Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Definitions
14-8-2-273. "Surface Coal Mining Operations"

Sec. 273. "Surface coal mining operations", for purposes of IC 14-34 and IC 14-36-2, means the following:
(1) Activities conducted on the surface of land in connection with a surface coal mine or, subject to the requirements of IC 14-34-11, surface operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine, the products of which enter commerce or the operations of which directly or indirectly affect interstate commerce. The activities include the following:
(A) Excavation for the purpose of obtaining coal, including common methods such as contour, strip, auger, hilltop removal, boxcut, open pit, and area mining.
(B) The extraction of coal from coal refuse piles.
(C) The use of explosives and blasting.
(D) In situ distillation or retorting, leaching, or other chemical or physical processing.
(E) The cleaning, concentrating, or other processing or preparation of coal.
(F) The loading of coal for interstate commerce at or near the mine site.
The activities do not include the extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals if coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale or coal explorations subject to IC 14-34-9.
(2) The areas upon which mining activities occur or where mining activities disturb the natural land surface. The areas include the following:
(A) Adjacent land for which the use is incidental to mining activities.
(B) All land affected by the construction of new roads or the improvement or use of existing roads to gain access to the site of mining activities and for haulage.
(C) Excavations, workings, impoundments, dams, ventilation shafts, entryways, refuse banks, dumps, stockpiles, overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings, holes or depressions, repair areas, storage areas, processing areas, shipping areas, and other areas upon which structures, facilities, or other property or materials on the surface resulting from or incident to mining activities are sited.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-1-3(12).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

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Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources

Article 8. General Provisions and Definitions

Chapter 2. Definitions

14-8-2-1. "Abandon"

14-8-2-1.5. "Acquiescence"

14-8-2-2. "Adjacent Land"

14-8-2-3. "Affected Area"

14-8-2-4. "Agency"

14-8-2-5. "Agricultural Purpose"

14-8-2-5.5. "Alcoholic Beverage"

14-8-2-5.7. "All-Terrain Vehicle"

14-8-2-6. "Alterations to the Shoreline"

14-8-2-7. "Animal"

14-8-2-7.5. "Annual Pass"

14-8-2-8. "Apiary"

14-8-2-9. "Applicant"

14-8-2-10. "Appraised Value"

14-8-2-11. "Approximate Original Contour"

14-8-2-12. "Aquatic Vegetation"

14-8-2-13. "Aquifer"

14-8-2-13.5. "Archeological Plan"

14-8-2-14. "Area"

14-8-2-15. "Articles of Dedication"

14-8-2-16. "Artifact"

14-8-2-16.2. "Authority"

14-8-2-16.4. Repealed

14-8-2-16.5. "Automated Point of Sale Licensing System"

14-8-2-17. "Average Normal Water Level"

14-8-2-18. "Bag Limit"

14-8-2-19. Repealed

14-8-2-19.5. "Base Fluid"

14-8-2-20. "Basin"

14-8-2-21. Repealed

14-8-2-22. "Beneficial Use"

14-8-2-23. Repealed

14-8-2-24. "Board"

14-8-2-25. "Boat"

14-8-2-26. "Bond Pool"

14-8-2-26.2. "Boundary River"

14-8-2-26.3. "Boundary River Floodway"

14-8-2-27. "Boundary Waters"

14-8-2-27.5. "Bow"

14-8-2-28. Repealed

14-8-2-29. "Buildings and Grounds"

14-8-2-29.7. "Bureau"

14-8-2-30. "Burial Ground"

14-8-2-31. "Burial Object"

14-8-2-32. "Burns Waterway"

14-8-2-33. "Buy"

14-8-2-34. "Campaign"

14-8-2-35. "Carnivore"

14-8-2-36. "Carry Passengers for Hire"

14-8-2-37. "Cast Overburden"

14-8-2-37.5. "Cemetery"

14-8-2-37.6. Repealed

14-8-2-37.7. Repealed

14-8-2-37.8. Repealed

14-8-2-38. "Channel"

14-8-2-39. "Chase"

14-8-2-40. Repealed

14-8-2-41. "Class Ii Well"

14-8-2-42. Repealed

14-8-2-42.2. "Coal Bed Methane"

14-8-2-42.5. "Collateral"

14-8-2-43. "Commence to Drill a Well"

14-8-2-44. Repealed

14-8-2-45. Repealed

14-8-2-46. Repealed

14-8-2-46.5. "Commercial Licensee"

14-8-2-47. "Commercially Minable Coal Resource"

14-8-2-48. "Commission"

14-8-2-49. "Committee"

14-8-2-49.2. "Compact"

14-8-2-49.5. "Comparative Balance Sheet"

14-8-2-49.6. "Comparative Income Statement"

14-8-2-50. "Compensate"

14-8-2-51. "Conservancy District"

