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Article 2A - Mine Safety and Health Act.
§ 74-24.1 - Short title and legislative purpose. - 74-24.1. Short title and legislative purpose. (a) This Article shall...
§ 74-24.2 - Definitions. - 74-24.2. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1)...
§ 74-24.3 - Coverage. - 74-24.3. Coverage. Each mine shall be subject to the provisions...
§ 74-24.4 - Safety and health standards. - 74-24.4. Safety and health standards. (a) The Commissioner shall develop,...
§ 74-24.5 - Modification of safety and health standards. - 74-24.5. Modification of safety and health standards. Upon petition by...
§ 74-24.7 - Inspections and investigations. - 74-24.7. Inspections and investigations. (a) The Commissioner through the Director...
§ 74-24.8 - Findings, notices, and orders. - 74-24.8. Findings, notices, and orders. (a) (1) If, upon any...
§ 74-24.9 - Issuance and delivery of notices, orders, and decisions. - 74-24.9. Issuance and delivery of notices, orders, and decisions. (a)...
§ 74-24.10 - Administrative and judicial review of decisions on mine safety. - 74-24.10. Administrative and judicial review of decisions on mine safety....
§ 74-24.12 - Injunctions. - 74-24.12. Injunctions. The Commissioner through the Director may institute a...
§ 74-24.13 - Mandatory reporting. - 74-24.13. Mandatory reporting. Under such regulations as he may prescribe,...
§ 74-24.14 - Criminal penalties. - 74-24.14. Criminal penalties. Any person who (i) willfully violates any...
§ 74-24.15 - Rights and duties of miners. - 74-24.15. Rights and duties of miners. Miners shall comply with...
§ 74-24.16 - Education, training, technical assistance, and research. - 74-24.16. Education, training, technical assistance, and research. (a) The Commissioner...
§ 74-24.17 - State-federal plan. - 74-24.17. State-federal plan. In order to promote sound and effective...
§ 74-24.18 - Legal representation. - 74-24.18. Legal representation. It shall be the duty of the...
§ 74-24.19 - Administrative provisions. - 74-24.19. Administrative provisions. (a) The Commissioner shall appoint a Director...
§ 74-24.20 - Construction of Article and severability. - 74-24.20. Construction of Article and severability. This Article shall receive...
Article 3 - Waterways Obtained.
§ 74-25 - Water and drainage rights obtained. - 74-25. Water and drainage rights obtained. Any person or body...
§ 74-26 - The petition, what to contain. - 74-26. The petition, what to contain. The petition shall specify...
§ 74-27 - Appraisers; appointment and duties. - 74-27. Appraisers; appointment and duties. Upon the hearing of the...
§ 74-28 - Confirmation of report; payment of damages; rights of petitioner. - 74-28. Confirmation of report; payment of damages; rights of petitioner....
§ 74-29 - Registration of report. - 74-29. Registration of report. The petitioner, or any other person...
§ 74-30 - Obstructing mining drains. - 74-30. Obstructing mining drains. If any person shall obstruct any...
§ 74-31 - Disposition of waste. - 74-31. Disposition of waste. In getting out and washing the...
Article 4 - Adjustment of Conflicting Claims.
§ 74-32 - Liability for damage for trespass. - 74-32. Liability for damage for trespass. If any owner or...
§ 74-33 - Persons entitled to bring suit. - 74-33. Persons entitled to bring suit. The owner of a...
§ 74-34 - Application and order for survey. - 74-34. Application and order for survey. The person entitled to...
§ 74-35 - Free access to mine for survey. - 74-35. Free access to mine for survey. Upon the order...
§ 74-36 - Costs of the survey. - 74-36. Costs of the survey. The costs of the order...
Article 5 - Interstate Mining Compact.
§ 74-37 - Compact enacted into law. - 74-37. Compact enacted into law. The Interstate Mining Compact is...
§ 74-38 - Commission to file copies of bylaws with Department of Environmental Quality. - 74-38. Commission to file copies of bylaws with Department of...
Article 7 - The Mining Act of 1971.
§ 74-46 - Title. - 74-46. Title. This Article may be known and cited as...
§ 74-47 - Findings. - 74-47. Findings. The General Assembly finds that the extraction of...
