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TN Code § 59-8-122 (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.]|§ 59-8-122. Enforcement or Protection of Interest in Water Resources Affected by Mining Operation — Repair or Compensation for Subsidence Damage — Replacement of Water Supply. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  Nothing in this part affects the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, that person's interest in water resources affected by a mining operation.   The permittee or operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of that owner's supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source when the water supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the surface coal mine operation.    Underground coal mining operations conducted in this state after October 24, 1992, shall:  Promptly repair, or compensate for, material damage resulting from subsidence caused to any occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or noncommercial building due to underground coal mining operations. Repair of damage shall include rehabilitation, restoration, or replacement of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or noncommercial building. Compensation shall be provided to the owner of the damaged occupied residential dwelling and structures related thereto, or noncommercial building and shall be in the full amount of the diminution in value resulting from the subsidence. Compensation may be accomplished by the purchase, prior to mining, of a noncancellable premium-prepaid insurance policy; and   Promptly replace any drinking, domestic, or residential water supply from a well or spring in existence prior to the application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, which has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption resulting from underground coal mining operations.     Nothing in this subsection (c) shall interrupt underground coal mining operations.
TN Code § 59-8-123 (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.]|§ 59-8-123. Departure From Environmental Protection Performance Standards on Experimental Basis. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  In order to encourage advances in coal surface mining and reclamation practices, or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, or public use, including recreational facilities, the commissioner, with the approval of the secretary, may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection performance standards promulgated under this part.   The departures may be authorized if:  The experimental practices are potentially more environmentally protective, or at least as protective, during and after mining operations, as those required by promulgated standards;   The mining operations approved for a particular land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices;   The experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public health and safety below that provided by promulgated standards; and   All other state and federal agencies with jurisdiction over the environmental standards or practices for which departure is desired concur with the departure.
TN Code § 59-8-124 (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.]|§ 59-8-124. Declaration of Hazard — Authority of Commissioner to Fill or Reclaim. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  The general assembly declares that voids, and open and abandoned tunnels, shafts, auger holes, and entryways resulting from any previous mining operation, constitute a hazard to the public health or safety, and that surface impacts of any underground or surface coal mining and reclamation operation may degrade the environment. The commissioner is authorized to fill voids, seal abandoned tunnels, shafts, auger holes, and entryways, and reclaim surface impacts of underground or surface coal mines that the commissioner determines could endanger life and property, constitute a hazard to public health and safety, or degrade the environment. The commissioner is authorized to carry out this subsection (a) as part of this state's approved abandoned mine reclamation program, as provided for in § 59-8-301.   Funds available for use in carrying out the purpose of this section may include those funds which are allocated to this state under 30 U.S.C. § 1232(g).   In those instances where mine piles are being reworked for environment and conservation purposes, the incremental costs of disposing of the wastes from the operations by using them to fill voids and seal tunnels may be eligible for funding pursuant to this section; provided, that the disposal of these wastes meets the purposes of this section.   The commissioner may acquire by purchase, donation, or otherwise the interest in land that the commissioner determines necessary to carry out this section.
TN Code § 59-8-126 (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.]|§ 59-8-126. Promulgation of Rules Requiring Training, Examination, and Certification of Persons Engaging In, or Directly Responsible For, Blasting or Use of Explosives. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 The board shall promulgate rules under § 59-8-103(b)(1) to require the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in, or directly responsible for, blasting or use of explosives in coal surface mining operations.
TN Code § 59-8-127 (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.]|§ 59-8-127. Department Employee Prohibited From Having Financial Interest in Underground Coal Mining Operation or Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operation. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 No employee of the department performing any function or duty under this part shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in any underground coal mining operation or surface coal mining and reclamation operation.
TN Code § 59-8-128 (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.]|§ 59-8-128. Part Ancillary and Supplemental to Other State Laws. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 This part does not operate to repeal or affect any of the laws of this state relating to the pollution of the air or waters, or any environment and conservation or mining laws, but shall be held and construed as ancillary and supplemental thereto.
TN Code § 59-8-129 (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.]|§ 59-8-129. Conformance With Statutes and Rules. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  Irrespective of the date of issuance of a permit, all operators, permittees, and persons, except as provided in subsection (b), shall immediately conform to any statutes enacted, or rules adopted pursuant to those statutes, on the effective date of such statutes and rules. This section does not require the regrading or replanting of any area on which the work was satisfactorily performed prior to the effective date of the statute or rule.   The board shall promulgate rules under § 59-8-103(b)(1) that are consistent with 30 CFR 773.4 concerning continued operations under federal program permits.
TN Code § 59-8-130 (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.]|§ 59-8-130. Compliance by Agency, Unit, or Instrumentality of State, Federal, or Local Government. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of state, federal, or local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned corporation of state, federal, or local government, that proposes to engage in exploration or mining operations that are subject to this part, shall comply with this part; provided, that local governmental entities and state agencies are not subject to fees or bonds except as otherwise required by this part.
TN Code § 59-8-131 (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.]|§ 59-8-131. Hearing Involving Major Energy Project. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 Any hearing required by this part shall be conducted in accordance with § 13-18-114, when the hearing involves a major energy project, as defined by § 13-18-102.
TN Code § 59-8-132 (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.]|§ 59-8-132. Coal Mining Protection Fund

