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...on of a joint agency coal task force consisting of employees of the environmental protection agency and the division of mineral resources management for the purpose of ensuring that the procedures established under divisions (A) to (C) of this section are properly implemented.

... that shall be payable to the state and conditioned on the faithful performance of all the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it and the terms and conditions of the permit. (B) Using the information contained in the permit application; the requirements contained in the approved permit and reclamation plan; and, after considering the topography, geology, hydrology, and revegetation potential of th...

...rect costs of the development, design, construction, management, and administration of the reclamation and, if applicable, the long-term water treatment or long-term alternative water supply. The statement shall constitute a lien on the assets of the permittee as of the date of the filing. The lien shall continue in force so long as any portion of the lien remains unpaid or until the chief issues a certificate ...

...and reclamation operations as the chief considers necessary. The chief and authorized representatives of the chief have a right of entry to, upon, or through any area of land upon which coal mining and reclamation operations are being conducted or upon which the chief or authorized representative has reason to believe such operations are being conducted for the purpose of performing such inspections. (B) For ...

...cense or permit shall be in writing and contain a finding of the facts upon which the order is based. Notice of the order shall be given by certified mail or personal service to the person whose rights, duties, or privileges are affected.

... commission. The notice of appeal shall contain a copy of the notice of violation, order, or decision complained of and the grounds upon which the appeal is based. The commission has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and decide such appeals. The filing of a notice of appeal under division (A)(1) of this section does not operate as a stay of any order, notice of violation, or decision of the chief. (2) The perm...

...cting any public adjudicatory hearing under this chapter, the chief, or the reclamation commission may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers, and may, and at the request of any party, shall issue subpoenas for witnesses or subpoenas duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records, papers, or other material relevant to the inquiry, directed to the sheriff ...

...sion of the commission. The court shall confine its review to the record certified by the commission. The court may, upon motion, grant such temporary relief as it considers appropriate pending final disposition of the 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 sh...

...re the violation or order complained of constitutes an imminent threat to the health or safety of the plaintiff or would immediately affect a legal interest of the plaintiff. (E) Any action respecting a violation of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder may be brought only in the court of common pleas of the county in which the coal mining operation complained of is located. (F) The court, in issuing any final o...

...Any permit issued under this chapter to conduct coal mining operations shall require that the operations meet all applicable performance standards of this chapter and such other requirements as the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall adopt by rule. General performance standards shall apply to all coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require the operator at a minimum to do all of th...

...Chapter 1567. of the Revised Code is in conflict with a rule adopted pursuant to this section, the rule adopted pursuant to this section prevails. When underground coal mining is part or all of the coal mining operation, the rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 1567. of the Revised Code prevails. Before an explosive is set off, sufficient warning shall be given to allow any person in or approaching the area ample time...

...e where the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the coal mining operation and shall reimburse the owner for the reasonable cost of obtaining a water supply from the time of the contamination, diminution, or interruption by the operation until the water supply is replaced. (B) This chapter does not affect in any way the right of any person to enforce or pr...

... (3) Knowingly fail to comply with an order of the chief issued under this chapter; (4) Knowingly violate any provision of this chapter not specifically mentioned in this section; (5) Knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification or knowingly fail to make any statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintai...

...nclude a description of how the plan is consistent with local physical, environmental, and climatological conditions and the measures to be taken during the reclamation to ensure the protection of water systems. (6) An estimate of the total cost of the reclamation; (7) An estimate of the timetables for accomplishing the reclamation; (8) Any other requirements that the chief prescribes by rule. The chief shall app...

...has defaulted. (B) The fund also shall consist of all money from the collection of liens under section 1513.081 of the Revised Code, all money credited to the fund from the fee levied by division (F)(8)(c) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code, fines collected under division (E) of section 1513.02 and section 1513.99 of the Revised Code, fines collected for a violation of section 2921.31 of the Revised Code that, p...

...ations that have valid permits issued under this chapter and that have provided performance security under division (C)(1) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code, one shall be a representative of operators of coal mining operations that have valid permits issued under this chapter and that have provided performance security under division (C)(2) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code, and one shall be a representativ...

... gift, donation, or contribution any eroded land, including land affected by strip mining, for which no cash is held in the reclamation forfeiture fund created by section 1513.18 of the Revised Code. For this purpose the chief may expend money deposited in the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. All lands purchased or acquired shall be deeded to the state, but no deed sha...

...e, forests, recreation, wildlife, water conservation, or such other use as the chief may deem proper for such land, or tract of land, in light of the character of the soil, the topography of the land or tract to be reclaimed and of the surrounding lands, the proximity thereof to urban centers, and the requirements of any applicable conservation program.

...ant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall determine the purpose or purposes for which such land or tract should be devoted after reclamation and shall develop a plan of reclamation for such land or tract reasonably designed to accomplish such purpose or purposes and an estimate of the cost thereof. When completed such plan shall be submitted to the dir...

...ose of devising the most effective and economical plan of reclamation. Such engineers and employees shall not receive any additional compensation other than that which they receive from the department by which they are employed, but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred while working under the direction of the chief.

... such plan, or any part of such plan by contracting therefor, provided that the chief shall not enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding unless the same is approved by the director. Any such contract shall be entered into by the chief, with the approval of the director, with persons who agree therein to furnish any of the materials, equipment, or labor. Each such contract shall be awarded by the chief to...

...ant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may, if the land is suitable to the uses of any other department, division, office, or institution of the state, transfer the land or tract to that department, division, office, or institution, subject to the approval of the director of natural resources. With the approval of the attorney general and the director, t...

...by the division or persons with whom it contracts under sections 1513.20 to 1513.25 of the Revised Code, identify the county in which the project is located, and make a detailed accounting of expenditures.

...arby property caused by the unreclaimed condition of lands mined prior to April 10, 1972, or pursuant to a license issued prior to April 10, 1972, including, without limitation, injury or harm to vegetation on adjacent property, pollution of surface or underground waters on adjacent property, loss or interruption of water supply on adjacent property, flow of acid water onto or across adjacent property, flooding of ad...

... plan of reclamation may be prepared in consultation with a local soil and water conservation district. The chief may award the applicant a grant only after finding that the proposed reclamation work will establish vegetative cover and substantially reduce or eliminate erosion, sedimentation, landslides, pollution, accumulation or discharge of acid water, flooding, and damage to adjacent property. For the purpose o...