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45 OK Stat § 45-1f (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-1f. Oklahoma Miner Training Institute - Duties.

|The Oklahoma Miner Training Institute shall: |1. Conduct miner safety training programs consistent with the needs of the mining industry within this state and the training requirements of the Oklahoma Mining Commission;2. Assist and cooperate with the Oklahoma Mining Commission by conducting examinations of students of the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute applying for certificates of competency issued by the Oklahoma Mining Commission; and3. Assist the Oklahoma Mining Commission in developing ways to expand existing markets and create new markets for coal and noncoal mining operations and to further the economic development of the mining industry.Added by Laws 1986, c. 308, § 10, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 235, § 4, operative Oct. 1, 1988.
45 OK Stat § 45-1g (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-1g. Department of Environmental Quality - Regulation of certain mining activities.

|Any point source discharge, the disposal of any hazardous waste, as regulated by the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, or solid waste, sewage or other wastewater, and any air emission subject to the Oklahoma Clean Air Act, from any mine or mining activity shall be regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 271, eff. July 1, 1993.
45 OK Stat § 45-3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-3. Chief Mine Inspector - Assistant Mine Inpectors.

|The Chief Mine Inspector shall be a citizen of the United States and shall have been a resident of the State of Oklahoma for the three (3) years prior to his appointment to office. In addition, the Chief Mine Inspector shall have had eight (8) years' actual experience as a practical miner. For the purposes of this section employment as an inspector for the Department of Mines shall be considered practical mining experience. The Chief Mine Inspector shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate for a term of four (4) years to run concurrently with the term of the Governor. At any time that such office becomes vacant, the Governor shall appoint with the consent of the Senate a successor to complete the unfinished term of office. |The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector shall possess the same residency requirements necessary for the Chief Mine Inspector. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector shall assume all of the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Mine Inspector in the absence of the Chief Mine Inspector.The assistant mine inspectors shall be appointed by and at all times be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector. The assistant mine inspectors appointed to inspect underground mining operations shall have a minimum of three (3) years' practical mining experience, and shall have obtained as a minimum a certificate of competency as a mine foreman.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 8.
45 OK Stat § 45-3.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-3.1. Director of Department of Mines.

|In the absence of an appointed Chief Mine Inspector, the Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department of Mines with the advice and consent of the Senate. |The Director of the Department of Mines shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Mine Inspector until said Chief Mine Inspector is so appointed.Added by Laws 1985, c. 324, § 8, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985.
45 OK Stat § 45-5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-5. Certificates - Contents - Fees.

|Certifications required by this title shall be issued under the signature and seal of the Oklahoma Mining Commission. Such certificates shall bear the date of issuance, full name and age of the recipient and shall designate the position for which the recipient is certified by the Commission. Applications for certificates of competency shall be accompanied with the following fees: |1. Superintendent$20.002. Mine foreman 15.003. Fire boss 10.004. Shot-firer 10.005. Certified surface blaster 10.006. Hoisting engineer 10.007. Practical miner 5.00Amended by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 9; Laws 1985, c. 239, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
45 OK Stat § 45-6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-6. Secretary - Record of issue of certificates - Effect of certificates - Notice and list of names.

|The Secretary of the Oklahoma Mining Commission shall make a record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom certificates are issued. Certificates of competency when issued as provided for herein, shall entitle the holders thereof to accept and discharge the duties for which said certificates declare them qualified. |The Director shall advise the Oklahoma Mining Commission as far in advance as possible the date and place of an examination to be held by the Department, and shall, as soon as examination is completed, furnish the Commission a list of the names of all persons who took the examination and persons successfully completing said examination shall be duly notified.Amended by Laws 1985, c. 239, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
45 OK Stat § 45-8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-8. Temporary permits.

