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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.50 | Regulations for Speaking Tube, Cages, and Safety Gate.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The operator of a mine operated by a shaft shall provide and maintain a metal tube, suitable for conversation between persons, connecting the engine room with the top and bottom of such shaft. The cages operated in said shaft shall have an approved safety catch, a sufficient cover, and rings or other adequate handholds for the accommodation of the number of persons permitted on the cage. Such cages shall be protected on each side by a boiler plate not less than one-fourth inch in thickness and not less than three feet high, and a gate or other secure device, approved by the deputy mine inspector, not less than forty-two inches high shall be fastened across the open ends of such cage when men are being regularly lowered and hoisted. There shall be provided an approved safety gate at the top of each shaft, an adequate brake to control the drum used for lowering or hoisting persons in shafts or slopes, and an indicator on all machines used for such purposes to show the location of cages in the shaft or slope. No cage having an unstable or self-dumping platform shall be used for the carriage of persons unless such platform is securely locked.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.51 | Signal Code.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
At each mine operated by a shaft, the means of signaling to and from the bottom man, the top man, and the engineer shall consist of a tube, or tubes, of wire encased in wood or iron pipes, through which signals shall be communicated by electricity, compressed air, or other devices.
All proper precautions shall be taken to prevent electric signal and telephone wires from coming into contact with other electric conductors, whether insulated or not.
Bells, wires, insulators, contact-makers, and other apparatus used in connection with electric signaling underground, shall be of substantial and reliable construction, and be erected in such a manner as to reduce failures or false signals to a minimum.
In any mine, signal circuits for operating lamps or other signal devices at potentials exceeding twenty-five volts shall be adequately insulated and considered as power circuits and shall be installed as such.
The following signals are provided for use at mines where signals are required:
(A) From the bottom to the top:
(1) One ring or whistle from the bottom to the top shall signify to hoist coal or the empty cage, and also to stop either when in motion.
(2) Two rings or whistles shall signify to lower cage.
(3) Three rings or whistles shall signify that men are coming up; when return signal is received from the engineer, men will get on the cage, and cager shall ring or whistle one to start.
(4) Four rings or whistles shall signify to hoist slowly, implying danger.
(5) Five rings or whistles shall signify accident in the mine and a call for a stretcher.
(B) From the top to the bottom:
(1) One ring or whistle from the top to the bottom shall signify: "All ready, get on cage."
(2) Two rings or whistles shall signify: "Send away empty cage."
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.52 | Additions to Code of Signals - Posting.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
The management of any mine may, with the consent of the deputy mine inspector, add to the code of signals to increase its efficiency, or to promote the safety of the workers in such mine, but whatever code is established and in use at any mine shall be approved by the division of mineral resources management, and conspicuously posted at the top, at the bottom, and in the engine room, for the information and instruction of all persons concerned.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.53 | Emergency Signal in Vertical Shaft.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
At each mine where persons are hoisted in a vertical shaft, an emergency signal shall be provided in such manner that persons can give signals from the cage if the cage is stopped between the top and bottom landings.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.55 | Report of Coal Seam Fire - Covering of Exposed Surface to Prevent Fire.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
The operator of any coal mine or the owner of land bearing natural coal deposits immediately upon learning of a fire in any coal seam upon the operator's or owner's property shall report the fire to the chief of the division of mineral resources management.
When a coal seam fire is reported to the chief, the chief shall immediately investigate such fire. In the event of a fire in any outcrop of a coal seam or in an abandoned mine, the chief shall extinguish such fire, and the chief may employ such persons and purchase such materials as are necessary to extinguish such fire. Persons so employed shall serve at the pleasure of the chief and their employment shall not be governed by civil service laws, rules, or regulations. Materials purchased for immediate use in extinguishing a fire shall be emergency purchases and shall be paid for out of state funds appropriated for such purpose upon vouchers issued by the chief certifying to the emergency nature of the purchase, notwithstanding the fact that there has been no compliance with other laws governing the making of purchases by the state.