14-8-2-52. "Conservation Easement"

14-8-2-53. "Conservation Officer"

14-8-2-54. Repealed

14-8-2-55. "Construction"

14-8-2-56. Repealed

14-8-2-57. "Corporation"

14-8-2-58. "Corps"

14-8-2-59. "Corridor"

14-8-2-60. Repealed

14-8-2-61. "Council"

14-8-2-62. Repealed

14-8-2-62.1. "Credit Card"

14-8-2-63. "Current Assets"

14-8-2-64. "Current Liabilities"

14-8-2-65. "Dealer"

14-8-2-65.5. "Decoy"

14-8-2-66. "Dedicate" and "Dedication"

14-8-2-66.5. "Delinquent"

14-8-2-67. "Department"

14-8-2-68. "Deputy Director"

14-8-2-68.5. "Development Plan"

14-8-2-69. "Dewatering Well"

14-8-2-70. "Diffused Surface Water"

14-8-2-70.8. "Direct Contact"

14-8-2-71. "Director"

14-8-2-72. "District"

14-8-2-73. "District Plan"

14-8-2-74. "Ditch" or "Drain"

14-8-2-75. "Diver"

14-8-2-76. "Divers Down Flag"

14-8-2-77. "Division"

14-8-2-77.5. Repealed

14-8-2-78. "Dock or Harbor Line"

14-8-2-79. Repealed

14-8-2-79.5. "Domiciled"

14-8-2-80. "Due Notice"

14-8-2-81. Repealed

14-8-2-82. "Elements of Beekeeping"

14-8-2-83. Repealed

14-8-2-84. Repealed

14-8-2-85. "Endangered Species"

14-8-2-86. "Exceptional Benefits"

14-8-2-86.4. "Executive Director"

14-8-2-86.5. Repealed

14-8-2-87. "Exotic Mammal"

14-8-2-87.5. "Exotic Weed"

14-8-2-87.6. "Family Member"

14-8-2-87.7. "Farmland"

14-8-2-88. "Field"

14-8-2-89. "Field Trial"

14-8-2-90. "Financial Clerk"

14-8-2-91. "Financial Responsibility Bond"

14-8-2-91.5. "Firearm"

14-8-2-91.7. "Fishing Boat"

14-8-2-92. "Fixed Assets"

14-8-2-93. "Flood" or "Flood Water"

14-8-2-94. "Flood Control"

14-8-2-95. Repealed

14-8-2-96. "Flood Easement"

14-8-2-97. "Flood Flow"

14-8-2-98. "Flood Hazard Areas"

14-8-2-99. "Flood Plain"

14-8-2-100. "Flood Protection Grade"

14-8-2-101. "Flood Water of a Watercourse"

14-8-2-102. "Floodway"

14-8-2-103. "Foundation"

14-8-2-104. "Freeholder"

14-8-2-105. "Fresh Water"

14-8-2-106. "Freshwater Lake"

14-8-2-107. "Fund"

14-8-2-108. "Furbearing Mammal"

14-8-2-109. "Fur Buyer"

14-8-2-110. "Game Animal"

14-8-2-111. "Game Bird"

14-8-2-112. "Gate"

14-8-2-113. "Geology"

14-8-2-114. Repealed

14-8-2-115. "Ginseng"

14-8-2-116. "Ginseng Dealer"

14-8-2-116.5. "Golf Cart"

14-8-2-117. Repealed

14-8-2-117.3. "Governmental Entity"

14-8-2-118. "Ground Water" or "Subterranean Water"

14-8-2-118.5. "Guide Services"

14-8-2-119. "Gypsum"

14-8-2-120. "Hardiness Zone"

14-8-2-121. "Harvest Season"

14-8-2-121.3. "Hazard Classification System"

14-8-2-121.5. "Height"

14-8-2-122. "Higher or Better Uses"

14-8-2-122.5. "Highway"

14-8-2-123. "Highway, Street, or Right-of-Way"

14-8-2-123.5. Repealed

14-8-2-124. "Historic Property"

14-8-2-125. "Historic Site"

14-8-2-126. "Historic Structure"

14-8-2-127. "Human Remains"

14-8-2-128. "Hunt"

14-8-2-128.2. "Hunter Orange"

14-8-2-128.4. "Hydraulic Fracturing"

14-8-2-129. "Idle Speed"

14-8-2-130. "Imminent Danger to the Health or Safety of the Public"

14-8-2-131. "Improvement Location Permit"

14-8-2-131.5. "Includes"

14-8-2-131.7. "Inland Water"

14-8-2-132. "Inn"

14-8-2-133. "Instream Use"

14-8-2-134. "Interested Person"

14-8-2-135. Repealed

14-8-2-135.2. "Invitee"

14-8-2-136. "Kankakee River Basin"

14-8-2-137. "Lake"