  There is created a segregated account within the state treasury to be known as the “coal mining protection fund.” Monies shall be deposited to the fund pursuant to §§ 59-8-107, 59-8-117, and 67-7-110, and shall be invested for the benefit of the fund pursuant to § 9-4-603.   The moneys in the coal mining protection fund shall be used for the administration and enforcement of the requirements of this part.   All fees and penalties collected by the commissioner pursuant to this part shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the coal mining protection fund, created in subsection (a), and shall be used by the commissioner to defray expenses necessary to administer this part. Unexpended and unobligated fees remaining in this account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain available for the purposes set forth in this part.
TN Code § 59-8-133 (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.]|§ 59-8-133. Implementation of Part — Cost of Administering and Enforcing Part. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

  Implementation of this part is subject to the availability of federal funds for such purpose.   The cost of administering and enforcement of this part shall be paid in equal proportions by federal funds made available for such purpose and funds in the coal mining protection fund, created in § 59-8-132.
TN Code § 59-8-134 (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.]|§ 59-8-134. Report Required for Revenues Generated From Fees. [Contingent Effective Date, See Compiler's notes.]

 On or before the January 1 occurring two (2) years after the effective date of this part [See the Compiler's Notes], and on or before January 1 every two (2) years thereafter, the department of environment and conservation shall submit a report to the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate on the revenue generated from the fees imposed by this part. The department shall include in the report a determination as to whether an adjustment to the fees is necessary to provide that the administration and enforcement of this part is fiscally self-sufficient and that the revenues from the fees are sufficient to meet required expenditures.
TN Code § 59-8-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972.”
TN Code § 59-8-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-203. Purpose of Act

 The general assembly finds that the unregulated surface mining of minerals can cause soil erosion and landslides, stream pollution, and accumulation and seepage of contaminated water; contributes to floods; impairs the value of land for agricultural or other purposes; affects fish and wildlife and their habitats; counteracts efforts for the conservation of soil, water and other natural resources; impairs the owners' rights in neighboring property; creates fire hazards; and in general creates conditions inimical to life, property and the public welfare so as to require the exercise of the state's police power in the regulation of surface mining. The general assembly further finds that there are wide variations in the circumstances and conditions surrounding and arising out of the surface mining of minerals due primarily to differences in topographical, geological, and soil conditions, by reason of which it is necessary, in order to provide the most effective, beneficial and equitable solution to the problem, that broad discretion be placed in the authority designated to administer and enforce the regulatory provisions enacted by the general assembly. It is the purpose of this part, therefore, to provide for such regulation and control of surface mining so as to minimize its injurious effects.
TN Code § 59-8-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-206. Fees

 The permit shall consist of a basic fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each year of the permit, plus an additional acreage fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each acre or fraction thereof of the land affected by the operation, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for such acreage fee, but in subsequent years no acreage fee will be charged for any acre on which the acreage fee has already been paid in the preceding years. No permit fee shall be charged for land upon which overburden is deposited if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the deposition of such overburden amounts to reclamation of a previously mined area. The supplemental basic fee for an amendment of a permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), and to the extent the amendment entails an increase or decrease in the acreage covered by the permit, the total acreage fee paid for the year shall be correspondingly increased or decreased by the amount per acre or fraction thereof specified hereinabove.
TN Code § 59-8-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-207. Performance Bonds