Whenever, after August 26, 1949, the surface of a natural deposit of coal is exposed by mining operations, the chief may order the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine at which such exposure occurs to cover such exposed surface with earth or other noncombustible material if, in the judgment of the chief, such covering is necessary to prevent a fire in the coal that would endanger life or property. Such order shall be in writing and shall fix a reasonable time for compliance therewith. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with such order for a period of fifteen days after the expiration of the time fixed in such order for compliance therewith. Each period of fifteen days after the expiration of the time fixed in such order for compliance therewith, during which any such operator refuses or neglects to comply with such order, constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.57 | Two-Way Communication System.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
Every operator of a mine shall install and maintain in efficient working condition a system of two-way communications approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management connecting the surface and each landing of main shafts and slopes between the surface and each working section of any coal mine that is more than one hundred feet from a portal.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.58 | Lights in Mines.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The operator of each mine shall provide an enclosed lard or signal oil lamp or lantern approved by the deputy mine inspector, or incandescent electric light, at such points in the mine as are necessary, including at the top of extreme grades and in underground stations where machinery is installed. No open light shall be used for fixed or stationary purposes, and no coal oil or kerosene lamp or lanterns shall be used in a mine.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.59 | Flame Safety Lamps.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The operator of an underground coal mine shall keep on hand in proper condition for use not less than one approved flame safety lamp, other approved methane detector, or other approved device capable of detecting methane gas in equivalent quantities as a flame safety lamp, for each fifty men employed in said mine, and upon the order of the deputy mine inspector, shall provide such additional flame safety lamps or approved methane detectors as are required to meet probable emergency.
This section does not apply to clay mines, except when such equipment is deemed necessary by the deputy mine inspector.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.60 | Recording Pressure Gauge.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The operator of any underground mine shall have a U tube or recording pressure gauge for the purpose of recording pressure or vacuum of the main air current installed in such mine. A record of the readings of such gauge shall be kept in a book which shall be accessible to the deputy mine inspector and all of such records of readings shall be kept so accessible for not less than one year.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.61 | First Aid and Emergency Medical Equipment - Report of Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transportation.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this section, "emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
The operator at all mines and quarries shall keep first aid and emergency medical equipment in a dry and sanitary condition in accessible places.
Each operator shall report to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the name, title, and address of each emergency medical service organization with which arrangements have been made or otherwise provided. Each operator shall, within ten days after any change of the arrangements, report such changes to the chief. If such changes involve a substitution of persons, the operator shall report the name, title, and address of the person substituted together with the name and address of the emergency medical service organization with which such person is associated. Each operator shall, immediately after making such an arrangement or any change of such arrangement, post at appropriate places at the mine the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons or organizations currently available under such arrangements to provide medical assistance and transportation at the mine. The operator of an underground mine shall provide a vehicular mode of transportation that is equipped to handle stretchers to transport injured miners underground in a manner that minimizes shock. Such vehicle shall be accessible within the lesser of thirty minutes or the time needed to render first aid and medical attention, secure the injured person to a stretcher or broken-back board or other device, and transport the injured person to the vehicle.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.63 | Use of Traveling Ways - Loitering Prohibited.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Each employee of a mine shall go to and from his place of duty by the traveling ways provided. He shall not travel around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, where duty does not require, and when not on duty, he shall not loiter at, in, or around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.64 | Operator to Provide Tag Lines or Tie-Off Lines for Miners.

Effective:
June 11, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "tag lines" and "tie-off lines" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under this section.
(B) The operator of an underground coal mine shall provide tag lines or tie-off lines for each miner at the mine. The operator shall provide and employees of the mine shall use tag lines or tie-off lines in accordance with requirements and procedures established in rules adopted under this section.
