312 Ind. Admin. Code 25-6-35

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 312 IAC 25-6-35 - Surface mining; protection of underground mines

Authority: IC 14-34-2-1

Affected: IC 14-34

Sec. 35.

No surface coal mining activities shall be conducted closer than five hundred (500) feet to any point of either an active or abandoned underground mine, except to the extent that:

(1) the nature, timing, and sequence of the operations that propose to mine closer than five hundred (500) feet of an active underground mine are jointly approved by the department, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Indiana Bureau of Mines and Mining; and

(2) the activities result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public.

312 IAC 25-6-35

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 25-6-35; filed Jun 21, 2001, 2:53 p.m.: 24 IR 3528, eff Dec 1, 2001; readopted filed May 29, 2007, 9:51 a.m.: 20070613-IR-312070146RFA; readopted filed Sep 19, 2013, 10:12 a.m.: 20131016-IR-312130125RFA

Readopted filed 3/26/2019, 3:40 p.m.: 20190424-IR-312190011RFA