{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-773","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-773","heading":"Release of performance bond or deposit - Notice to","body":"municipalities - Objections - Hearings - Informal conference -\n\nAuthority of department.\n\nA. When any application for total or partial bond release is\n\nfiled with the Department, the Department shall notify any\n\nmunicipality in which a surface coal mining operation is located by\n\ncertified mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the release of all\n\nor a portion of the bond.\n\nB. Any person with a valid legal interest which might be\n\nadversely affected by release of the bond or the responsible\n\nadministration officer of any federal, state or local governmental\n\nagency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with\n\nrespect to any environmental, social or economic impact involved in\n\nthe operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental\n\nstandards with respect to such operations, shall have the right to\n\nfile written objections to the proposed release from bond to the\n\nDepartment within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the\n\nabove notice. If written objections are filed and a hearing\n\nrequested, the Department shall inform all the interested parties of\n\nthe time and place of the hearing, and hold a public hearing in the\n\nlocality of the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond\n\nrelease within thirty (30) days of the request for such hearing. The\n\ndate, time and location of such public hearings shall be advertised\n\nas frequently as possible by the Department in each issue of a\n\nnewspaper of general circulation in the locality for two (2)\n\nconsecutive weeks, and shall hold a public hearing in the locality\n\nof the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond release or at\n\nthe State Capitol Building at the option of the objector within\n\nthirty (30) days of the request for such hearing.\n\nC. Without prejudice to the rights of the objectors, to the\n\nrights of applicant, or to the responsibilities of the Department\n\npursuant to this section, the Department may establish an informal\n\nconference to resolve such written objections.\n\nD. For the purpose of such hearing the Department shall have\n\nthe authority, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and is\n\nhereby empowered to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, or written\n\nor printed materials, compel the attendance of witnesses, or\n\nproduction of the materials, and take evidence including but not\n\nlimited to inspections of the land affected and other surface coal\n\nmining operations carried on by the applicant in the general\n\nvicinity. A verbatim record of each public hearing required by this\n\nact shall be made, and a transcript made available on the motion of\n\nany party or by order of the Department.","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":"4e349f4218137500ac297946a27fe86c08df6c26a29923e726cfb96e029cbd8d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-772","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-774"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}