Indiana Statutes
§ 14-34-3-13 — Departures from standards
To encourage advances in coal mining and reclamation practices or to allow postmining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, recreational, or public use, the director may, with the approval of the United States Secretary of the Interior, permit departures in individual cases from the standards established in IC 14-34-10 and IC 14-34-11. The director may permit these departures only if the following conditions exist:
(1)The experimental practices are:
(A)potentially more; or
(B)at least as;
environmentally protective during and after the coal mining
operations as those required under commission rules governing
this section.
(2)The coal mining operations approved for particular land use
or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary
to determine the effective
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Legislative History
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.27.
Nearby Sections
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§ 14-10-1-1
Establishment and members of commission§ 14-10-1-2
Filling of vacancies of ex officio members§ 14-10-1-3
Citizen members§ 14-10-1-4
Per diem compensation and traveling expenses§ 14-10-1-5
Officers§ 14-10-1-6
Quorum§ 14-10-1-7
Meetings§ 14-10-2-1
Powers of commission§ 14-10-2-2
Repealed§ 14-10-2-2.5
Consolidated proceedings§ 14-10-2-3
Repealed§ 14-10-2-4
Adoption of rules§ 14-10-2-5
Rules§ 14-10-2-6
Notices of violation