14-8-2-138. Repealed

14-8-2-139. "Lake Owner"

14-8-2-140. "Land"

14-8-2-141. "Land Conservation"

14-8-2-142. "Landfill"

14-8-2-143. "Land Occupier" or "Occupier of Land"

14-8-2-144. Repealed

14-8-2-144.5. "Lands Eligible for Remining"

14-8-2-145. "Landscape"

14-8-2-146. "Landscape Survey"

14-8-2-147. "Land Use Easement"

14-8-2-148. "Law Enforcement Officer"

14-8-2-149. Repealed

14-8-2-150. "Levee"

14-8-2-151. "Liabilities"

14-8-2-152. "License"

14-8-2-153. "Litter"

14-8-2-154. "Little Calumet River Basin"

14-8-2-154.5. "Local Unit of Government"

14-8-2-155. Repealed

14-8-2-156. "Log"

14-8-2-156.9. "Low Head Dam"

14-8-2-157. Repealed

14-8-2-158. "Management"

14-8-2-159. "Maumee River Basin"

14-8-2-160. "Member"

14-8-2-161. "Merchantable Timber"

14-8-2-162. "Migratory Birds"

14-8-2-163. "Migratory Water Fowl"

14-8-2-164. "Mineral"

14-8-2-165. "Mining"

14-8-2-166. "Mining Refuse"

14-8-2-167. "Minnow"

14-8-2-168. "Mollusk"

14-8-2-169. "Motorboat"

14-8-2-169.5. "Motorized Cart"

14-8-2-170. "Municipal Corporation"

14-8-2-171. "Mussel"

14-8-2-172. "Natural Gas"

14-8-2-173. "Nature Preserve"

14-8-2-174. "Natural Resources"

14-8-2-175. "Natural River"

14-8-2-176. "Natural Scenic Beauty"

14-8-2-177. "Net Revenues"

14-8-2-178. "Net Worth"

14-8-2-179. "Nongame Species"

14-8-2-179.5. "Nonresident"

14-8-2-179.8. "Nonmotorized Watercraft"

14-8-2-180. "Nonsignificant Ground Water Withdrawal Facility"

14-8-2-181. "Normal Water Level of a Lake"

14-8-2-182. "Nursery"

14-8-2-183. "Nurseryman"

14-8-2-184. "Nursery Stock"

14-8-2-185. "Off-Road Vehicle"

14-8-2-186. "Oil"

14-8-2-187. "Open Burning"

14-8-2-188. "Operate"

14-8-2-189. "Operation"

14-8-2-190. "Operator"

14-8-2-191. Repealed

14-8-2-192. "Other State"

14-8-2-193. Repealed

14-8-2-194. "Overburden"

14-8-2-195. "Owner"

14-8-2-196. Repealed

14-8-2-197. Repealed

14-8-2-198. "Participating County"

14-8-2-199. "Permit"

14-8-2-200. "Permit Area"

14-8-2-201. "Permittee"

14-8-2-202. "Person"

14-8-2-202.5. "Personal Watercraft"

14-8-2-203. "Pest or Pathogen"

14-8-2-204. "Petroleum"

14-8-2-205. "Pit"

14-8-2-206. "Plan"

14-8-2-207. "Plug" or "Plugging"

14-8-2-208. "Political Subdivision"

14-8-2-208.5. "Pontoon"

14-8-2-209. "Pool"

14-8-2-210. "Potable Water"

14-8-2-210.5. "Power Boat"

14-8-2-211. "Premises"

14-8-2-212. Repealed

14-8-2-212.5. "Primary Water Recreation Facility"

14-8-2-213. "Prime Farmland"

14-8-2-214. "Prior Natural Resources Law"

14-8-2-215. "Private Waters"

14-8-2-215.7. "Professional Production Crew"

14-8-2-216. "Program"

14-8-2-217. "Project"

14-8-2-218. "Project Committee"

14-8-2-219. "Property"

14-8-2-220. "Proposed District"

14-8-2-221. "Proven Territory"

14-8-2-221.5. "Proximity"

14-8-2-221.7. "Public"

14-8-2-222. "Public Freshwater Lake"

14-8-2-222.5. "Public Highway"

14-8-2-223. "Public Land"

14-8-2-224. "Public or Private Property"

14-8-2-225. "Public Property"

14-8-2-226. "Public Waters"

14-8-2-227. "Pumping Station"

14-8-2-228. "Pursue"

14-8-2-228.2. "Qualified Entity or Authority"

14-8-2-228.3. "Qualified Individual"

14-8-2-228.5. "Raptor"

14-8-2-229. "Rated Capacity of a Pump"

14-8-2-230. "Real Property"

14-8-2-231. "Reasonable Beneficial Use"

14-8-2-232. "Reclamation"

14-8-2-233. "Reclamation Plan"

14-8-2-233.5. "Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle"

