§ 723. Definitions
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 45. Mines and Mining
45 Okl.St.Ann. § 723
§ 723. Definitions
Whenever used or referred to in Sections 722 through 738 of this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
2. “Mine” means an underground or surface excavation and development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels for the extraction of minerals, with hoisting or haulage equipment and appliances for the extraction thereof, and shall embrace any and all of the land or property of the plant, and the surface and underground, that contribute directly or indirectly to the mining properties, concentration or handling of minerals;
4. “Minerals” means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel, gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a mineral, and includes ores or rock containing any such substances, but excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a liquid or gaseous state;
Surface mining shall not include excavation or removal of shale, sand, gravel, clay, rock or other materials in remote areas by an owner or holder of a possessory interest in land for the primary purpose of construction or maintenance of access roads to or on such landowner's property. Surface mining shall not include excavations or grading conducted for forming, on-site road construction or other on-site construction, or the extraction of minerals other than anthracite and bituminous coal by a landowner for noncommercial use from land owned or leased by the landowner; nor mining for commercial purposes conducted under a Limited Use Permit issued by the Department; nor the extraction of sand, gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill from borrow pits for highway construction purposes, so long as such work is performed under a bond, contract and specifications which substantially provide for and require reclamation of the area affected; nor to the handling, processing or storage of slag on the premises of a manufacturer as a part of the manufacturing process. Surface mining shall not include the surface mining of coal or the surface effects of underground coal mining;
19. “Borrow pit” means the one-time or intermittent extraction of sand, gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill in its natural state, not being mechanically altered to affect its size for government-financed construction purposes. Such work shall be performed under a bond, contract and specifications which substantially provide for and require reclamation of the affected area; and
Credits
Laws 1971, c. 332, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1971; Laws 1972, c. 231, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1979, c. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws 1993, c. 232, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2004, c. 194, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 188, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 2008.
45 Okl. St. Ann. § 723, OK ST T. 45 § 723
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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