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MO Rev Stat § 444.377 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.377 - Hearings, procedures.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   444.377. Hearings, procedures. — 1. Any hearing under sections 444.350 to 444.380 shall be of record and shall be a contested case.  2. Parties to such a hearing may make oral argument, introduce testimony and evidence, and cross-examine witnesses.  3. The hearing shall be before the director or the director may appoint a member in good standing of the Missouri Bar as hearing officer to hold the hearing and make recommendations to the director, but the director shall make the final decision on the hearing.  4. In any such hearing the director may issue a notice of hearing and subpoenas as provided for in section 536.077.  5. The rules of discovery that apply to any civil case shall apply to hearings under this section. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 321 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 444.378 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.378 - Violations, procedures to forfeit the financial assurance instrument, attorney general to assist, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   444.378. Violations, procedures to forfeit the financial assurance instrument, attorney general to assist, when. — The attorney general, upon request of the director, shall institute proceedings to have the financial assurance instrument of the operator forfeited for violation by the operator of any of the provisions of sections 444.352 to 444.380. Before making such request of the attorney general, the director shall notify the operator in writing of the alleged violation or noncompliance and shall afford the operator the right to appear before the director at a hearing to be held not less than thirty days after the consideration of the director statements, documents and other information with respect to the alleged violation. After the conclusion of the hearing, the director shall either withdraw the notice of violation or shall request the attorney general to institute proceedings to have the financial assurance instrument of the operator forfeited as to the land involved. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 321 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 444.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.380 - Rules, authority, promulgation, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   444.380. Rules, authority, promulgation, procedure. — The director may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to implement sections 444.352 to 444.380. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 321 § 14, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 444.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.410 - Members, interstate mining commission — appointment — compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   444.410. Members, interstate mining commission — appointment — compensation. — The governor shall appoint one member and one alternate member to represent Missouri's interests on the interstate mining commission. Such appointment shall be with the advice and consent of the senate, as provided in Section 51 of Article IV of the Constitution of Missouri. The state's member on the commission, or the alternate, shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his official duties plus, if not an employee of the state, fifty dollars for each day devoted to the affairs of the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1991 H.B. 108, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
MO Rev Stat § 444.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.500 - Citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   444.500. Citation of law. — This law, sections 444.500 to 444.755, may be known and cited as the "Strip Mine Law". ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 2 subsec. 5, A.L. 1979 H.B. 459, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1584)
MO Rev Stat § 444.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.510 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   444.510. Definitions. — As used in sections 444.500 to 444.755, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms mean:  (1) "Affected land", the pit area or area from which overburden has been removed, or upon which overburden has been deposited;  (2) "Box cut", the first open cut in the mining of coal which results in the placing of overburden on the surface of the land adjacent to the initial pit and outside of the area of land to be mined;  (3) "Commission", the Missouri mining commission within the department of natural resources created by section 444.520;  (4) "Company owned land", land owned by the operator in fee simple;  (5) "Director", the staff director of the Missouri mining commission;  (6) "Gob", that portion of refuse consisting of waste coal or bony coal of relatively large size which is separated from the marketable coal in the cleaning process or solid refuse material, not readily waterborne or pumpable, without crushing;  (7) "Highwall", that side of the pit adjacent to unmined land;  (8) "Leased land", all affected land where the operator does not own the land in fee simple;  (9) "Operator", any person, firm or corporation engaged in or controlling a strip mining operation;  (10) "Overburden", as applied to the strip mining of coal, means all of the earth and other materials which lie above natural deposits of coal, and includes such earth and other materials disturbed from their natural state in the process of strip mining;  (11) "Owner", the owner of any right in the land other than the operator;  (12) "Peak", a projecting point of overburden created in the strip mining process or that portion of unmined land remaining within the pit;  (13) "Person", any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, public or private corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision, or any agency, board, department, or bureau of the state or federal government, or any other legal entity whatever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties;  (14) "Pit", the place where coal is being or has been mined by strip mining;  (15) "Refuse", all waste material directly connected with the cleaning and preparation of substances mined by strip mining;  (16) "Ridge", a lengthened elevation of overburden created in the strip mining process;  (17) "Strip mining", mining by removing the overburden lying above natural deposits of coal, and mining directly from the natural deposits thereby exposed, and includes mining of exposed natural deposits of coal over which no overburden lies; except that "strip mining" of coal shall only mean those activities exempted from the surface coal mining law, pursuant to subsection 6 of section 444.815. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 1, A.L. 1976 S.B. 646, A.L. 1979 H.B. 459, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1584, A.L. 2014 S.B. 642)