(C) The chief of the division of mineral resources management, in consultation with a statewide association representing the coal mining industry and a statewide association representing employees of coal mines, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning the use of tag lines or tie-off lines in an underground coal mine. The rules shall include all of the following:
(1) A definition of "tag line" and of "tie-off line";
(2) A description or list of acceptable tag lines and tie-off lines;
(3) Procedures and requirements for the use of tag lines and tie-off lines;
(4) Procedures for the approval and inspection of the use of tag lines and tie-off lines in a mine;
(5) Any other requirements concerning tag lines or tie-off lines that the chief determines are necessary.
(D) No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section or rules adopted under it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.65 | Prohibition Against Smoking or Carrying Smoking Materials.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall smoke or carry smoking materials or matches or lighters for smoking material in an underground coal mine or any underground gaseous metal or nonmetal mine. Smoking in nongaseous metal and nonmetal underground mines or in or about surface structures of any mine shall be restricted to places where it will not cause a fire or hazard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.66 | Prohibition Against Intoxicants.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall go into, to, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, while under the influence of intoxicants. No person shall use, carry, or have in his possession any intoxicants at, in, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.67 | Protective Clothing.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Each man working in and about a mine shall exercise discretion in wearing such clothes as will protect him from injury and minimize the danger of getting clothing caught in machinery or other places.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.68 | Safety Provisions for Machinery and Equipment.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Coal spilled beneath belt conveyor drives or tail pieces shall not be removed while the conveyor is in motion, except where such coal can be removed without endangering persons.
Mobile and stationary machinery and equipment shall be maintained in safe operating condition and machinery or equipment in unsafe condition shall be removed from service immediately.
Machinery and equipment shall be operated only by persons authorized to operate such machinery or equipment.
Repairs or maintenance shall not be performed on machinery until the power is off and the machinery is blocked against motion, except where machinery motion is necessary to make adjustments.
Machinery shall not be lubricated manually while in motion, unless equipped with extended fittings or cups.
Drive belts shall not be shifted while in motion unless the machines are provided with mechanical shifters.
Belt dressing shall not be applied while belts are in motion except where it can be applied without endangering a person.
Belts, chains, and ropes shall not be guided onto power-driven moving pulleys, sprockets, or drums with the hands except on slow-moving equipment especially designed for hand feeding.
Pulleys of conveyors shall not be cleaned manually while the conveyor is in motion.
No person shall violate this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.681 | Fire Detection Devices Required on Conveyor Belts.

Effective:
June 11, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The operator of an underground coal mine that uses conveyor belts in the operation of the mine shall install fire detection devices on each conveyor belt that is used in the mine. The fire detection devices shall be of a design and type established in rules adopted under this section. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall inspect the fire detection devices after the operator of the mine has installed the devices on the conveyor belts that are used in the operation of the mine. The chief shall approve or disapprove the installation of the fire detection devices and shall notify the operator of the chief's decision.
(B) The chief, in consultation with a statewide association representing the coal mining industry and a statewide association representing employees of coal mines, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning the installation and use of fire detection devices on conveyor belts that are used in an underground coal mine. The rules shall include all of the following:
(1) The design and types of fire detection devices that must be used on a conveyor belt in order to provide for the earliest possible detection of a fire;
(2) The number of fire detection devices that are required on a conveyor belt;
(3) A procedure for the notification of the chief after the operator of a mine has installed the fire detection devices;
(4) A procedure for the inspection of fire detection devices installed on a conveyor belt;
(5) Any other requirements that the chief determines are necessary.
(C) No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section or rules adopted under it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.69 | Longwall Mining Plans or Revisions - Contents.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) On and after July 20, 1984, no operator shall begin longwall mining in any coal mine until plans for the longwall mining have been filed with and approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. All revisions to approved plans shall also be submitted for approval to the chief. The chief shall not approve any plan or revision unless it meets the requirements of this section and shall approve all plans and revisions that meet those requirements.
