{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-745.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-745.1","heading":"Permits for separate mining operations - Application -","body":"Forms - Plan of reclamation - Fees - Exemptions.\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage in any\n\nmining operations in this state without first obtaining from the\n\nDepartment a permit to do so for each separate mining operation. The\n\nDepartment shall determine what constitutes a separate mining\n\noperation by rules and regulations promulgated under the Coal\n\nReclamation Act.\n\nB. Any operator desiring to engage in surface mining eight (8)\n\nmonths after the approval of Oklahoma's regulatory program by the\n\nUnited States Secretary of the Interior shall make written\n\napplication to the Department for a permit within two (2) months\n\nafter the approval of the state program. Before the approval of the\n\nOklahoma program by the Secretary of the Interior, the requirements\n\nof the Coal Reclamation Act of 1978 shall continue to apply to all\n\npermits for coal mining covered by the Coal Reclamation Act.\n\nApplication for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by\n\nthe Department, which form shall require all pertinent information\n\nincluding, but not limited to, all information required by federal\n\nlaw and regulations.\n\nC. Any operator desiring to engage in underground mining shall\n\nmake written application to the Department for a permit within two\n\n(2) months after approval of the state program. Application for\n\nsuch permit shall be made upon a form furnished by the Department,\n\nwhich form shall require all pertinent information including, but\n\nnot limited to, all information required by federal law and\n\nregulations for underground coal mining, taking into account the\n\ndistinct differences between surface coal mining and underground\n\ncoal mining.\n\nD. Each application for a permit under subsections B and C of\n\nthis section shall be accompanied by a plan for the reclamation of\n\nthe affected land that meets the requirements of the Coal\n\nReclamation Act.\n\nE. Each application for a permit or permit renewal under\n\nsubsections B and C of this section shall be accompanied by a fee of\n\nFive Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each permit year, payable at the\n\nrate of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year on the anniversary\n\ndate of the year in which the permit or permit renewal was issued.\n\nSuch fee shall be deposited in the Department of Mines Revolving\n\nFund and used to offset the cost of reviewing, administering and\n\nenforcing such permit issued pursuant to a state or federal program.\n\nOnce mining operations have permanently terminated, no further\n\npermit fee shall be required of the operator.\n\nF. The provisions of the Coal Reclamation Act shall not apply\n\nto the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial\n\nuse from land owned or leased by him, or the extraction of coal as\n\nan incidental part of federal, state or local government-financed\n\nhighway or other construction under regulations established by the\n\nDepartment.","path":["OK Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os45.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"28a3e9004e4d0bd8954d17d25f0b255dfd0cfdd36a0ab4ecef868de192086443","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-745","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-745.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}