registered as holder of a certificate of competency as required by this chapter.   It is unlawful for an individual, partnership, firm, or corporation operating a mine or mines in this state to employ any person in the capacity of mine foreman unless the person is registered as a holder of such certificate of competency.      Each mine foreman employed at an underground coal mine shall possess a Class “A” mine foreman certificate.   Each mine foreman employed at an open pit mine, metal mine, or preparation plant shall possess a Class “C” mine foreman certificate.
TN Code § 59-4-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 3 - Mine Foremen|§ 59-4-301. Qualifications and Duties of Mine Foreman — Penalty for Failure to Comply With Laws

  In order to protect the health and safety of persons employed in or around mines and the mine property, the operator or superintendent shall employ a competent and practical overseer of each and every mine whose title shall be “mine foreman.”   The foreman shall be certified as hereinbefore required in this chapter, and shall see that the applicable federal and state safety and health standards, regulations, and laws are complied with. Where it is necessary that the mine foreman be temporarily absent from the mine, the foreman shall place the mine in charge of a qualified assistant during such absence.    As used in this section:  “Mining site” means all mines and the surrounding property used in mining operations; and   “Qualified assistant” means a person who is designated by the owner or operator to ensure that all legal, safety, and compliance standards are enforced.     A qualified assistant shall have the ability, training, knowledge, and experience to ensure compliance with all legally imposed safety standards.   A qualified assistant must be able to effectively communicate legally imposed safety standards to all persons present at the mining site.   A qualified assistant shall have the same authority as the foreman when the foreman is not present at the mining site.   A qualified assistant shall not be considered an agent or representative of the owner or operator for the purposes of § 59-4-302.   More than one (1) person may be designated as a qualified assistant, if circumstances or logistics related to the mining site so require.    The designation by the owner or operator of a qualified assistant shall be in writing and specify the beginning and end dates of the designation.   The written designation required under subdivision (c)(7)(A) shall be prominently displayed at the office of the foreman on site, or displayed in such a manner that persons present at the mining site have actual notice of the designation.       Failure of the mine foreman to comply with the duties set forth herein is a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-4-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 3 - Mine Foremen|§ 59-4-302. Mine Foreman Is Agent or Representative of Operator or Owner

 The mine foreman is expressly declared to be the agent or representative of the operator or owner of the mine in the discharge of the duties required of such foreman by this title.
TN Code § 59-4-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 3 - Mine Foremen|§ 59-4-303. Foreman to Give Notice of Accidental Death — Inquest — Notice of Fire or Explosion

 Whenever loss of life occurs by accident or explosion, the superintendent or foreman in charge shall give immediate notice to the department of labor and workforce development and to the coroner of the county in which the mine is situated. The coroner shall hold an inquest upon the body of the person whose death has been caused, and inquire carefully into the cause thereof, and shall return the findings and all testimony to the department. The company shall immediately notify the department upon the discovery of fire or explosion in any mine.
TN Code § 59-4-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 59-4-401. Reports Required of Owners, Superintendents or Foremen

 It is the further duty of every owner, lessee of any coal lands, superintendent, or foreman to report the facts in the following cases promptly, to the department of labor and workforce development:   Any change in the name of any mine or any owner, agent, manager, superintendent, foreman (including, in the case of commercial coal mines, any change in assistant foreman or the officers of any company) which owns and operates a mine in this state;   Any working commenced for the purpose of opening a new shaft, slope, or mine;   Where any mine is abandoned or the working thereof is discontinued indefinitely;   Where the working of any mine is recommenced after any abandonment or discontinuance for a period of two (2) months;   Every lost-time accident in a mine other than a commercial coal mine, whether it results in death or not; and   Every accident of any nature to a person in a commercial coal mine, whether it results in death or not.
TN Code § 59-4-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 59-4-402. Rules and Regulations

 The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and chapter 12 of this title. All such rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 59-4-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 4 - Certification and Duties of Mine Employees|Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 59-4-403. Mine Safety Training Programs — Fee

