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... the general public the importance and economic significance of the oil and natural gas industry in this state; (b) Encourage the wise and efficient use of energy; (c) Promote environmentally sound production methods and technologies in the industry; (d) Support research, training, and educational activities concerning the industry. (2) Establish procedures necessary to implement and administer this chapter; ...

...02 of the Revised Code; (B) Enter into contracts with qualified organizations, agencies, or individuals, or any combination thereof, to carry out those purposes; (C) Contribute to any national or regional marketing program for oil and natural gas if the program is exclusively for the same purposes as the program established under this chapter.

... cubic feet of natural gas; (2) Terms, conditions, limitations, and other qualifications for assessment; (3) Procedures to refund the assessment. (C) Before the council makes a decision under this division to approve or disapprove a proposed program or amendment, the council or committee, as applicable, shall publish in at least two appropriate periodicals designated by the council a notice that the program or ame...

...approved a marketing program proposed under section 1510.04 of the Revised Code, or an amendment to such a program, the council shall determine by a referendum whether the eligible producers, as determined under division (A)(3) of section 1510.02 of the Revised Code, favor the proposed program or amendment. The council or committee shall cause a ballot request form to be published not less than thirty days before the...

...il shall appoint an operating committee consisting of thirteen members. Six of the members shall be independent producers and six of the members shall be primarily horizontal well operators. The council shall select those members from lists of names submitted by qualified independent producer associations. Each member who is a producer shall be at least twenty-five years old, have production in this state, and have a...

...is chapter and procedures established under it.

...ssments on the production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas in this state for the purposes of a marketing program established under this chapter. (2) The operating committee shall not levy an assessment that was not approved by producers or that exceeds the amount authorized under division (B)(1) of section 1510.04 of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall not levy an assessment against a producer w...

...cer who pays an assessment or otherwise contributes to the marketing program that the committee administers and to other interested persons. (D) In addition to the report required by division (C) of this section, an operating committee that deposits money in accordance with division (B) of this section shall annually submit to the council a financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding valid ...

...cribed in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to consider the continuation of the program. (C) Not later than thirty days after the close of any hearing to consider the continuation of a marketing program, the council shall recommend continuation or termination of the program, shall give public notice, and shall notify each producer of record, all parties appearing at the hearing, and other interested parties of the re...

...on of a marketing program established under this chapter, the operating committee of the program and the technical advisory council shall terminate all operations of the program. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, upon termination of a program, the council shall return any remaining unobligated money to the producers who paid the assessments levied under section 1510.08 of the Revised Code...

...this chapter, a procedure established under it, or a marketing program established under it.

...to present the alleged violator's views concerning why the proceedings should not be instituted.

...olates section 1510.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...s, the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, an employee of a district, and a contractor of the department or a district shall not disclose either of the following: (1) Information, including data from geographic information systems and global positioning systems, provided by a person who owns or operates agricultural land or an animal feeding operation and operates under an operation and man...

...ion of mineral resources management determines that they are in compliance with division (A)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code. (B) "Coal mining and reclamation operations" means coal mining operations and all activities necessary and incident to the reclamation of such operations. (C) "Degrees" means inclination from the horizontal. (D) "Deposition of sediment" means placing or causin...

...ches, and dikes, as may be necessary or desirable, under varying conditions of slope, drainage, physical and chemical characteristics of soil and overburden, erodability of materials, season, growth characteristics of plants, and other factors affecting coal mining and reclamation, to facilitate the return of the land to a condition required by this chapter; to prevent pollution or substantial diminution of wat...

...n of mineral resources management shall designate certain employees of the division as mineral resources inspectors for the purpose of enforcing the coal mining laws and the surface mining laws. Those inspectors may enter upon and inspect any coal or surface mining operation at any time, and, upon entering the permit area, an inspector shall notify the operator and shall furnish proper identification. After the fina...

...state performing any function or duty under Chapter 1513. or 1514. of the Revised Code shall: (A) Engage in coal or surface mining operations as a sole proprietor or as a partner; (B) Be an officer, director, stockholder, owner, or part-owner of any corporation engaged in coal or surface mining operations; (C) Be employed as an attorney, agent, or in any other capacity by any person engaged in coal or surface mini...

.... For the purposes of hearing appeals under section 1513.13 of the Revised Code that involve mine safety issues, the reclamation commission shall consist of two additional members appointed specifically for that function by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. All terms of office shall be for five years, commencing on the twenty-ninth day of June and ending on the twenty-eighth day of June. Each me...

...ve years, except that, if the applicant demonstrates that a specified longer term is reasonably needed to allow the applicant to obtain necessary financing for equipment and the opening of the operation and if the application is full and complete for the specified longer term, the chief may grant a permit for the longer term. A successor in interest to a permittee who applies for a new permit within thirty days after...

...coal mine at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The chief shall notify, in each county or part of a county in which a proposed area to be permitted is located, the board of county commissioners, the board of township trustees, the legislative authorities of municipal corporations, private water companies, regional councils of governments, and the boards of directors of conservancy districts informing them ...

...urces management. The 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 o...

...is chapter is not technologically and economically feasible. (2) Upon petition pursuant to division (B) of this section, a surface area may be designated unsuitable for all or certain types of coal mining operations if the operations will: (a) Be incompatible with existing state or local land use plans or programs; (b) Affect fragile or historic lands in which the operations could result in significant damag...

...ndards applicable to new applications under this chapter, except that the applicant may incorporate by reference current information contained in the application for the original permit. If the original permit is unavailable or the information is not current, the applicant shall replace or supply such information at all appropriate locations.

...d on laboratory analyses of the sulfur content of the coal and overburden to be disturbed by mining. If the results of test borings or core samplings include laboratory analyses of the pyritic form of sulfur, the applicant may base the calculation of the potential acidity for the area on the pyritic sulfur content of the coal and overburden to be disturbed by mining rather than on the total sulfur content. (D...