  The bond filed with the commissioner shall be payable to the state of Tennessee and shall be executed by the operator and a corporate surety that is approved by the commissioner and properly authorized to act as corporate surety and licensed to do business in this state; provided, however, that the operator may elect to deposit cash, irrevocable letters of credit or certificates of deposit with the state treasurer in lieu of a corporate surety if the instruments are executed in accordance with guidelines set forth by the commissioner. The state treasurer shall receive and hold the deposits in the name of the state of Tennessee, in trust, for the purposes for which the deposit is made and shall at all times be responsible for the custody and safekeeping of the deposits. The operator making the deposit shall be entitled from time to time to demand and receive from the treasurer, on the written order of the commissioner, the whole or any portion of any instruments so deposited upon depositing with the treasurer, in lieu of the deposits, other instruments of the classes specified in this section having a value at least equal to the sum of the bond or instrument and also to demand and recover any interest income from instruments as the interest becomes due and payable.   The bond or cash deposit or marketable value of the securities, which shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the provisions of this part, shall not be less than six hundred dollars ($600) for each estimated acre or fraction thereof affected by the respective operation. Liability under such bond shall be continuous until the reclamation provisions of this part have been fulfilled. The amount of the bond shall be increased or decreased to take account of any change in the acreage covered by the permit as provided in § 59-8-205(a)(2).   In those counties requiring a performance bond of two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more per acre, the operator may at the operator's option present evidence of such bond to the commissioner in lieu of filing a bond with the commissioner. The commissioner may in the commissioner's discretion accept such evidence of the existence of such a performance bond in lieu of a bond filed with the commissioner. However, if the bond is released by county authorities prior to such time as the commissioner would normally release all or part of it, the commissioner may require a new performance bond to be filed as required by this section.   No performance bond shall be charged for land upon which overburden is deposited if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the deposition of such overburden amounts to reclamation of a previously mined area.
TN Code § 59-8-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-209. Revegetation Plan

  Each operator shall submit for the commissioner's approval and carry out after such approval a plan for preparation of the soil and subsequent revegetation of the affected area. Such plan shall take into consideration the approved after-use of the area affected and shall be designed to achieve quick and permanent soil stabilization by the planting of trees or shrubs or grasses or legumes or any prescribed combination thereof. The operator's obligation under the provisions of this part shall not be deemed discharged until the operator has provided revegetation which conforms to the revegetation standards established by the commissioner.   After the initial planting of the vegetative cover in accordance with the approved plan, the commissioner shall issue to the operator and the operator's surety a release of the surety bond for each acre of the affected area with respect to which the approved reclamation plan has been carried out, less the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) which shall be in force and effect until satisfactory revegetation survival has been accomplished, the revegetation plan previously approved by the commissioner has been carried out, the commissioner has determined that further efforts toward revegetation are impractical, or until it has been forfeited by the operator.
TN Code § 59-8-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-210. Annual Report to Be Filed With Commissioner

 Within such time as the commissioner shall prescribe, the operator shall file with the commissioner an annual report and map under each permit, stating the number of acres of land affected by the operation, the extent of reclamation and revegetation accomplished by the operator, and such other information as the commissioner may reasonably require in carrying out the provisions of this part. If the report and the commissioner's inspection of the area affected show that the operator has complied fully with this part, the commissioner shall approve the report and shall release the operator's bond, or the remainder thereof if any portion has already been released under other provisions of this part. If the commissioner does not approve the report, the bond shall not be released until the operator corrects the deficiencies found by the commissioner.
TN Code § 59-8-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-211. Notice of Noncompliance — Forfeiture of Bond

  If any of the requirements of this part or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto or the orders of the commissioner have not been complied with within the time limits set by the commissioner or by this part, the commissioner shall cause a notice of noncompliance to be served upon the operator, or, where found necessary, the commissioner shall order suspension of a permit. Such notice or order shall be handed to the operator in person or served by certified mail addressed to the permanent address shown on the application for a permit. The notice of noncompliance or order of suspension shall specify in what respects the operator has failed to comply with this chapter or the regulations or orders of the commissioner.   If the operator has not reached an agreement with the commissioner or has not complied with the requirements set forth in the notice of noncompliance or order of suspension within time limits set therein, the permit may be revoked by order of the commissioner and the performance bond shall then be forfeited to the commissioner. When a bond is forfeited pursuant to this part, the commissioner shall give notice to the attorney general and reporter who shall collect the forfeiture.
TN Code § 59-8-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 8 - Strip and Open Pit Mines|Part 2 - Tennessee Mineral Surface Mining Law of 1972|§ 59-8-212. Tennessee Surface Mine Reclamation Fund — Other Available Funds. [Current Version. See Second Version of Section and Compiler's notes.]

 All sums received through the payment of fees or the forfeiture of bonds shall be placed in the state treasury and credited to a special agency account to be designated as the Tennessee surface mine reclamation fund. This fund, appropriations for which are also authorized, shall be available to the commissioner for expenditure for the reclamation and revegetation of land affected by surface mining operations, including lands so affected prior to enactment of this part; provided, that the proceeds from the forfeiture of any bond shall be used to the extent required in completing reclamation and revegetation of the area with respect to which the bond was posted. Any unencumbered and any unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward for the purpose of reclamation and revegetation of land as provided in this section until expended.