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...he rules shall include, at a minimum: (1) The requirement that prior to conducting any exploration under this section, any person shall file with the chief notice of intention to explore, which shall include a description of the exploration area and period of proposed exploration; (2) Provisions for reclamation in accordance with the performance standards in section 1513.16 of the Revised Code of all lands disturbe...

...ordance with division (F)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code, the division of mineral resources management shall have a priority lien in front of all other interested creditors against the assets of that permittee for the amount of any reclamation that is required as a result of the permittee's mining activities. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall file a statement in the offi...

...appeal if all of the following apply: (1) All parties to the appeal have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief. (2) The person requesting the relief shows that there is a substantial likelihood that the person will prevail on the merits. (3) The relief will not adversely affect public health or safety or the health or safety of miners or cause significant imminent env...

...eral resources management under section 1513.07 of the Revised Code for underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Implement measures consistent with known technology in order to prevent subsidence from causing material damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those i...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 1513.17 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (B) Whoever knowingly violates section 1513.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) Whoever violate...

...r any of the following circumstances: (1) Upon the repayment in full of the money that is necessary to complete the reclamation; (2) Upon the transfer of an existing permit that includes the areas of the surface mine for which reclamation was not completed from the operator that forfeited the performance bond to a new operator; (3) Any other circumstance that the chief determines to be in the best interests of the...

...perty of the state pursuant to sections 1514.05 and 1514.051 of the Revised Code, money collected under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of section 1514.071, and other money specified in section 1514.11 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. The chief of the division of mineral resources management may expend such money for the purpose of...

...order issued by the chief under section 1514.07 of the Revised Code by the date specified in the order or as subsequently extended by the chief. (B) Civil penalties assessed under this section shall not exceed one thousand dollars for each occurrence of noncompliance with an order. Each day of continuing noncompliance, up to a maximum of thirty days, may be deemed a separate occurrence for purposes of penalty assess...

...escind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in order to prescribe procedures for submitting applications for permits, amendments to permits, and amendments to plans of mining and reclamation; filing annual reports and final reports; requesting inspection and approval of reclamation; paying permit and filing fees; and filing and obtaining the release of performance bonds deposited with the state. ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of section 1514.10 of the Revised Code may be fined not more than five thousand dollars plus not more than one thousand dollars per acre of land affected, and is responsible for achieving reclamation of the land as required pursuant to this chapter. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1514.10 of the Revised Code may be fined not more than one thousand dollars per...

...ich is formally dedicated under section 1517.05 of the Revised Code. (C) "Recreational river" means a watercourse declared a recreational river by the director of natural resources under section 1517.14 of the Revised Code and includes those watercourses or sections of watercourses that are readily accessible by road or railroad, that may have some development along their shorelines, and that may have undergone som...

...nor for a sum fixed pursuant to section 121.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The chief shall administer a system of nature preserves. The chief shall establish a system of nature preserves through acquisition and dedication of natural areas of state or national significance, which shall include, but not be limited to, areas that represent characteristic examples of Ohio's natural landscape types and its natural vegetat...

...d recreational rivers money that is: (1) Appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose; (2) In the scenic rivers protection fund created in section 4501.24 of the Revised Code; (3) In the natural areas and preserves fund created in section 1517.11 of the Revised Code; (4) In the waterways safety fund created in section 1547.75 of the Revised Code, including money generated by the waterways conservatio...

...As used in sections 1517.21 to 1517.26 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cave" means a naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge, including, without limitation, a grotto, rock shelter, sinkhole, cavern, pit, natural well, pothole, or subsurface water and drainage system. (B) "Cave life" means any organism that naturally occurs...

...he lessee, no person shall knowingly: (1) Break, break off, crack, carve on, write on, mark on, burn, remove, or in any other manner destroy, deface, mark, or disturb the surfaces of any cave or any natural material found in any cave, whether attached or broken, including, without limitation, speleothems, speleogens, and sedimentary deposits; (2) Break, force, tamper with, or otherwise disturb any lock, door, gate,...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 1517.021 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) Whoever violates section 1517.021 of the Revised Code with regard to a species of plant identified in a rule adopted under or included on a list prepared under section 1518.01 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for a first offense. F...

...n" have the same meanings as in section 164.20 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the clean Ohio trail fund. Twelve and one-half per cent of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.09 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund and may be used to pay costs incurred ...

...f the following members to the board: (1) One member who is a county commissioner and who is recommended by a statewide organization that represents county commissioners; (2) One member who is a township trustee and who is recommended by a statewide organization that represents township trustees; (3) One member who is a member of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and who is recommended by a stat...

...sh policies governing canal lands. (B)(1) The director may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant all or part of the state's interest in any canal lands in accordance with section 1501.01 of the Revised Code. The director may stipulate that an appraisal or survey need not be conducted for, and may establish any terms or conditions that the director determines appropriate for, any such conveyance. Prior to proposing ...

...th those of Lake Erie," passed March 2, 1827, and which were, by the state of Indiana, transferred to the state of Ohio by a joint resolution of the general assembly of Indiana, approved February 1, 1834, and such lands as have been or may be conveyed by the state of Ohio to any person, the deed of the state of Ohio, conveying the same, is prima-facie evidence that the title to the land conveyed was in the state of O...

...ater management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code to governmental agencies for water management, water supply improvements, and planning. The chief may administer grants from the federal government and from other public or private sources for carrying out those functions and for the performance of any acts that may be required by the United States or by any agency or department thereof as a conditio...

...not required under this section for: (1) A dam that is or will be less than ten feet in height and that has or will have a storage capacity of not more than fifty acre-feet at the elevation of the top of the dam, as determined by the chief. For the purposes of this section, the height of a dam shall be measured from the natural stream bed or lowest ground elevation at the downstream or outside limit of the dam to t...

...I dam under rules adopted under section 1521.06 of the Revised Code and subject to section 1521.062 of the Revised Code shall pay an annual fee in accordance with the annual fee schedule established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The fee shall be paid to the division of water resources on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited...

... being in compliance under division (D)(1) of section 1521.18 of the Revised Code; (B) Funded, financed, undertaken, or preempted by a state agency.

...articular use of water is reasonable: (1) The purpose of the use; (2) The suitability of the use to the watercourse, lake, or aquifer; (3) The economic value of the use; (4) The social value of the use; (5) The extent and amount of the harm it causes; (6) The practicality of avoiding the harm by adjusting the use or method of use of one person or the other; (7) The practicality of adjusting the quantity of wat...