 The department of labor and workforce development is authorized to organize and conduct mine safety training programs for the mining industry in Tennessee. The department is authorized to charge a fee sufficient to defray the costs of administering this chapter, but not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for each training class consisting of up to ten (10) participants and fifteen dollars ($15.00) per additional participant.
TN Code § 59-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-101. Short Title. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee.”
TN Code § 59-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-104. Additional Powers of Commissioner. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  In addition to the powers authorized to the commissioner under § 59-8-326, the commissioner may expend monies from the Tennessee surface mine reclamation fund, created by § 59-8-326, for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of surface coal mining practices, on eligible lands, if the commissioner finds that:  An emergency exists constituting a danger to the public health, safety, or general welfare; and   No other person or agency will act expeditiously to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effect of surface coal mining practices.      The commissioner may enter upon any land where an emergency as described in subsection (a) exists, and upon any other land, to have access to the land where the emergency exists; to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of surface coal mining practices; and to do all things necessary to protect the public health, safety, or general welfare.   An entry made under this subsection (b) is an exercise of the police power, and is not an act of condemnation of property nor of trespass.   The money expended for the commissioner's work and the benefits accruing to the land shall mitigate or offset any claim in or any action brought by any owner of any interest in the land for alleged damages by virtue of the entry. This subdivision (b)(3) does not create new rights of action or eliminate existing immunities.
TN Code § 59-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-107. Permit and Acreage Fees. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

    Subject to the exemptions in subsection (b), every application for a surface coal mining and reclamation operation permit or an underground coal mining permit shall be accompanied by a basic application fee and an acreage fee.   The basic application fee shall be:   For a new permit, three thousand eight hundred fifty dollars ($3,850);   For a permit revision that proposes significant alterations, two thousand dollars ($2,000);   For a permit revision that does not propose significant alterations, seven hundred fifty dollars ($750);   For a permit renewal, five hundred dollars ($500);   For a successor's permit, three hundred fifty dollars ($350); and   For an exploration permit, one thousand dollars ($1,000).     The acreage fee shall be paid annually as prescribed in rules promulgated by the board under § 59-8-103(b)(1). The amount of the acreage fee shall be:   For a site that has not been reclaimed, forty dollars ($40.00) per permitted acre; and   For a site that has been reclaimed, twenty dollars ($20.00) per permitted acre.          The fee for an amendment of a coal mining permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).   The fee for an amendment of a coal exploration permit shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).     If the amendment increases the acreage permitted, the acreage fee for the increase in acreage shall be paid at the time of application.   If the amendment decreases the acreage permitted, the refund for the acreage deleted shall be paid by this state to the applicant when the amendment is granted.       Local governments and state agencies are exempt from permit and acreage fees.   All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the coal mining protection fund, created in § 59-8-132.
TN Code § 59-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-109. Mining and Reclamation Plan. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  Each permit application shall include a mining and reclamation plan that contains the information that the board, by rules promulgated under § 59-8-103(b)(1), requires as necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required by this part can be accomplished.   The mining and reclamation plan may be changed with the commissioner's approval, at any time upon application of the permittee, to take account of changes in conditions or to correct any previous oversight. The commissioner may also order a change in the mining or reclamation plan for the same reasons.   Any information required by this section that is not on file pursuant to this chapter shall be held in confidence by the commissioner and not available for public inspection under title 10, chapter 7.
TN Code § 59-8-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-110. Performance Standards. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  Any permit issued under this part to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations shall require the operations to meet all applicable performance standards of this part.   General performance standards as prescribed in rules promulgated by the board under § 59-8-103(b)(1) shall apply to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations.   Steep slope surface coal mining and reclamation operations are subject to additional performance standards as prescribed in rules promulgated by the board under § 59-8-103(b)(1).    The commissioner may grant variances for the purposes set forth in subdivision (d)(2).   If an applicant meets the requirements of subdivisions (d)(3) and (4), the commissioner may grant a variance from any requirement to restore the area to the approximate original contour if the owner of the surface knowingly requests in writing, as a part of the permit application, that a variance be granted so as to render the land, after reclamation, suitable for an industrial, commercial, residential, or public use, including recreational facilities.    After consultation with the appropriate land use planning agencies, if any, the potential use of the affected land shall constitute an equal or better economic or public use.   The backfilling and regrading shall be designed and certified by a registered engineer or a licensed professional geologist in conformance with professional standards established to assure the stability, drainage, and configuration necessary for the intended use of the site.   After approval by the commissioner, the watershed of the affected land shall be improved.     In granting a variance under this subsection (d), the commissioner shall only require that amount of spoil placed off the mine bench as is necessary to achieve the planned post-mining land use, that the spoil retained on the bench is designed to be stable, that all spoil placement off the mine bench comply with subsection (b), and that all other requirements of this part are met.   The board shall promulgate specific rules under § 59-8-103(b)(1) to govern the granting of variances in accordance with this subsection (d), and may impose such additional requirements as the board deems necessary.   All variances granted under this subsection (d) shall be reviewed within three (3) years of the date of issuance of the permit, unless the permittee affirmatively demonstrates that the proposed development is proceeding in accordance with the terms of the reclamation plan.     The commissioner may, under rules promulgated by the board under § 59-8-103(b)(1) and approved by the secretary, permit variances or waivers from the performance standards imposed under this section if that action would allow for reclamation consistent with the requirements of this part and compatible with areas adjacent to the permitted area.
TN Code § 59-8-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-111. Permits for Underground Coal Mining. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  No person shall conduct underground coal mining operations until that person obtains a permit limiting and controlling the surface effects of the mining, pays the fees required by § 59-8-107, and posts a performance bond under § 59-8-108 conditioned on satisfactory reclamation of the surface disturbances of the underground coal mining operations.   The board shall promulgate rules under § 59-8-103(b)(1), that are designed to minimize the surface effects of underground coal mining operations; however, in adopting rules, the board shall consider the distinct difference between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. The rules shall not conflict with nor supersede the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. § 801, et seq.), nor any regulation issued pursuant to that act.   Each permit issued under this part and relating to underground coal mining shall require the permittee and operator to meet the standards that the board prescribes by rules promulgated under § 59-8-103(b)(1).   In order to protect the stability of the land, the commissioner shall suspend underground coal mining under urbanized areas, cities, towns, and communities, and adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments, or permanent streams, if the commissioner finds an imminent danger to inhabitants of the urbanized areas, cities, towns, and communities.   The requirements of this part relating to permits, bonds, inspections and enforcement, public review, and administrative and judicial review shall apply to surface operations and surface impacts incidental to an underground coal mine with modifications to permit application requirements, permit approval or denial procedures, and bond requirements that are necessary to accommodate the distinct difference between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. The board shall promulgate rules for the modifications for underground coal mines under § 59-8-103(b)(1).
TN Code § 59-8-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-113. Revision of Permit — Transfer, Assignment, or Sale Prohibited Without Approval. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