Approval of a plan or revision, or portion thereof, under comparable provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan, revision, or portion thereof does not meet the requirements of the mining laws of this state and as to why a variance from the federally approved plan is reasonably necessary to meet the requirements of this state's mining laws.
The chief shall make a final decision on a plan or revision, including review of any additional information the chief requests, no later than fourteen days after the operator's initial submission of the plan or revision. Approval of completed plans or revisions shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(B) Longwall mining plans submitted to the chief for approval shall include all of the following:
(1) Company name;
(2) Mine name;
(3) Mine location;
(4) Mine address;
(5) Mine telephone number;
(6) Name, title, and telephone number of the person submitting the plan;
(7) Mine identification number;
(8) Longwall mining roof control plan, which shall include a plan indicating the roof support to be used and the working procedures to be followed when a cavity is encountered over chocks or shields;
(9) Ventilation plan, which shall include the complete section and face ventilation controls and bleeder systems;
(10) Methane and dust control plan;
(11) Any other information required by the chief.
(C) After the chief has approved plans submitted under this section, an operator shall not be required to obtain additional approvals for new longwall working sections if plans initially approved or revised are complied with.
(D) In coal mines where longwall working section operations are in progress prior to July 20, 1984, no operator shall begin new longwall working sections until required plans for longwall mining have been filed with and approved by the chief.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.70 | Plan for Recovery of Longwall Roof Support - Approval by Chief.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
An operator conducting longwall mining shall develop a plan for recovery of chocks and shields or other longwall roof support and shall not initiate recovery until the recovery plan is approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. An operator shall also submit all revisions of an approved recovery plan for approval to the chief.
Approval of a plan or revision, or portion thereof, under comparable provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan or revision, or portion thereof, does not meet the requirements of the mining laws of this state and as to why a variance from the federally approved plan, revision, or portion thereof is reasonably necessary to meet the requirements of this state's mining laws.
The chief shall make a final decision on a plan or revision, including review of any additional information that the chief requests, no later than fourteen days after the operator's initial submission of the plan or revision. The chief shall not unreasonably withhold approvals of completed plans or revisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.71 | Two-Way Communication Facilities.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) An operator conducting longwall mining shall provide two-way communication facilities, approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, at the headgate and tailgate and across each longwall working face that, during the production of coal, are a separate system from the mine communication facilities. Longwall working section communication facilities shall be located at points not more than one hundred feet apart across the longwall working face.
(B) An operator conducting longwall mining shall also provide two-way communication facilities on each longwall working section. During production of coal, a designated person shall, as part of that person's other assigned duties, be available with the longwall working section communication and longwall working face communication facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.74 | Safety Requirements for Longwall Working Face.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) No person shall cross the longwall working face conveyor while it is in operation unless a safe crossover is provided.
(B) The operator shall provide telephone pager communications or other means of providing an effective warning signal in a longwall working section. Prior to starting a longwall working face conveyor, the person who is going to activate the conveyor shall sound the telephone pager communications or other effective warning signal to alert all persons across the longwall working face.
(C) No person shall ride the longwall working face conveyor. However, an operator may submit a plan to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, as part of the plan required by section 1567.69 of the Revised Code or later, for approval for the removal of injured persons on the longwall working face conveyor if it is necessary to transport injured persons on a stretcher or backboard.
(D) On and after July 20, 1984, an operator shall equip all newly installed face roof support units with adjacent unit controls unless the units have a wide single canopy over each unit that protects the workers from falling material when operating unit controls from within the support of the shield unit being removed.
(E) On and after July 20, 1984, all newly installed face roof support units shall be equipped with an outlet to facilitate measurement of the interior prop pressure and an outlet to facilitate measurement of the yield pressure. Any yield valves of face roof support units that do not maintain at least eighty-five per cent of the yield pressure specified in the approved roof control plan shall be promptly repaired or replaced. The valves of face roof support units shall be tested at least annually, and a legible record of the date of the test, the person performing the test, and the valves repaired or replaced shall be kept in an appropriate mine record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.75 | Cutting and Welding.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Prior to cutting and welding being performed on a longwall working section, methane gas examinations shall be made by a certified foreman or a person qualified to make the examinations designated by a certified foreman. No person shall perform cutting and welding when the methane gas concentration is one per cent or more. A certified foreman or person qualified to make examinations for gas shall be continuously present during all cutting and welding operations.