§ 74-48 - Purposes. - 74-48. Purposes. The purposes of this Article are to provide:...
§ 74-49 - Definitions. - 74-49. Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this Article,...
§ 74-50 - Permits General. - 74-50. Permits - General. (a) No operator shall engage in...
§ 74-51 - Permits Application, granting, conditions. - 74-51. Permits - Application, granting, conditions. (a) Any operator desiring...
§ 74-52 - Permit modifications. - 74-52. Permit modifications. (a) Any operator engaged in mining under...
§ 74-53 - Reclamation plan. - 74-53. Reclamation plan. The operator shall submit with his application...
§ 74-54 - Bonds. - 74-54. Bonds. (a) Each applicant for an operating permit, or...
§ 74-54.1 - Permit fees. - 74-54.1. Permit fees. (a) The fee schedule for the processing...
§ 74-55 - Reclamation report. - 74-55. Reclamation report. (a) By September 1 of each year,...
§ 74-56 - Inspection and approval of reclamation; bond release or forfeiture. - 74-56. Inspection and approval of reclamation; bond release or forfeiture....
§ 74-57 - Departmental modification of permit or reclamation plan. - 74-57. Departmental modification of permit or reclamation plan. If at...
§ 74-58 - Suspension or revocation of permit. - 74-58. Suspension or revocation of permit. (a) Whenever the Department...
§ 74-59 - Bond forfeiture proceedings. - 74-59. Bond forfeiture proceedings. Whenever the Department determines the necessity...
§ 74-60 - Notice. - 74-60. Notice. Whenever in this Article written notice is required...
§ 74-61 - Administrative and judicial review of decisions. - 74-61. Administrative and judicial review of decisions. An applicant, permittee,...
§ 74-63 - Rules. - 74-63. Rules. The Commission may adopt rules necessary to administer...
§ 74-64 - Penalties for violations. - 74-64. Penalties for violations. (a) Civil Penalties. (1) a. A...
§ 74-65 - Effect on local zoning regulations. - 74-65. Effect on local zoning regulations. No provision of this...
§ 74-66 - Private relief against nuisance or hazard. - 74-66. Private relief against nuisance or hazard. No provision of...
§ 74-67 - Exemptions. - 74-67. Exemptions. The provisions of this Article shall not apply...
§ 74-68 - Cooperation with other agencies; contracts and grants. - 74-68. Cooperation with other agencies; contracts and grants. The Department,...
Article 8 - Control of Exploration for Uranium in North Carolina.
§ 74-75 - Legislative findings; declaration of policy. - 74-75. Legislative findings; declaration of policy. The General Assembly finds...
§ 74-76 - Definitions. - 74-76. Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this Article,...
§ 74-77 - Permit requirement. - 74-77. Permit requirement. No person shall engage in exploration activity...
§ 74-78 - Permits; application; granting; terms; duration; renewal. - 74-78. Permits; application; granting; terms; duration; renewal. (a) A person...
§ 74-79 - Bonds. - 74-79. Bonds. Each applicant for an exploration permit shall file...
§ 74-80 - Abandonment. - 74-80. Abandonment. All exploration holes shall be abandoned by adequately...
§ 74-81 - Inspection and approval of abandonment; bond release; forfeiture. - 74-81. Inspection and approval of abandonment; bond release; forfeiture. Upon...
§ 74-82 - Suspension, revocation or modification of permit. - 74-82. Suspension, revocation or modification of permit. The Department may...
§ 74-83 - Forfeiture proceedings. - 74-83. Forfeiture proceedings. Whenever the Department determines the necessity of...
§ 74-84 - Notice. - 74-84. Notice. Whenever in this Article written notice is required...
§ 74-85 - Administrative and judicial review of decisions. - 74-85. Administrative and judicial review of decisions. Any affected person...
§ 74-86 - Rules. - 74-86. Rules. The North Carolina Mining Commission may promulgate any...
§ 74-87 - Penalty for violations. - 74-87. Penalty for violations. (a) Civil Penalties. - (1) a....
§ 74-88 - Confidentiality of logs, surveys, and reports. - 74-88. Confidentiality of logs, surveys, and reports. If a person...
§ 74-89 - Delay before mining permits issued. - 74-89. Delay before mining permits issued. No permit for the...