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...ll notify the owner, operator, lessee, agent, and representative of the miners of the mine involved of the finding. The owner, operator, lessee, or agent of the mine involved may request a review of the inspector's finding by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. Upon receipt of such a request, the chief shall review the inspector's finding, make a written determination regarding it, and provide...

...being notified by the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, or by a deputy mine inspector, that a major accident, causing injury to persons or property, has occurred at a mine within the jurisdiction of the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the chief shall go, and may order one or more of the deputy mine inspectors to go, at once to such mine, inquire into the cause of the accident, and make a writt...

...of the division of mineral resources management in writing. A copy of such report shall be mailed to the owner, operator, lessee, or agent of such mine. If the accident is of such a nature that the deputy mine inspector needs assistance, the deputy mine inspector may request the chief to attend or to assign additional deputy mine inspectors to assist the deputy mine inspector who requested assistance.

...ine inspector and the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, or persons working therein, or in case of emergency requiring counsel, the deputy mine inspector may call upon the chief of the division of mineral resources management for such assistance and counsel as is necessary.

...of the division of mineral resources management, and by the chief paid into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.

...of the division of mineral resources management under sections 1561.16 to 1561.20 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the chief into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.

...of the division of mineral resources management finds any violation of law, or any other conditions that constitute an imminent and substantial threat to miners' health or safety, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may issue, modify, or revoke reasonable orders requiring the operator to abate the violation or condition within a reasonable period of time. No operator shall violate or fail to com...

...of the division of mineral resources management.

...f the division of mineral resources management may designate not more than thirty deputy mine inspectors, at least one of whom shall be classified and appointed as electrical inspector provided for in division (B) of section 1561.12 of the Revised Code; one superintendent of rescue stations; three assistant superintendents of rescue stations; three chemists; and such clerks, stenographers, and other employees ...

...of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or an owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, the chief shall promptly investigate such charges and advise in writing the complainant whose name appears first in the charges, the result of such investigation. If the mine employs less than fifteen employees, such charges shall be filed and signed by not less than fifty per cent of ...

...of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or otherwise as provided in section 1561.50 of the Revised Code, or the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, and the signers of the charges are dissatisfied with the result of the investigation made by the chief, they may appeal to the reclamation commission by filing the same charges against the deputy mine inspector and a cop...

...of the division of mineral resources management shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...of the division of mineral resources management is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...ndicated in the context: (A) "Gas storage reservoir" or "storage reservoir" or "reservoir" means a continuous area of a subterranean porous sand or rock stratum or strata, any part of which or of the protective area of which, is within a coal bearing township, into which gas is or may be injected for the purpose of storing it therein and removing it therefrom, or for the purpose of testing whether such stratu...

...Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

...n applicant for the position of gas storage well inspector shall register the applicant's name with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and file with the chief an affidavit as to all matters of fact establishing the applicant's right to take the examination for that position and a certificate from a reputable and disinterested physician, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practiti...

...e division of oil and gas resources management shall conduct examinations for the position of gas storage well inspector. The chief annually shall provide for the examination of candidates for appointment as gas storage well inspector. Special examinations may be held whenever it becomes necessary to make an appointment of gas storage well inspector. (B) Public notice shall be given through the press or othe...

...e division of oil and gas resources management shall appoint a gas storage well inspector from the eligible list of candidates for that position that is prepared under section 124.24 of the Revised Code. If a vacancy occurs in the position of gas storage well inspector, the chief shall fill the position by selecting a person from that list. The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Re...

...he division of oil and gas resources management a map thereof as described in division (C) of this section, provided that if a reservoir operator is, on September 9, 1957, injecting gas into or storing gas in a reservoir solely for testing, the reservoir operator shall at once file such map with the division. (B) If the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a gas storage reservoir is begun after September...

...h the division of mineral resources management, the requirements established in this division. (B) Every operator of a coal mine who believes that any part of the boundary of such mine is within two thousand linear feet of a well that is drilled through the horizon of such coal mine and into or through the storage stratum or strata of a gas storage reservoir within the boundary of such reservoir or within its ...

...he division of oil and gas resources management by operators of gas storage reservoirs as required by this chapter, and each coal mine map with the division of mineral resources management as required by sections 1563.03 to 1563.05 and division (A) of section 1571.03 of the Revised Code, the gas storage well inspector shall cause an examination to be made of all maps on file in those divisions as the gas storag...

...(A) Whenever any part of a gas storage reservoir or any part of its protective area underlies any part of a coal mine, or is, or within nine months is expected or intended to be, within two thousand linear feet of the boundary of a coal mine that is operating in a coal seam any part of which extends over any part of the storage reservoir or its protective area, the operator of the reservoir, if the reservoir operator...

...istances between boundaries of gas storage reservoirs, reservoir protective areas, coal mines, coal mine protective areas, and wells, as shown on the most recent maps of storage reservoirs and of coal mines filed with the division of oil and gas resources management or the division of mineral resources management as required by this chapter and sections 1563.03 to 1563.05 of the Revised Code, may be accepted an...

...apter, the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a mineable coal seam, whether or not such coal seam is being mined, and the injection of gas into or storage of gas in a coal seam which has been mined, and the appropriation of any coal seam or any interest therein, is prohibited. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any necessary use of the surface of the earth above a coal mine, or the dr...

... may be used if approved by the gas storage well inspector or the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. A person desiring to use such alternative method or material shall file with the division of oil and gas resources management an application for permission to do so. Such application shall describe such alternative method or material in reasonable detail. The gas storage well inspector shall pr...