Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 460 - Department of Mines › Chapter 1 - Oklahoma Mining Commisison › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 460:1-1-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following terms shall be construed to have the meaning
				  defined herein, otherwise words and phrases shall be given a fair and
				  reasonable interpretation of meaning in accordance with the ordinary
				  professional community meaning or common, ordinary and everyday accepted
				  meaning attributed to such words and phrases. The following words or terms when
				  used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context
				  clearly indicates otherwise.
"APA"
means the Oklahoma Administrative
				  procedures Act (75 O.S. Sections 250 et seq., Sections 301 et seq.).
"Chairman"
means Chairman of the Oklahoma Mining
				  Commission.
"Commission"
means the Oklahoma Mining
				  Commission.
"Department"
means the Oklahoma Department of
				  Mines unless otherwise specified.
"Director"
means the Director of the Oklahoma
				  Department of Mines.
"Executive Session"
means any session held by
				  the Commission only for the purpose of discussing the employment, hiring,
				  appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of any
				  individual, salaried public officer or employee, or for the purpose of
				  confidential communications between the Commission and its attorney as provided
				  in the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act (25 O.S. Section 307 ).
"Government"
or
"Governmental"
means the government of this State, the government of the United States, and
				  any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either
				  of them.
"Meeting"
means the conducting of business of
				  the Commission by a majority of its members being personally together.
"MSHA"
means the Federal Mine Safety and Health
				  Administration.
"New business"
means any matter not known about
				  or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting
				  of the agenda for any meeting.
"OMTI"
means the Oklahoma Miner Training
				  Institute as established by law.
"Order"
means any lawful order issued by the
				  Commission or any Hearing Examiner of the Commission which is binding upon the
				  party or parties to whom it is directed and which may be enforced when final
				  through the exercise of the Commission's power.
"OSM"
means the federal Office of Surface
				  Mining.
"Party"
means any person or agency named,
				  participating, or properly seeking and entitled to participate in any
				  proceeding before the Commission.
"Regular meeting"
means the meeting at which
				  regular business of the Commission is conducted.
"Regulations"
means the interpretation of any
				  rule or order of the Commission for regulation of the Oklahoma Mining Industry;
				  a regulating principle.
"Rules"
means any Commission statement of
				  general applicability and future effect that implements, interprets or
				  prescribes substantive law or policy or prescribes the procedure or practice
				  requirements of the Commission.
"Special meetings"
means any meeting of the
				  Commission other than regular meetings.
"State"
means the State of
				  Oklahoma.