KRS 352.080: New or additional openings -- Map to be filed.

(1) No new or additional openings to any underground mine shall be made without the

approval of the commissioner.

(2) Each operator or superintendent of an underground mine shall, before making any

new or additional opening submit to the commissioner of the d epartment, for his

information and approval, a map or plan showing the proposed systems of mining

the coal seam, the proposed system of ventilation and equipment of the openings,

and their locations and relative positions to adjacent developments.