14-8-2-234. "Recreational Purpose"

14-8-2-235. "Recreational River"

14-8-2-236. "Register"

14-8-2-237. "Registry"

14-8-2-238. Repealed

14-8-2-239. "Repair"

14-8-2-239.5. Repealed

14-8-2-240. "Reservoir"

14-8-2-240.2. "Reservoir Conservancy District"

14-8-2-241. "Reservoir Impoundment"

14-8-2-242. "Resident"

14-8-2-242.5. Repealed

14-8-2-243. "Restore" or "Restoration"

14-8-2-244. "Review Board"

14-8-2-245. "River"

14-8-2-245.1. "Roster"

14-8-2-245.2. "Roe"

14-8-2-245.3. "Rural Community"

14-8-2-245.5. "Rural Fire Department"

14-8-2-246. "Scenic Easement"

14-8-2-247. "Scenic River"

14-8-2-248. "Season"

14-8-2-249. "Sell"

14-8-2-250. "Selling Season"

14-8-2-251. Repealed

14-8-2-252. "Sewage"

14-8-2-253. "Sewerage System"

14-8-2-254. "Ship"

14-8-2-254.5. "Shooting Range"

14-8-2-255. "Shoreline or Water Line"

14-8-2-256. "Significant Ground Water Withdrawal Facility"

14-8-2-257. "Significant Water Withdrawal Facility"

14-8-2-258. "Site"

14-8-2-259. "Small Lake"

14-8-2-260. "Small State Park"

14-8-2-261. "Snowmobile"

14-8-2-262. "Soil"

14-8-2-262.5. "Specified Animal"

14-8-2-263. "St. Joseph River Basin"

14-8-2-264. "Stamp"

14-8-2-265. "State"

14-8-2-266. Repealed

14-8-2-266.8. "State College or University Project"

14-8-2-267. "Stream"

14-8-2-268. "Structure"

14-8-2-268.5. "Substantial Alteration"

14-8-2-269. "Substantial Legal and Financial Commitments in a Surface Coal Mining Operation"

14-8-2-270. Repealed

14-8-2-271. "Supervisor"

14-8-2-272. "Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations"

14-8-2-273. "Surface Coal Mining Operations"

14-8-2-274. "Surface Mining"

14-8-2-274.5. "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act"

14-8-2-275. "Surface Water"

14-8-2-276. "Surplus Water"

14-8-2-277. "System"

14-8-2-278. "Take"

14-8-2-279. "Tangible Net Worth"

14-8-2-279.5. Repealed

14-8-2-280. "Taxidermist"

14-8-2-281. "Test Hole"

14-8-2-281.5. "Total Length"

14-8-2-282. Repealed

14-8-2-282.5. "Trained"

14-8-2-283. Repealed

14-8-2-284. "Trust I"

14-8-2-285. "Trust Ii"

14-8-2-285.5. "Unanticipated Event or Condition"

14-8-2-286. Repealed

14-8-2-287. "Underground Injection"

14-8-2-288. "Underwater Breathing Apparatus"

14-8-2-289. "Unit of Local Government"

14-8-2-290. "United States"

14-8-2-291. "Unwarranted Failure to Comply"

14-8-2-291.5. "Upper Wabash River Basin"

14-8-2-292. "Urban Geology Survey"

14-8-2-293. "User"

14-8-2-294. Repealed

14-8-2-294.5. "Utility"

14-8-2-294.6. "Utility Owner"

14-8-2-295. Repealed

14-8-2-296. "Vehicle"

14-8-2-297. "Visible"

14-8-2-298. "Vital"

14-8-2-298.5. "Volume"

14-8-2-299. "Wabash River"

14-8-2-300. "Wabash River Heritage Corridor"

14-8-2-301. "Wake" or "Wash"

14-8-2-302. "Waste" or "Wasted"

14-8-2-303. "Water Containing State Owned Fish"

14-8-2-304. "Watercourse"

14-8-2-305. "Watercraft"

14-8-2-306. "Water Facilities" and "Water Supply"

14-8-2-307. "Water of the State"

14-8-2-308. "Water Resource"

14-8-2-309. "Water Resources"

14-8-2-310. "Watershed"

14-8-2-311. "Water Supply"

14-8-2-312. "Water Supply Reservoir"

14-8-2-313. "Water Supply Storage"

14-8-2-314. "Water Use Easement"

14-8-2-315. "Waterway"

14-8-2-315.2. "Wear Hunter Orange"

14-8-2-316. "Weed"

14-8-2-317. "Well for Oil and Gas Purposes"

14-8-2-318. "Wild Animal"

14-8-2-319. "Wild Ginseng"

14-8-2-320. "Wildlife"

14-8-2-321. "Withdrawal Use"

14-8-2-322. "Works"

14-8-2-323. "Zoological Park"