RELATES TO: KRS 350.093, 350.100, 350.151, 350.405, 350.465
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 350 in pertinent part requires the cabinet to promulgate rules and administrative regulations establishing performance standards for protection of people and property, land, water and other natural resources, and aesthetic values, during underground mining activities and for restoration and reclamation of surface areas affected by underground mining activities. This administrative regulation sets forth general requirements for keeping reclamation operations, including backfilling, grading, soil preparation and revegetation, as contemporaneous as practicable with surface operations of underground mining.
405 KAR 18:020
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 350.028, 350.151, 350.465