KRS 350.068: Cancellation of surety.

A surety upon receipt of a copy of a notice of noncompliance for failure to maintain

contemporaneous reclamation issued to its insured, may notify the insured by certified

mail, return receipt requested, that surety on any area disturbed after thirty (30) days from

the effective date of the surety's notice may be refused unless the violation is abated. A

copy of such notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the cabinet,

and shall become effective upon approval by the cabinet. Wit hin thirty (30) days of

receipt of a notice of cancellation, the cabinet shall either accept a suitable substitute

bond for the canceled area or shall amend the permit to delete the unbonded acreage or

shall revoke the permit for lack of a bond. Proof of the abatement shall be documented by

notice to the surety from the cabinet. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to

relieve the surety of its liability for areas disturbed within the thirty (30) day notice

period. The surety shall remain obligated for the full extent of the bond for reclamation of

all areas disturbed prior to the cabinet's approval of the cancellation.