(B) Prior to cutting or welding on a longwall working face conveyor, and unless otherwise allowed as part of the plan approved under section 1567.69 of the Revised Code due to specific conditions in the mine or procedures to be followed, a certified foreman or fire boss shall have open bottom face conveyors jacked up, blocked, and properly secured off the bottom a distance of at least ten feet along the face on both sides where the cutting is to be performed and shall have methane examinations made before cutting and welding is initiated on the face conveyors.
(C) When cutting and welding operations have been completed, a diligent search for fires and hot spots shall be conducted. The person responsible for performing the cutting and welding operation may be designated to conduct this search as part of the cutting and welding operation. If fires or hot spots are found, they shall be extinguished immediately.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.76 | Maintenance of Hydraulic Lines and Roof Support Units.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic line repairs are performed in accordance with maintaining the functioning of the line at a level consistent with that at the time of initial installation of the line.
(B) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic roof support units and associated apparatus on a longwall working face are visually inspected at least once each day, at any time of the day, by a qualified person as part of one of the on-shift examinations of the longwall working sections. The person conducting the inspection shall enter the inspection into the preshift examination book and shall note any hazards or problems that he encountered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.77 | First Aid Equipment.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
An operator shall maintain first aid equipment required on each working section by section 1567.61 of the Revised Code in the headgate entry at a point not to exceed one hundred fifty feet outby the longwall working face. No operator shall fail to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.78 | Maintaining Accessible Tailgate Travel Route.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
An operator shall maintain an accessible travel route at all times off the tailgate end of the longwall working face unless the operator develops and the chief of the division of mineral resources management approves a plan to continue operation of the longwall working section in the event the tailgate route becomes impassable. Such a plan shall include necessary provisions to be taken to provide additional protective devices for longwall working section personnel.
When the tailgate travel route becomes impassable, the operator shall cease the longwall mining operation immediately, familiarize all persons working on the longwall working section with the procedures to follow for escape from the section, and implement immediately the plan approved by the division of mineral resources management before recommencing mining.
The operator shall immediately notify the division when the accessible travel route becomes impassable and the approved plan has been implemented.
The division's representative shall immediately, upon notification, establish a scheduled meeting with the operator and representatives of the miners at the mine.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.79 | Instruction on Hazards.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Employees assigned to work on a longwall working section shall be instructed in the hazards of longwall mining, including, but not limited to, a review of all of the following:
(A) Escapeway and travel routes;
(B) Ventilation;
(C) Roof support;
(D) Communications;
(E) Stop controls and signals;
(F) Location of first aid equipment;
(G) Safety rules for longwall mining.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.011 | Chapter Does Not Apply to Chapter 1514 Activities.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.012 | Applicants for Position of Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
An applicant for the position of gas storage well inspector shall register the applicant's name with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and file with the chief an affidavit as to all matters of fact establishing the applicant's right to take the examination for that position and a certificate from a reputable and disinterested physician as to the physical condition of the applicant showing that the applicant is physically capable of performing the duties of the position. The applicant also shall present evidence satisfactory to the chief that the applicant has been a resident and citizen of this state for at least two years next preceding the date of application.
An applicant shall possess the same qualifications as an applicant for the position of deputy mine inspector established in section 1561.12 of the Revised Code. In addition, the applicant shall have practical knowledge and experience of and in the operation, location, drilling, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells, especially in coal or mineral bearing townships, and shall have a thorough knowledge of the latest and best method of plugging and sealing abandoned oil and gas wells.