   During the term of the permit, the permittee may submit to the commissioner an application for a revision of the permit, together with a revised reclamation plan. The commissioner may also require the revision of a permit or a mining or reclamation plan if the present plan is inadequate to protect the public and the environment consistent with this part.   The commissioner shall not approve an application for a revision of a permit unless the commissioner finds that the revision meets all the standards of this part and the board's rules. The board shall establish, by rules promulgated under § 59-8-103(b)(1), guidelines for a determination of the scale or extent of a revision request for which all permit application information requirements and procedures, including notice and hearings, apply. Any revisions that propose significant alterations in the reclamation plan shall, at a minimum, be subject to notice and hearing requirements.    The permittee may modify the approved mining and reclamation plan by submitting a modification of the mining and reclamation plan to the department for approval if:   The surface coal mining operations or reclamation operations actually conducted by the permittee or operator meet the standards of this part and the board's rules, but do not conform with the mining and reclamation plan on file with the department; and   The deviations do not constitute a significant departure from the method of conduct of surface coal mining and reclamation operations approved by the commissioner.     The commissioner shall approve the modification upon finding that the modification meets all the standards of this part and the board's rules.       No transfer, assignment, or sale of the rights granted under any permit issued pursuant to this part shall be made without the commissioner's written approval.   In addition to any other review required by federal law or regulations, the commissioner shall, within one (1) year after the effective date of this part, review outstanding surface coal mining and reclamation operation permits. The commissioner may require reasonable revision or modification of the permit provisions during the term of the permit; provided, that the revision or modification is based upon a written finding and subject to notice and hearing requirements and the board's rules, and may be appealed as provided in § 59-8-120.
TN Code § 59-8-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 1 - Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]|§ 59-8-121. Judicial Review — Temporary Relief. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

   Notwithstanding § 20-4-101(a) to the contrary, any final order or determination by the board is subject to judicial review, and venue and jurisdiction for such action shall be in the Davidson County chancery court or the chancery court in the district where the surface mining operation is located.   Judicial review shall be pursuant to § 4-5-322; however, no judicial review shall be had of any order that becomes final as a result of failure of the aggrieved party to appear at a hearing:  That was requested by the aggrieved party; and   For which the aggrieved party received adequate notice.       In the case of a proceeding to review any order or decision issued by the board under this part, including an order or decision pertaining to any order for cessation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations, the court may, under such conditions as it may prescribe, grant any temporary relief that it deems appropriate pending a final determination of the proceedings if:  All parties to the proceedings have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief;   The person requesting relief shows that there is a substantial likelihood that that person will prevail on the merits of the final determination of the proceeding; and   The relief requested will not adversely affect the public health or safety or cause significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources.