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...(A) The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) references listed in Chapter 1501:14-1 and Chapters 1501:14-3 to 1501:14-6 of the Administrative Code are those published on the following date(s): for Title 30, July 1, 2020; for Title 40, July 1, 2020. These regulations can generally be found in public libraries or electronically at the website govinfo.gov/. These regulations are: (1) 30 C.F.R. 5...

...(A) The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) references listed in Chapter 1501:14-1 and Chapters 1501:14-3 to 1501:14-6 of the Administrative Code are those published in the July 1, 2019, C.F.R. These regulations can generally be found in public libraries or electronically at the website govinfo.gov/. These regulations are: (1) 30 C.F.R. 50.2. (2) 30 C.F.R. parts 56 and 58, as amended. (3) ...

...(A) The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) references listed in Chapter 1501:14-1 and Chapters 1501:14-3 to 1501:14-6 of the Administrative Code are those published on the following date(s): for Title 30, July 1, 2023; for Title 40, July 1, 2023. These regulations can generally be found in public libraries or electronically at the website govinfo.gov/. These regulations are: (1) 30 C.F.R. 5...

...(A) The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) references listed in Chapter 1501:14-2 of the Administrative Code are those published in the July 1, 2023, C.F.R. These regulations can generally be found in public libraries or electronically at the website govinfo.gov/. These regulations are 30 C.F.R. parts 46, 47, 50, 56, 58, and 62, as amended. (B) This rule shall be reviewed annually and updat...

...The safety requirements of 30 C.F.R. parts 46, 47, 50, 56, 58, and 62, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference and shall be the safety standards governing surface mining conducted pursuant to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and these rules. To minimize duplication with MSHA and to fulfill the requirements of divisions (A) and (C) of section 1514.40, of the Revised Code for the purpose of establishing safet...

...The safety requirements of 30 C.F.R. parts 46, 47, 50, 56, 58, and 62, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference and are the safety standards governing surface mining conducted pursuant to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and these rules. To minimize duplication with MSHA and to fulfill the requirements of divisions (A) and (C) of section 1514.40, of the Revised Code for the purpose of establishing ...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA. (A) The chief annually shall conduct, in accordance with these rules, a safety performance evaluation of all surface mining operations in the state that are inspected by MSHA. (B) Collection of violation data. At the beginning of each state fiscal year, the chief shall obtain from the MSHA mine data retrieval system the vio...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA. (A) The chief annually will conduct, in accordance with these rules, a safety performance evaluation of all surface mining operations in the state that are inspected by MSHA. (B) Collection of violation data. At the beginning of each state fiscal year, the chief will obtain from the MSHA mine data retrieval system the viola...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA. (A) Accidents requiring reporting. (1) An accident that is required to be reported to MSHA pursuant to 30 C.F.R. 50.10 shall be reported to the division of mineral resources management, within one hour, once the operator knows or should know that the accident has occurred, by contacting the emergency operations center of the Ohio department ...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA. (A) (1) If a surface mining operation is inspected by MSHA, the chief shall conduct inspections of the operation only under the following circumstances: (a) The operation is identified through a safety performance evaluation conducted under paragraph (B) of section 1514.41 or section 1514.45 of the Revised Code or rule 1...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA. (A) (1) If a surface mining operation is inspected by MSHA, the chief will conduct inspections of the operation only under the following circumstances: (a) The operation is identified through a safety performance evaluation conducted under paragraph (B) of section 1514.41 or section 1514.45 of the Revised Code or rule 15...

...(A) (1) The operator of a surface mining operation shall employ a certified mine foreperson to be in charge of the conditions and practices at the mine and to be responsible for conducting examinations of the surface mining operation under 30 C.F.R. part 56, as amended. (2) Examinations of surface mining operations for the purposes of 30 C.F.R. part 56, as amended, shall be conducted by one of the following: (a)...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are not inspected by MSHA. (A) Accidents and injuries requiring reporting. (1) (a) A fatality or a life-threatening injury that occurs at a surface mining operation that is not inspected by MSHA shall be reported to the division within one hour, once the operator knows or should know that the fatality or life-threatening injury has occurred, by contacting the ...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are not inspected by MSHA. (A) (1) If a surface mining operation is not inspected by MSHA, the chief shall conduct mine safety inspections of the operation as follows: (a) A minimum of two inspections annually; or (b) If a fatality of a miner occurs at a surface mining operation as a result of an unsafe condition or a practice at the operation, as determined b...

...This rule applies to surface mining operations that are not inspected by MSHA. (A) (1) If a surface mining operation is not inspected by MSHA, the chief will conduct mine safety inspections of the operation as follows: (a) A minimum of two inspections annually; or (b) If a fatality of a miner occurs at a surface mining operation as a result of an unsafe condition or a practice at the operation, as...

...(A) Each application for a surface mining permit shall contain a geological data report, on forms prescribed by the chief, of the results of test borings for each mining area that the operator has conducted or otherwise has readily available. The location from which the test boring results are determined shall include the complete stratigraphic column to be affected and shall be shown on all maps. More than one test ...

...Except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, each application for a permit that proposes to dewater shall include the following: (A) A hydrologic map consisting of a single map using the most recent USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps at a scale of 1:24,000 as a base or other approved format that shall show all of the following: (1) The proposed permit area; (2) A line identifying the are...

...Except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, the following are to be included in each application for a permit that proposes to dewater : (A) A hydrologic map consisting of a single map using the most recent USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps at a scale of 1:24,000 as a base or other approved format showing all of the following: (1) The proposed permit area; (2) A line identifying the ar...

...The chief may grant a variance to affect areas within fifty feet of the highwater mark on each bank of a watercourse that drains a surface area of greater than twenty-five square miles but fewer than one hundred square miles for surface excavations and/or surface mining activities pursuant to divisions (E)(3) and (F)(3) of section 1514.10 of the Revised Code using the following procedure and standard of review. (A) ...

...The chief may grant a variance to affect areas within fifty feet of the highwater mark on each bank of a watercourse that drains a surface area of greater than twenty-five square miles but fewer than one hundred square miles for surface excavations and/or surface mining activities pursuant to divisions (E)(3) and (F)(3) of section 1514.10 of the Revised Code using the following procedure and standard of rev...

...(A) General requirements. (1) This rule shall apply only to industrial mineral mining operations where calcined lime mining wastes (LMW) will be incorporated in final reclamation as a beneficial use and are in addition to requirements of sections 1514.02 and 1514.021 of the Revised Code. (2) An application for a surface mining permit which will utilize LMW shall be deemed complete when it is...

...(A) General requirements. (1) This rule applies only to industrial mineral mining operations where calcined lime mining wastes (LMW) will be incorporated in final reclamation as a beneficial use and are in addition to requirements of sections 1514.02 and 1514.021 of the Revised Code. (2) An application for a surface mining permit which will utilize LMW is deemed complete when it is received ...

...As used in rules 1501:18-1-01 to 1501:18-2-05 of the Administrative Code: (A) "Commercial purposes" means with intent to sell or trade for gain or profit. (B) "Commercially grown" means grown under cultivation in tilled plots or in a greenhouse. (C) "Division" means the Ohio department of natural resources, division of natural areas and preserves. (D) "Endangered species" means a native Ohio plant species whose n...

...The following criteria shall be used for identifying and designating species of plants native to Ohio which are in danger of extirpation or which are threatened with becoming endangered. (A) Endangered species. A native Ohio plant species may be designated endangered if, based on its known status in Ohio, one or more of the following criteria applies: (1) The species is a federal endangered species extant in Ohio. ...

...It is unlawful for any person to take native species of wild plants or parts thereof that are listed as endangered or threatened by rule 1501:18-1-03 of the Administrative Code, for commercial purposes from any woodlot, field, or forest, or from any other location in which such plant is found growing in its native habitat.