An applicant for gas storage well inspector shall pass an examination conducted by the chief to determine the applicant's fitness to act as gas storage well inspector before being eligible for appointment.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:18 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.013 | Examinations for Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall conduct examinations for the position of gas storage well inspector. The chief annually shall provide for the examination of candidates for appointment as gas storage well inspector. Special examinations may be held whenever it becomes necessary to make an appointment of gas storage well inspector.
(B) Public notice shall be given through the press or otherwise, not less than ten days in advance, announcing the time and place at which examinations under this section are to be held.
(C) The examinations provided for in this section shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 1571.014 of the Revised Code and conditions prescribed by the chief.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.014 | Appointment of Gas Storage Well Inspector.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall appoint a gas storage well inspector from the eligible list of candidates for that position that is prepared under section 124.24 of the Revised Code. If a vacancy occurs in the position of gas storage well inspector, the chief shall fill the position by selecting a person from that list.
The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for conducting examinations for the position of gas storage well inspector.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.06 | Accuracy or Correctness of Maps.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Distances between boundaries of gas storage reservoirs, reservoir protective areas, coal mines, coal mine protective areas, and wells, as shown on the most recent maps of storage reservoirs and of coal mines filed with the division of oil and gas resources management or the division of mineral resources management as required by this chapter and sections 1563.03 to 1563.05 of the Revised Code, may be accepted and relied upon as being accurate and correct, by operators of coal mines and operators of reservoirs. Data, statements, and reports filed with either division as required by this chapter and sections 1563.03 to 1563.05 of the Revised Code may be likewise accepted and relied upon. However, the gas storage well inspector or any reservoir operator or coal mine operator, or any other person having a direct interest in the matter, may at any time question the accuracy or correctness of any map, data, statement, or report so filed, with either division by notifying both divisions thereof in writing. Such notice shall state the reasons why the question is raised. When any such notice is so filed, the gas storage well inspector shall proceed promptly to hold a conference on the question thus raised, as provided in section 1571.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) If, in any proceeding under this chapter, the accuracy or correctness of any map, data, statement, or report, filed by any person pursuant to the requirements of this chapter is in question, the person so filing the same shall have the burden of proving the accuracy or correctness thereof.
(C) The operator of a gas storage reservoir shall, at all reasonable times, be permitted to inspect the premises and facilities of any coal mine any part of the boundary of which is within any part of the boundary of such gas storage reservoir or within its protective area, and the operator of a coal mine shall, at all reasonable times, be permitted to inspect the premises and facilities of any gas storage reservoir any part of the boundary of which or any part of the protective area of which is within the boundary of such coal mine. In the event that either such reservoir operator or such coal mine operator denies permission to make any such inspection, the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management on the chief's own motion, or on an application by the operator desiring to make such inspection, upon a hearing thereon if requested by either operator, after reasonable notice of such hearing, may make an order providing for such inspection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.07 | Prohibited Acts - Exceptions.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Irrespective of any other provision in this chapter, the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a mineable coal seam, whether or not such coal seam is being mined, and the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a coal seam which has been mined, and the appropriation of any coal seam or any interest therein, is prohibited.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any necessary use of the surface of the earth above a coal mine, or the drilling of a well through a coal mine for use in storing gas in a gas storage reservoir or in producing natural gas or crude oil.