|The Secretary of the Board may, upon the recommendation of at least two other members of the Board, issue a temporary permit to an applicant for a certificate for mine foreman, fire boss, shot firer or hoisting engineer. Said temporary permit shall be valid only until next meeting of the Board or not to exceed thirty-one (31) days. |Laws 1929, c. 251, p. 324, art. 1, § 8; Laws 1949, p. 294, § 7.
45 OK Stat § 45-9.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-9.1. Quarrying or mining with use of explosives near schools or churches prohibited - Exceptions.

|It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, individually or in association with others, to establish, open up, commence or carry on any quarrying operation for stone or stone products wherein blasting is required, or to conduct any other quarrying operations for commercial or industrial purposes requiring the use of powder, dynamite, nitroglycerin or other explosives within a minimum distance established by rule or regulation adopted by the Chief Mine Inspector from any established school, church or other house of worship. This section shall not apply to underground mines or to any quarrying or mining plants already constructed or in actual operation before June 19, 1961. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 292, § 1. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 181, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1982. Renumbered from § 1370 of Title 21 by Laws 1995, c. 344, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.NOTE: Laws 1982, c. 127, § 1 repealed by Laws 1983, c. 31, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1983.
45 OK Stat § 45-21.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-21.1. Mining districts.

|It shall be the duty of the Chief Mine Inspector to create mining districts for the assistant mine inspectors to carry out their duties under the law. The boundaries of such districts shall be drawn so that the inspection of the mines insures the full compliance with laws related to the health and safety of miners and the reclamation of lands affected by surface mining. |Laws 1981, c. 121, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 1981.
45 OK Stat § 45-31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-31. Chief Mine Inspector - Annual report to Governor.

|On or before the first day of August of each year, the Chief Mine Inspector shall submit to the Governor a report on the various systems of mining practiced in the state, methods of mine ventilation, type of machinery employed, and such other matters as may pertain to the general welfare of the public, miners and others connected with mining. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 10.
45 OK Stat § 45-32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-32. Examinations of mines.

|The Chief Mine Inspector shall, from time to time, make such examinations of any mine or mines in the state necessary for the proper enforcement of the mining laws. |Laws 1929, c. 251, p. 325, art. 3, § 2.
45 OK Stat § 45-33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-33. Journal of inspections - Official communications - Equipment and material.

|The Chief Mine Inspector shall keep in his office a journal or record of all inspections, examinations and work done under his administration, and a copy of all official communications and he is hereby authorized to procure, at the expense of the state, such apparatus, instruments and chemicals as may be found necessary for the proper discharge of his duties under this Act. The Legislature shall, from time to time, when necessary, appropriate such funds as may be necessary for the purchase of such equipment and material. All books, records, apparatus, instruments and chemicals pertaining to his office shall be the property of the state and shall be delivered by him to his successor in office and the same shall be exhibited to any and all interested persons at all reasonable times. |Laws 1929, c. 251, p. 325, art. 3, § 3.
45 OK Stat § 45-34 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-34. Office - Property of state.

|The Chief Mine Inspector shall have an office at the seat of government in which he shall keep the maps and plans of all mines in the state and all records, correspondence, papers, apparatus and other property belonging to the state pertaining to his office. All such property shall be kept in accessible and convenient form, in a fire proof vault convenient to his office and furnished by the state, for reference by persons entitled to examine them. The Chief Mine Inspector shall not permit such maps, plans, records and papers to be removed from his office. |Laws 1929, c. 251, p. 326, art. 3, § 4.
45 OK Stat § 45-37 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-37. Withdrawal of person's from dangerous mine - Violations - Penalties.

|The Chief Mine Inspector or assistant mine inspector is authorized to temporarily withdraw all persons from a dangerous mine or portion thereof. Any owner, operator, lessee or agent who impedes, hinders, or obstructs, either directly or indirectly, the Chief Mine Inspector or assistant mine inspector from carrying out duties required by this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both. |Any mine employee who neglects to comply with an order of the Chief Mine Inspector or assistant mine inspector temporarily withdrawing persons from the mine, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 11.
45 OK Stat § 45-40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-40. Obstruction of inspectors - Penalty.

