Utah Statutes

§ 40-10-18.1 — Suspension of underground mining upon finding of immediate danger to inhabitants at surface.

Utah § 40-10-18.1

JurisdictionUtah

Title 40Mines and Mining

Ch. 40-10Coal Mining and Reclamation

This text of Utah § 40-10-18.1 (Suspension of underground mining upon finding of immediate danger to inhabitants at surface.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Utah primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Utah Code Ann. § 40-10-18.1 (2026).

Text

In order to protect the stability of the land, the board shall suspend underground coal mining under urbanized areas, cities, towns, and communities and adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments, or permanent streams if, after proper notice and hearing, there is a finding of imminent danger to inhabitants of the urbanized areas, cities, towns, and communities.

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Legislative History

Enacted by Chapter 49, 1997 General Session

Nearby Sections

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§ 40-1-1

Lode claims -- Size and shape -- Discovery necessary.

§ 40-1-10

Certified copies of records evidence.

§ 40-1-11

Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.

§ 40-1-12

Damages for wrongful removal of ores.

§ 40-1-2

Discovery monument -- Notice of location -- Contents.

§ 40-1-3

Boundaries to be marked.

§ 40-1-4

Copy of location notice to be recorded.

§ 40-1-6

Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.

§ 40-1-7

District recorders -- Office abolished.

§ 40-1-8

Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.

§ 40-1-9

County recorder may certify district records.

§ 40-10-1

Legislative finding.

§ 40-10-10

Permit application fee -- Submission of application and reclamation plan -- Determinations, tests, and samplings -- Filing of application -- Insurance required -- Blasting plan.

§ 40-10-11

Division action on permit application -- Requirements for approval -- List of applicant's mining law violation -- Restoration of prime farmland.

§ 40-10-12

Revised permit and reclamation plan -- Application -- Transfer, assignment, or sale of rights -- Revision or modification of permit provisions.

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