{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-350.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 350.100","heading":"Time for commencement and completion of reclamation -- Deferred","body":"planting.\n(1) It shall be the duty of a permittee and operator to commence the reclamation of the\narea of land affected by the operation as contemporaneously as practicable after the\nbeginning of operations on that area in accordance with plans previously approved\nby the cabinet. The grading, backfilling, and water management practices that are\napproved in the plans shall be kept current with the operation as defined by\nregulations of the cabinet and no permit renewal or revision shall be issued, if,\nunder the regulations of the cabinet, these practices are not current;\n(2) If an investigation indicates that planting so as to provide vegetative cover of an\narea of land affected by surface coal mining may not be successful, consistent with\nsubsection (1), the cabinet m ay authorize the permittee or person to defer the\nplanting until the soil and/or weather has become suitable for that purpose.","path":["KRS Chapter 350"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32794","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:35Z","sha256":"1dea5dfafc8e8417eab1c5105c304f4ab857d818225905cd5e66560f384408e4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-350.097","next":"us-ky/krs-350.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}