If the Permit Board finds that the probable total annual production at all locations of a surface coal mining operator will not exceed three hundred thousand (300,000) tons, the cost of conducting activities to obtain and provide the information required to be contained in the permit application as determined by the commission consistent with Section 507(c) of the federal act shall be assumed by the department, subject to the availability of federal or other special funds for that purpose and upon written request of the operator. All work under this section shall be performed by a qualified public or private laboratory or other public or private qualified entity designated by the department.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 53 - Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
Chapter 9 - Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation of Land
Mississippi Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Law
§ 53-9-3. Legislative findings and declarations
§ 53-9-9. Administration and enforcement of chapter
§ 53-9-23. Surface coal mining and reclamation permit-reissuance
§ 53-9-29. Reclamation plan included in application; contents
§ 53-9-49. Authorized departures from performance standards; experimental practices
§ 53-9-53. Sign at entrance of surface coal mining and reclamation operation
§ 53-9-57. Criminal penalties; violation of condition of permit or order
§ 53-9-63. Nonexclusivity of penalty provisions
§ 53-9-73. Cooperation with Secretary of Interior
§ 53-9-75. Application of chapter to public corporations
§ 53-9-81. Inapplicability of chapter
§ 53-9-83. Lease of state coal deposits
§ 53-9-87. Training, examination, and certification of persons responsible for blasting