§ 745.5. Reclamation plan
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 45. Mines and Mining
45 Okl.St.Ann. § 745.5
§ 745.5. Reclamation plan
A. Each applicant for a permit shall be required to submit to the Department as part of the permit application a reclamation plan which shall meet the requirements of this act.1 Each reclamation plan submitted as part of a permit application shall include, in the degree of detail necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required can be accomplished, a statement of:
3. The use which is proposed to be made of the land following reclamation, including a discussion of the utility and capacity of the reclaimed land to support a variety of alternative uses and the relationship of such use to existing land use policies and plans, and the comments of any owner of the surface, state and local governments or agencies thereof which would have to initiate, implement, approve or authorize the proposed use of the land following reclamation;
5. The engineering techniques proposed to be used in mining and reclamation and a description of the major equipment; a plan for the control of surface water drainage and of water accumulation; a plan, where appropriate, for backfilling, soil stabilization, and compacting, grading and appropriate revegetation; a plan for soil reconstruction, replacement and stabilization; an estimate of the cost per acre of the reclamation, including a statement as to how the permittee plans to comply with each of the requirements of Oklahoma mining reclamation law;
12. The results of test boring which the applicant has made at the area to be covered by the permit, or other equivalent information and data, including the location of subsurface water, and an analysis of the chemical properties including acid-forming properties of the coal and other minerals and overburden. Information which pertains only to the analysis of the chemical and physical properties of the coal shall be kept confidential and not made a matter of public record. Information regarding mineral or elemental contents which are potentially toxic in the environment shall be a part of the public record;
B. Any information required by this section which is not on public file pursuant to state law shall be held in confidence by the Department. Information which pertains only to the chemical and physical properties of the coal, except those properties which are potentially toxic in the environment, shall be kept confidential and not made a matter of public record.
Credits
Laws 1979, c. 249, § 8, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979.
Footnotes
Title 45, § 742.1 et seq.
45 Okl. St. Ann. § 745.5, OK ST T. 45 § 745.5
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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