MO Rev Stat § 444.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.540 - Annual strip mining permit required, fee, renewal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   444.540. Annual strip mining permit required, fee, renewal. — 1. No person shall engage in strip mining unless such person possesses a valid permit issued by the commission designating the area of land affected by the operation. The permit shall authorize the operator to engage in strip mining upon the area of land described in the permit under conditions specified by sections 444.500 to 444.755, and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections 444.500 to 444.755. The permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issuance unless sooner revoked as provided in sections 444.500 to 444.755; except that, any permit which becomes effective on a date later than January first of any year shall be valid only until December thirty-first of that year. A separate permit shall be required for each separate mine and all permits shall be on a calendar year basis.  2. A basic fee of three hundred fifty dollars, plus an acreage fee of thirty-five dollars for each acre or fraction thereof of the area of land to be affected by strip mining, shall be paid to the commission before the permit shall be issued.  3. Where mining or reclamation operations on acreage for which a permit has been issued have not been completed during the permit year, the permit as to such acreage shall be renewed by applying on a permit renewal form furnished by the commission for an additional permit year and payment of a fee of three hundred fifty dollars and filing of a bond as provided in section 444.570. Upon receipt of the permit renewal application, fee, and filing of the bond from the operator, the commission shall issue a renewal permit, if the operator meets the requirements of sections 444.500 to 444.755 and the rules and regulations of the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 §§ 4, 7, 11, A.L. 1976 S.B. 646, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1162, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1584)
MO Rev Stat § 444.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.560 - Reclamation plan required, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.560. Reclamation plan required, contents. — The application for a permit shall be accompanied by a plan of reclamation that meets the requirements of sections 444.500 to 444.755, and the rules and regulations promulgated under them, and shall contain a verified statement by the operator setting forth the proposed method of operation, grading, reclamation and conservation plan for the affected area including dates and approximate time of completion, and stating that the operation will meet the requirements of sections 444.500 to 444.755 and any rule or regulation promulgated under them. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 444.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.570 - Bond, amount — commission may waive.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   444.570. Bond, amount — commission may waive. — Before the issuance of the permit, the operator shall file with the commission, in such form as the commission prescribes, a bond payable to the state treasurer, conditioned that the operator shall faithfully perform all requirements of the commission in accordance with the provisions of sections 444.500 to 444.755, any such rules and regulations pursuant thereto, and conditions in the permit. The bond shall be signed by the operator as principal, and by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state of Missouri and approved by the commission. In lieu of a bond with surety, an applicant may furnish to the commission a personal bond, on conditions as above described, secured by a certificate of deposit in an amount equal to that of the required surety bond. The penal sum of the bond shall be determined by the commission at not less than three hundred dollars nor more than seven hundred dollars for coal for each acre, or fraction thereof, of the area of land affected, with a minimum bond of two thousand dollars, except that the commission may by regulation waive the minimum bond or acreage bond, or both, as to any class of operators who do not affect more than one acre of land annually, where the strip mining operation will not, in the judgment of the commission, result in significant harmful effects on the air, water, land, fish, wildlife or other natural resources of the state. In determining the amount of the bond within the above limits, the commission shall take into consideration the character and nature of the overburden, the future suitable use of the land involved and the cost of reclamation to be required. The bond shall remain in effect until the mined acreages have been reclaimed, approved and released by the commission. Upon receipt of the permit application, the fee provided for in section 444.540 and the filing of the bond provided for in this section, the commission shall issue the permit if the operator meets the requirements of sections 444.500 to 444.755 and the rules and regulations of the commission adopted pursuant to section 444.720. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 8, A.L. 1976 S.B. 646, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1839, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1584)
MO Rev Stat § 444.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.580 - Annual permit, how amended.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.580. Annual permit, how amended. — 1. An operator desiring to have his permit amended to cover additional land may file an amended application with the commission. Upon receipt of the amended application, and such additional fee and bond as may be required under the provisions of sections 444.500 to 444.755, the commission shall issue an amendment to the original permit covering the additional land described in the amended application, if the operator meets the requirements of this law and the rules and regulations of the commission.  2. An operator may withdraw any land covered by a permit, except affected land, by notifying the commission thereof, in which case the penalty of the bond or security filed by the operator pursuant to the provisions of sections 444.500 to 444.755 shall be reduced proportionately. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 §§ 9, 10)
MO Rev Stat § 444.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.590 - Successor operator, assumption of liability — first operator released, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.590. Successor operator, assumption of liability — first operator released, when. — Where one operator succeeds another at any uncompleted operation, either by sale, assignment, lease or otherwise, the commission may release the first operator from all liability under sections 444.500 to 444.755 as to that particular operation, but only if the successor operator applies for and qualifies for a permit under sections 444.500 to 444.755 and assumes as part of his obligation under sections 444.500 to 444.755 all liability for the reclamation of the area of land affected by the former operator and sufficient bond is filed with the commission as provided in section 444.570. The successor operator shall not be required to pay the acre fee for any acre or fraction thereof for which a fee has already been paid. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 444.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.620 - Time limits on reclamation practices.