(C) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the extraction of native natural gas, or the use of natural gas for recycling purposes in connection with the recovery of crude oil, or the primary or secondary recovery of crude oil, or shall prohibit the mining of coal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.08 | Use of Alternate Methods or Materials - Filing of Objections.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Whenever in this chapter, the method or material to be used in discharging any obligations imposed by this chapter is specified, an alternative method or material may be used if approved by the gas storage well inspector or the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. A person desiring to use such alternative method or material shall file with the division of oil and gas resources management an application for permission to do so. Such application shall describe such alternative method or material in reasonable detail. The gas storage well inspector shall promptly send by certified mail or electronic format notice of the filing of such application to any coal mine operator or reservoir operator whose mine or reservoir may be directly affected thereby. Any such coal mine operator or reservoir operator may within ten days following receipt of such notice, file with the division objections to such application. The gas storage well inspector may also file with the division an objection to such application at any time during which coal mine operators or reservoir operators are permitted to file objections. If no objections are filed within the ten-day period of time, the gas storage well inspector shall thereupon issue a permit approving the use of such alternative method or material. If any such objections are filed by any coal mine operator or reservoir operator, or by the gas storage well inspector, the question as to whether or not the use of such alternative method or material, or a modification thereof is approved, shall be determined by a conference or hearing as provided in section 1571.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whenever in this chapter, provision is made for the filing of objections with the division, such objections shall be in writing and shall state as definitely as is reasonably possible the reasons for such objections. Upon the filing of any such objection the gas storage well inspector shall promptly fix the time and place for holding a conference for the purpose of discussing and endeavoring to resolve by mutual agreement the issue raised by such objection. The gas storage well inspector shall send written notice thereof by certified mail or electronic format to each person having a direct interest therein. Thereupon the issue made by such objection shall be determined by a conference or hearing in accordance with the procedures for conferences and hearings as provided in section 1571.10 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.11 | Rules Governing Administrative Procedures.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt rules governing administrative procedures to be followed in the administration of this chapter, which shall be of general application in all matters and to all persons affected by this chapter.
No rule adopted by the chief pursuant to this section shall be effective until the tenth day after a certified copy thereof has been filed in the office of the secretary of state.
All rules filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be recorded by the secretary of state under a heading entitled "Regulations relating to the storage of gas in underground gas storage reservoirs" and shall be numbered consecutively under such heading and shall bear the date of filing. Such rules shall be public records open to public inspection.
No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be amended except by a rule that contains the entire rule as amended and that repeals the rule amended. Each rule that amends a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule that it amends, and it shall bear the date of filing.
No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be repealed except by a rule. Each rule that repeals a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule that it repeals, and it shall bear the date of filing.
The authority and the duty of the chief to adopt rules as provided in this section shall not be governed by, or be subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
The chief shall have available at all times copies of all rules adopted pursuant to this section, and shall furnish same free of charge to any person requesting same.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.17 | Appropriation of Private Property.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Any corporation organized under the laws of Ohio for the purpose of transporting, selling, or storing gas may appropriate for use in connection with the establishment, operation or protection of a gas storage reservoir, whether located entirely or in part in a coal bearing township or elsewhere, any private property or interest therein as is necessary for the establishment, operation or protection of such reservoir. The right to appropriate granted in this section shall be exercised in accordance with the law prescribing how appropriation of private property by corporations shall be made. A corporation instituting a proceeding to appropriate property for use in connection with a reservoir as in this section authorized, shall at such time own the right to store gas under at least sixty-five percent of the area of the surface of the earth under which such reservoir extends.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.18 | Gas Storage Well Regulatory Fee.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
After June 30, 2010, and not later than the thirty-first day of March each year, the owner of a well that is used for gas storage or of a well that is used to monitor a gas storage reservoir and that is located in a reservoir protective area shall pay to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management a gas storage well regulatory fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for each well that the owner owned as of the thirty-first day of December of the previous year for the purposes of administering this chapter and Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code. The chief may prescribe and provide a form for the collection of the fee imposed by this section and may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration of this section.
All money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the oil and gas well fund created in section 1509.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1571 | Underground Storage of Gas › Section 1571.30 | Class VI Injection Wells.

Effective:
July 21, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 175 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "class VI injection well" means a well used to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations for geologic sequestration.
(B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of natural resources shall initiate a process to work with the United States environmental protection agency and the United States department of energy to develop a statewide underground injection control program for class VI injection wells in order to obtain primary enforcement authority over those wells in this state from the United States environmental protection agency.
Last updated May 11, 2022 at 3:56 PM