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Chapter 1. Surface Mining Reclamation
14-36-1-1. Purpose of Reclamation - Sec. 1. This chapter provides for the proper reclamation of...
14-36-1-2. Exemptions - Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, except...
14-36-1-3. Operations Subject to Certain Statutes - Sec. 3. All surface mining operations that operate or have...
14-36-1-4. "Affected Area" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "affected area" means...
14-36-1-5. "Cast Overburden" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "cast overburden" means...
14-36-1-6. "Mineral" Defined - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "mineral" means coal,...
14-36-1-7. "Mining Refuse" Defined - Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "mining refuse" means...
14-36-1-8. "Operation" Defined - Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "operation" means the...
14-36-1-9. "Operator" Defined - Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "operator" means a...
14-36-1-10. "Overburden" Defined - Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "overburden" means the...
14-36-1-11. "Reclamation" Defined - Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "reclamation" means the...
14-36-1-12. "Reclamation Plan" Defined - Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "reclamation plan" means...
14-36-1-13. Commission's Powers Regarding Permits - Sec. 13. (a) The commission may: (1) grant; (2) suspend;...
14-36-1-14. Duties of Director - Sec. 14. (a) The director shall do the following: (1)...
14-36-1-15. Permit Exemptions - Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "pit" means...
14-36-1-16. Permit Powers; Effective Date - Sec. 16. A permit: (1) authorizes the operator to engage...
14-36-1-17. Contents of Application - Sec. 17. An application for a permit must include the...
14-36-1-18. Maps Accompanying Application - Sec. 18. An application for a permit must be accompanied...
14-36-1-19. Amendment of Information or Consent - Sec. 19. The operator may amend any of the information...
14-36-1-20. Fees - Sec. 20. Each operator shall pay the following fees, which...
14-36-1-21. Performance Bond - Sec. 21. Contemporaneously with and as a condition precedent to...
14-36-1-22. Penalty Bond - Sec. 22. The commission shall determine the amount of a...
14-36-1-23. Amount of Bond - Sec. 23. The commission shall determine the bond amount after...
14-36-1-24. Bond Without Surety - Sec. 24. An operator may execute a bond without surety...
14-36-1-25. Increasing Acres for Permit - Sec. 25. The commission may increase the number of acres...
14-36-1-26. Reclamation Procedures - Sec. 26. Reclamation of an area for which a permit...
14-36-1-27. Report of Operation - Sec. 27. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the earlier...
14-36-1-28. Charge Against Bond; Release of Bond; Refund of Fees - Sec. 28. (a) Upon receipt of the operator's affected area...
14-36-1-29. Retention of Bond for Revegetation - Sec. 29. (a) Upon the completion of the grading requirements,...
14-36-1-30. Noncompliance - Sec. 30. (a) If the director finds that any of...
14-36-1-31. Modification, Suspension, or Revocation of Permit - Sec. 31. (a) The commission may modify, suspend, or revoke...
14-36-1-32. Applicability of Ic 4-21.5 - Sec. 32. IC 4-21.5 applies to this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification...
14-36-1-33. Operator With Revoked Permit - Sec. 33. An operator whose permit has been revoked under...
14-36-1-34. Operator With Forfeited Bond - Sec. 34. An operator who has forfeited a bond may...
14-36-1-35. Commission Refusing to Issue Permit - Sec. 35. The commission: (1) may refuse to issue a...
14-36-1-36. Repealed - [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-6-11.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.29. Repealed...
14-36-1-37. Violations - Sec. 37. (a) A person who violates or fails to...
Chapter 2. Acquisition of Land for Reclamation
14-36-2-1. Inapplicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this...
14-36-2-2. "Land" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "land" means ground,...
14-36-2-3. "Mining" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "mining" means the...
14-36-2-4. "Reclamation" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "reclamation" means rehabilitation...
14-36-2-5. "Restore" or "Restoration" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "restore" or "restoration"...
14-36-2-6. Methods for Acquisition of Land - Sec. 6. The department may acquire land by: (1) negotiation;...
14-36-2-7. Opportunity for Owner to Restore Land - Sec. 7. Before acquiring land the department shall extend to...
14-36-2-8. Price for Land - Sec. 8. The determination of the negotiated price or condemnation...
14-36-2-9. Payment of Purchase Price, Damages, and Incidental Expenses - Sec. 9. The: (1) purchase price, for a negotiated acquisition;...
14-36-2-10. Acts of Restoration Performed or Contracted For - Sec. 10. The director may: (1) grade, plant, and perform...
14-36-2-11. Transfer of Jurisdiction of Land to State Agency - Sec. 11. After restoration of the acquired land, the department...
14-36-2-12. Sale of Land - Sec. 12. (a) If the retention of the land by...