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...For the purpose of promoting local or regional economic or community development, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants of money from the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code for the payment by the state of up to seventy-five per cent of the reasonable and necessary expenses incurre...

...For the purpose of promoting local or regional economic or community development, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into a written agreement, which may be in the form of a contract, with a political subdivision, community improvement corporation incorporated under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, or other nonprofit corporatio...

...r section 1513.32 of the Revised Code shall constitute a loan by the state to the corporation. Entry into a grant contract under section 1513.31 of the Revised Code or into a reclamation agreement under section 1513.32 of the Revised Code by the chief of the division of mineral resources management constitutes the designation of the community improvement corporation or nonprofit corporation as the state's agent for t...

...The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall provide education and training for all mineral resources inspectors, district supervisors, and enforcement personnel. The chief shall provide, on a regular basis as funding allows, continuing education and training as necessary for all mineral resources inspectors, district supervisors, and enforcement personnel.

...ed by the chief of the division of mineral 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...

... mining and reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, agricultural, or public use, including recreational facilities, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with approval by the secretary of the United States department of the interior, may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental performance stan...

...bandoned mine reclamation fund, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The fund shall consist of grants from the secretary of the interior from the federal abandoned mine reclamation fund established by Title IV of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 445, 30 U.S.C.A. 1201, regulations adopted under it, and amendments to the act and regu...

...eated in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management and consist of grants awarded by the United States secretary of the interior from the federal abandoned mine reclamation fund pursuant to the federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," Pub. L. No. 177-58. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be ...

...Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), as amended, that provides funding or services at no cost or at cost for a reclamation project. (5) "Reclamation project" means an acid mine drainage abatement project that is conducted in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it on abandoned mine land that is located on property owned by an eligible landowner. (6) "Reclamation project w...

...Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of federal, state, or local government, including any publicly owned corporation of federal, state, or local government, or any publicly owned utility that proposes to conduct coal mining operations that are subject to the requirements of Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code shall comply with all the requirements of Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder.

...(A) No person shall discharge, or in any other way discriminate against or cause to be fired or discriminated against, any employee or any authorized representative of employees by reason of the fact that the employee or representative has filed, instituted, or caused to be filed or instituted any proceeding under this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding resulting from the administration...

...er of the chief of the division of mineral resources management or the chief's representative, any director, officer, or agent of the corporation who purposely authorized, ordered, or carried out such violation, failure, or refusal shall be subject to the same civil penalties, fines, and imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under this chapter.

...on by the chief of the division of mineral resources management or the chief's representative results from information provided by any person, the chief or the chief's representative shall notify the person when the inspection is proposed to be carried out and the person may accompany the chief or the chief's representative during the inspection.

...f 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 violates division (A)(6) of section 1513.17 of the Revised Code shal...

...s chapter: (A) "Surface mining" means all or any part of a process followed in the production of minerals from the earth or from the surface of the land by surface excavation methods, such as open pit mining, dredging, placering, or quarrying, and includes the removal of overburden for the purpose of determining the location, quantity, or quality of mineral deposits, and the incidental removal of coal at a ra...

...The division of mineral resources management has authority over all surface mining operations located in the state and shall exercise that authority as provided in this chapter.

...ates the chief of the division of mineral resources management prescribes by rule pursuant to section 1514.08 of the Revised Code, but not later than July 1, 1977, nor earlier than July 1, 1975, no operator shall engage in surface mining or conduct a surface mining operation without a surface mining permit issued by the chief. No person shall engage in in-stream mining or conduct an in-stream mining operation...

...on date of the existing permit or renewal permit shall file with the chief of the division of mineral resources management a notice of intent to renew for purposes of the renewal of a surface or in-stream mining permit or renewal permit at least ninety days before the expiration date of the existing permit or renewal permit. The notice of intent to renew shall be on a form that the chief prescribes and provide...

...1514.02 of the Revised Code for an initial permit for a proposed surface or in-stream mining operation; (b) An application filed under division (D) of section 1514.02 of the Revised Code for a significant amendment to a permit, as "significant" is defined by rule; (c) An application filed under division (E) of section 1514.02 of the Revised Code for a significant amendment to the plan of mining and reclamation that...

...his chapter or rules adopted under it shall be construed to prevent any county, township, or municipal corporation from enacting, adopting, or enforcing zoning resolutions or ordinances. However, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall not enforce such zoning resolutions or ordinances.

...A local authority may enter into an agreement with the operator of a surface or in-stream mining operation or of a proposed surface or in-stream mining operation for the improvement of roads under the jurisdiction of that local authority that may be affected by the operation or for other improvements within the jurisdiction of that local authority. However, nothing in this section requires the surface or in-stream mi...

...in-stream mining permit, the operator shall file with the chief of the division of mineral resources management an annual report, on a form prescribed and furnished by the chief, that, for the period covered by the report, shall state the amount of and identify the types of minerals and coal, if any coal, produced and shall state the number of acres affected and the number of acres estimated to be affected during the...

... from the chief of the division of mineral resources management of the chief's intent to issue an order granting a surface or in-stream mining permit to the applicant, the applicant shall file a surety bond, cash, an irrevocable letter of credit, or certificates of deposit in the amount, unless otherwise provided by rule, of ten thousand dollars. If the amount of land to be affected is more than twenty acres, the app...

...(A) At any time within the period allowed an operator by section 1514.02 of the Revised Code to reclaim an area of land affected by surface or in-stream mining, the operator may file a request, on a form provided by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, for inspection of the area of land upon which the reclamation, other than any required planting, is completed. The request shall include all of t...

... performance bond, the division of mineral resources management shall have a priority lien in front of all other interested creditors against the assets of that operator for the amount that is needed to perform any reclamation that is required as a result of the operator's mining activities. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall file a statement in the office of the county recorder of each c...