|Every person who willfully obstructs the Chief Mine Inspector or district mine inspector, in the execution of his duties under this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction he shall be punished as hereinafter provided. |Laws 1929, c. 251, p. 328, art. 3, § 10.
45 OK Stat § 45-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-41. Disputes between operators and miners.

|In case of dispute between operators and miners on the proper interpretation of rules, regulations, and laws in relation to mines and subjects relating thereto and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein, and the dispute is filed in formal written form with the Department of Mines, the Chief Mine Inspector shall call a meeting of the Mining Board to review the dispute. An opinion of the proper interpretation of the disputed rule, regulation, or law, concurred in by a majority of the Mining Board, shall be binding upon the mining department to enforce, and the operators and miners must abide by the opinion unless the opinion of the Mining Board is at variance with an opinion of interpretation by the Attorney General of the intent of the rule, regulation, or law. In case the opinion of the Attorney General is at variance with the opinion of the Mining Board, then all parties must abide by the opinion of the Attorney General, except that all parties shall have recourse to courts of this state. |In case operators or miners shall file formal written charges with the Department of Mines that any law or laws in relation to mining and subjects relating thereto and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein have been violated, the Chief Mine Inspector shall call the parties involved before the Mining Board to hear the evidence for and the defense against said charges. By majority vote the charges are valid and true.Laws 1965, c. 262, § 4, emerg. eff. June 23, 1965.
45 OK Stat § 45-43 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-43. Legal assistance.

|The Chief Mine Inspector is hereby authorized to employ two (2) attorneys as needed, within the total employee limit authorized, on a full- or part-time basis, to advise the Chief Mine Inspector and other agency personnel on legal matters and to appear for and represent the Chief Mine Inspector in administrative hearings and other legal actions and procedures. Provided it shall continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to give his official opinion to the Chief Mine Inspector and to prosecute and defend actions therefore, if so requested. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 266, § 4, emerg. eff. May 14, 1982; Amended by Laws 1985, c. 324, § 5, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985.
45 OK Stat § 45-44 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-44. Special counsel in certain proceedings involving Attorney General.

|If the Attorney General shall seek redress on behalf of the state as provided for in the Administrative Procedures Act, the Oklahoma Mining Commission is empowered to appoint a special counsel for such proceedings. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 239, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
45 OK Stat § 45-45 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-45. Study of mining laws - Recommendations and proposed legislation.

|In addition to its other powers, the Oklahoma Mining Commission is authorized and directed, within the limits of funds available to it, to engage in a continuing study of the mining laws of this state, and of changes therein required in order to carry out to the greatest practicable extent the policies, goals, objectives and recommendations of the Commission, and to make recommendations and prepare proposed legislation for such purposes. Such recommendations and proposed legislation shall, as they are completed, be filed with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 239, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
45 OK Stat § 45-46 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-46. Market study and sulfur emissions standards study - Recommendations.

|The Oklahoma Mining Commission is authorized and directed, within the limits of funds available to it, to study ways to expand existing markets and create new markets for Oklahoma coal and other minerals, to study the impact of sulfur emission standards on burning of Oklahoma mined coal, and to make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature for such purposes in a current and updated report by February 1, 1988. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 239, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 119, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 208, § 88, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 93, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
45 OK Stat § 45-46.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-46.1. Acid mine drainage.

|The Department of Environmental Quality, in cooperation with the Department of Mines is authorized and directed, within the limits of federal funds available to the Department of Environmental Quality or any funds available to the Department of Mines, to study ways to remediate acid mine drainage produced from abandoned coal mines within this state, which the Legislature hereby finds to be a significant water pollution and water quality problem. The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines shall evaluate existing projects among local, state and federal government agencies, and educational institutions, which address acid mine drainage. |Any local, state, and educational institution within this state implementing water quality projects which pertain to acid mine drainage shall coordinate and cooperate with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines to implement the provisions of this section. The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines shall make every effort to obtain full cooperation and coordination from any federal agency which implements any project pertaining to acid mine drainage.Added by Laws 1998, c. 351, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1998.
45 OK Stat § 45-47 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-47. Funding of activities.

