Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 8 - Geology Regulations › Chapter 2 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Regulations Governing Surface Coal Mining › Subchapter 2.3 - Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permits and Coal Exploration Procedures Systems › Rule 11-8-2.3-31 - Public Participation, Approval of Permit Applications and Permit Terms and Conditions › Section 11-8-2.3-31-3103 - Public Notices of Filing of Permit Applications

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Upon submission of a complete application
					 for a permit, modification of an existing permit, or renewal of a permit under
					 the act and these regulations, the applicant shall submit to the Permit Board a
					 copy of the applicant's advertisement of the ownership, precise location and
					 boundaries of the land to be affected. At the time of submission, the applicant
					 shall place the advertisement for publication at least once a week for four (4)
					 consecutive weeks in a local newspaper and in a regional newspaper of general
					 circulation in the county in which the proposed surface coal mine is to be
					 located. If no local newspaper of general circulation in the county is
					 published, notice shall be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks
					 in a regional newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
					 proposed surface coal mine is to be located and in a newspaper of general
					 statewide circulation published in Jackson. The applicant shall place the
					 advertisement in the newspaper within thirty (30) days of the Department's
					 notification to the applicant that the application is complete. The
					 advertisement shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) the name and address of the
					 applicant;
(2) a map or description
					 which shall:
(A) clearly show or describe
					 towns, rivers, streams or other bodies of water, local landmarks, and any other
					 information, including routes, streets or roads and accurate distance
					 measurements, necessary to allow local residents to readily identify the
					 proposed permit area;
(B) clearly
					 show or describe the exact location and boundaries of the proposed permit
					 area;
(C) state the name of the
					 United States Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle map(s) which contains the
					 area shown or described; and
(D) if
					 a map is used, indicate the north point;
(3) the location where a copy of the
					 application is available for public inspection under § 3103(d);
(4) the name and address of the Department in
					 order that written comments, objections, or requests for informal conferences
					 on the application may be submitted under §§ 3105-3109;
(5) if an applicant seeks a permit to mine
					 within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of a public road or to relocate or
					 close a public road, except where public notice and hearing have previously
					 been provided for this particular part of the road in accordance with §
					 1107(d), a concise statement describing the public road, the particular part to
					 be relocated or closed, and the approximate timing and duration of the
					 relocation or closing;
(6) if the
					 application includes a request for an experimental practice under § 2901,
					 a statement indicating that an experimental practice is requested and
					 identifying the regulatory provisions for which a variance is
					 requested.