Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:13 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Coal › Chapter 1501:13-1 - Administrative Procedures › Section 1501:13-1-01 - Effective date and applicability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No permit to conduct coal mining and
			 reclamation operations shall be issued unless application for the permit has
			 been made in accordance with the requirements of division 1501:13 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) Each coal
			 mining and reclamation operation shall comply with all the requirements of
			 division 1501:13 of the Administrative Code, except as provided in paragraphs
			 (C)(1) to (C)(3) of this rule.
(C)
			 Each structure used in connection with or to facilitate a coal exploration or
			 coal mining and reclamation operation shall comply with the performance
			 standards and the design requirements of division 1501:13 of the Administrative
			 Code except that:
(1) If the performance
			 standard in effect prior to August 16, 1982, in Chapter 1513. of the Revised
			 Code and Chapters 1501:13-1 to 1501:13-14 of the Administrative Code, is no
			 less effective than the comparable performance standards of division 1501:13 of
			 the Administrative Code, an existing structure which meets the performance
			 standards of the prior law and rules may be exempted by the chief from meeting
			 the design requirements of division 1501:13 of the Administrative Code.
(2) If the performance standard in
			 effect prior to August 16, 1982, in Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code and
			 Chapters 1501:13-1 to 1501:13-14 of the Administrative Code, is less effective
			 than the comparable performance standards of division 1501:13 of the
			 Administrative Code, the chief shall require an existing structure to be
			 modified to meet either the design requirements of Chapter 1513. of the Revised
			 Code and division 1501:13 of the Administrative Code or the comparable
			 performance standards of Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code and division 1501:13
			 of the Administrative Code, or both.
(3) The exemptions provided in paragraphs
			 (C)(1) and (C)(2) of this rule shall not apply to:
(a) The requirements for existing and new
			 coal mine waste disposal facilities; and
(b) The requirements to restore the
			 approximate original contour of the land.
(4) Division 1501:13 of the Administrative
			 Code shall not govern operations conducted prior to August 16, 1982, except:
(a) Operations conducted under a strip mining
			 permit shall comply with and be governed by rules 1501:13-1-01,
			 1501:13-1-03
			 to
			 1501:13-1-13,
			 1501:13-3-01 to 1501:13-3-08, 1501:13-6-03,
			 1501:13-7-06, 1501:13-9-10, and 1501:13-14-01 to 1501:13-14-04 of the
			 Administrative Code, and all rules expressly made applicable therein, except
			 that a person conducting such operations may choose to design structures in
			 accordance with the design requirements specified in Chapters 1501:13-4,
			 1501:13-9, 1501:13-10, 1501:13-11, and 1501:13-13 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(b) All operators of
			 underground coal mines who submitted a mine map and affidavit pursuant to
			 section 1513.12 of the Revised Code as
			 it was in effect prior to September 1, 1981, shall comply with and be governed
			 by rules 1501:13-1-01,
			 1501:13-1-03
			 to
			 1501:13-1-13,
			 1501:13-3-01 to 1501:13-3-08, 1501:13-6-03,
			 1501:13-12-03, 1501:13-12-04, and 1501:13-14-01 to 1501:13-14-04 of the
			 Administrative Code, and all rules expressly made applicable therein, except
			 that a person conducting such operations may choose to design structures in
			 accordance with the design requirements specified in Chapters 1501:13-4,
			 1501:13-9, 1501:13-10, 1501:13-11, and 1501:13-13 of the Administrative
			 Code.