Ohio Admin. Code 1501:13-9-08 - Protection of underground mining
(A) General requirements
for surface mining operations . No surface mining
operations shall be conducted closer than five hundred feet to any point of
either an active or abandoned underground mine in order to prevent
breakthroughs and to protect the health or safety of miners, except to the
extent that:
(1) The nature, timing, and
sequence of the operations that propose to mine closer than
500
five
hundred feet to an active underground mine are jointly approved by the
chief and MSHA; and
(2) The
operations result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution,
or elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public.
(B)
General requirements for underground mining operations. No underground mining
operations shall be conducted closer than two hundred feet to any point of
either an active or abandoned underground mine in order to prevent
breakthroughs and to protect the health or safety of miners, except to the
extent that:
(1)
The nature, timing, and sequence of the operations that
propose to mine closer than two hundred feet to an active underground mine are
jointly approved by the chief and MSHA; and
(2)
The operations
result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or
elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public.
(C)
General requirements for coal exploration drilling. No coal
exploration drilling shall be conducted closer than two hundred feet to any
point of either an active or abandoned underground mine in order to prevent
breakthroughs and to protect the health or safety of miners, except to the
extent that the nature, timing, and sequence of coal exploration drilling
closer than two hundred feet to an active underground mine are jointly approved
by the chief and MSHA.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1513.02, 1513.35
Rule Amplifies: 1513.16, 1513.35
Prior Effective Dates: 08/16/1982 (Emer.), 10/27/1982, 10/01/1988, 03/31/1997, 01/17/2016
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1513.02, 1513.35
Rule Amplifies: 1513.16, 1513.35
Prior Effective Dates: 8/16/82 (Emer.), 10/27/82, 10/1/88, 3/31/97
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