|Funding for the Oklahoma Mining Commission's activities shall be derived from funds appropriated to the Department of Mines for operating expenses. Funds required for any third party studies called for by a majority vote of the Commission members shall come from contributions by the mining and related industries, public and foundations, as well as those funds made available by the Department of Mines. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 239, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
45 OK Stat § 45-48 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-48. Borrow pits - Jurisdiction.

|The Oklahoma Department of Mines shall have jurisdiction over only those borrow pits which are located on property permitted as commercial mining operations pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 232, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993.
45 OK Stat § 45-361 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-361. Terms defined.

|When used in this title the following terms, unless otherwise defined, shall be construed to have the following meaning: |1. "Coal" means lignite, subbituminous, cannel, bituminous, semibituminous, semianthracite, anthracite and asphaltic minerals or other hydrocarbons recovered by mining.2. "Mine" means a quarry, an underground or surface excavation and development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels, for the extraction of coal or minerals, with hoisting or haulage equipment and appliances for the extraction of coal or minerals, and shall embrace any and all of the land or property of the mining plant, and the surface and underground, that contribute directly or indirectly to the mining properties, concentration or handling of coal or minerals.3. "Minerals" means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel, gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a mineral and includes ores or rock containing any such substances but excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a liquid or gaseous state.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 296, § 12.
45 OK Stat § 45-411 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-411. Definitions.

|The words defined in this section shall have the following meaning when found in this act, towit "mines" mean mines in the State of Oklahoma wherein lead, zinc or other metals are sought or produced. "Operator" means the person, individual or corporation charged with the responsibility of management and control of mining. "Mine Inspector" means the Chief Mining Inspector of this state and the deputy or assistant mining inspector provided by law for the district in which the mining operation is located, except where the context specifies the deputy or assistant mining inspector. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 45, § 1.
45 OK Stat § 45-412 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-412. Mine inspectors - Duties.

|The Mine Inspector of said mines in addition to other duties and powers herein conferred, shall be and he is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to examine carefully all places and conditions where employees work in said mines. Where said Mine Inspector finds a condition existing in any of said mines either on the surface or underground, which makes the said mine a dangerous, unsafe or unusually unhealthful place for employees to work he shall, subject to the right of review hereinafter provided, serve notice in writing on the operator of said mine so affected, specifying in detail the things to be done to correct such condition making said mine a dangerous, unsafe or unusually unhealthful place for employees to work. This notice shall specify the time in which such required acts shall be done by the operator of said mine. A failure or refusal of said operator to correct the condition existing in said mine as set forth in the written notice of said Mine Inspector or as modified on review in accordance with the further provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor and punished as hereinafter provided. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 46, § 2.
45 OK Stat § 45-413 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-413. Mine inspector to require compliance with act.

|It shall be the duty of the Mine Inspector of said mines to see that the provisions of this act are complied with and to require the operators of said mines to meet the requirements of this act. His demands shall at all times be in writing delivered to the operator and specifying therein the things or acts to be done. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 46, § 3.
45 OK Stat § 45-414 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-414. Examination and inspection of mines - Time and manner.

|It shall be the duty of the Mine Inspector from time to time to enter and examine any and all said mines in the State of Oklahoma and to inspect any and all machinery and equipment used in connection therewith, either underground or on the surface and including any mill, concentrating plant or tailing mill used in preparation of the product for market. And the operator shall at all reasonable times, while in operation, upon request furnish necessary facilities for such entry and examination. Such inspection shall be done at a time and in a manner so as not to obstruct or hinder the operation of said mine or mines except that in case of emergency where the life or safety of employees is in imminent peril, the Inspector shall make immediate examination and it shall in such case of emergency be the duty of the operator upon request of the Inspector to furnish the use of any installed equipment for his assistance in making said examination. A failure of said operator to perform any duty imposed in this section shall be a misdemeanor and be punished as such as hereinafter provided. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 46, § 4.