§ 207.3 — Mining license

Iowa § 207.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 207: COAL MINING

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1. A person shall not engage in a surface coal mining operation without first obtaining
a license from the division. Licenses shall be issued upon application submitted on a form
provided by the division and accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars. An applicant shall furnish
on the form information necessary to identify the applicant. Licenses expire on December
31 following the date of issuance and shall be renewed by the division upon application
submitted within thirty days prior to the expiration date and accompanied by a fee of ten
dollars.
2. The division may commence proceedings to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a
license of a licensee for repeated or willful violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
or of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. §801 et seq.
3. The hearing shall be held pursuant to chapter 17A not less than fifteen nor more than
thirty days after the mailing or service of the notice. If the licensee is found to have willfully
or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter or of the federal Coal Mine Health
and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. §801 et seq., the division may affirm or modify the proposed
suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew the license.
4. Suspension or revocation of a license shall become effective thirty days after the
mailing or service of the decision to the licensee. If the division finds the license should not
be renewed, the renewal fee shall be refunded and the license shall expire on the expiration
date or thirty days after mailing or service of the decision to the licensee, whichever is later.

Legislative History

[C79, §83A.12(1); C81, §83.3]