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.620. Time limits on reclamation practices. — In addition to completion of grading, grading shall be current and shall meet the following additional time limits:  (1) Grading shall be completed not more than one hundred eighty days after the final placing of the spoil ridges. When more than one seam is to be mined, this information shall be included in the application, and the commission may defer reclamation until all seams have been mined, if such additional time does not defeat the purposes of sections 444.500 to 444.755 and there is no danger from acid mine drainage. Grading of a spoil ridge that will have an adjacent spoil ridge placed against it shall be completed one hundred eighty days after the placing of such adjacent spoil ridge. When heavy rains or other conditions make grading impracticable, the one hundred eighty day period shall be extended by the length of time such grading is impracticable.  (2) With the approval of the commission, the operator may substitute for all or any part of the affected land to be reclaimed, an equal number of acres of land previously mined and not reclaimed. If any area is so substituted the operator shall submit a map of the substituted area, and this map shall conform to all requirements with respect to other maps required by section 444.550. The operator shall be relieved of all obligations under sections 444.500 to 444.755 with respect to the land for which substitution has been permitted. However, before the commission allows such substitution, the county commission in the county affected shall determine if the substitution is in the best interest of land usage and public interest. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 444.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.630 - Report, when required, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.630. Report, when required, contents. — 1. The operator shall file a report with the commission within sixty days after the date of expiration of a permit stating the exact number of acres of land affected by the operation, the extent of the reclamation already accomplished, and such other information as may be required by the commission.  2. The operator shall file another report within thirty days after grading is completed or sixty days after twelve months from the date of expiration of a permit stating the extent of grading and such other information as may be required by the commission.  3. The operator shall file a planting report with the commission within thirty days after revegetation is completed or is to be completed, showing the extent of revegetation and such other information as may be required by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 444.640 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.640 - Commission to investigate all reports — release from bond, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.640. Commission to investigate all reports — release from bond, when. — 1. The commission shall investigate or cause to have investigated the status of reclamation after each report referred to in section 444.580 has been filed.  2. If the commission determines that grading has been satisfactorily completed pursuant to the report and as required by this law and the rules and regulations of the commission, the commission shall release up to two-thirds of the bond filed for each acre of land completed.  3. If the commission determines that revegetation has been satisfactorily completed, the commission shall release the remainder of the bond for each acre of land completed. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 444.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.650 - Application for release from bond — objection, effect of — appeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.650. Application for release from bond — objection, effect of — appeal. — 1. Prior to release of the bond or any portion thereof, application shall be made by the operator to the commission, either with the completion reports or subsequent to such reports, for release of the bond.  2. If the commission determines that the bond, or any portion thereof, should be released, an order may be so issued without hearing, unless there is filed with the commission within thirty days of the date the application for release is filed, by an aggrieved party, a petition in opposition to release of the bond. In such case the commission shall hold a hearing as provided in section 444.680 and enter such order as shall be appropriate.  3. If the commission determines that the bond, or any portion thereof, should not be released, the commission shall issue an order to that effect with the reasons for the order and shall give notice to the operator. A hearing shall be held by the commission as provided in section 444.680 if requested by the operator within thirty days of the date of notice of the order. At such hearing burden of proof shall be on the operator. After hearing, the commission shall enter such order as shall be appropriate and shall give notice to the operator.  4. Appeal may be taken as provided in section 444.700, by any party to the proceeding, from any order issued pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 444.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.660 - Additional time, granted when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.660. Additional time, granted when. — The commission may grant such additional time for meeting with the completion dates required by sections 444.500 to 444.755 as are necessary due to an act of God, war, strike, riot or other catastrophe. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 444.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.670 - Commission may inspect and search — warrant, where obtained.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   444.670. Commission may inspect and search — warrant, where obtained. — Commission members and authorized representatives of the commission may at all reasonable times enter upon any lands being strip mined for the purpose of inspection to determine whether the provisions of sections 444.500 to 444.755 have been complied with. No person shall refuse entry or access requested for purpose of inspection, to any member of the commission or authorized representative who presents appropriate credentials, nor obstruct or hamper any such person in carrying out the inspection. A suitably restricted search warrant, describing the place to be searched and showing probable cause in writing and upon written oath or affirmation by any member of the commission or authorized representative, shall be issued by any circuit judge or associate circuit judge in the county where the search is to be made. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 20, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 444.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.690 - Testimony at hearing, how recorded — available, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   444.690. Testimony at hearing, how recorded — available, when. — At any public hearing, all testimony taken before the commission shall be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript so recorded shall be made available to any party to a hearing or to any member of the public upon payment of the cost thereof. In any such hearing any member of the commission may issue in the name of the commission notice of hearing and subpoenas as provided for in section 536.077. The rules of discovery that apply to any civil case shall apply to hearings held by the commission. All final orders or determinations or other final actions by the commission shall be approved in writing by at least four members of the commission. Any commission member approving in writing any final order or determination or other final action, who did not attend the hearing, shall do so only after reviewing all exhibits and the entire transcript of the hearing. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 22)