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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 460. Department of Mines |
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Chapter 10. Non-Coal Rules and Regulations |
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Subchapter 13. Non-Coal Mining Permit Applications Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources |
SECTION 460:10-13-6. Operational requirements for non-coal mining within a Sensitive Basin
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- (a) In addition to the requirements listed in this Chapter and those requirements within 45 O.S. Section 721 et seq., applicants for non-coal mining permits within a Sensitive basin who submit their application to the Department after August 1, 2011, must submit to the Department a groundwater use permit approved by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board prior to taking, use, or disposal of pit water.(b) Mines which have lost their preexisting exemptions regarding water trapped in producing/active mines as provided in 82 O.S. Section 1020.2(C) and OAC 785:30-15-1(c) and as determined by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, must submit to the Department a copy of the management plan which has been approved by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.(c) An applicant who has been issued a non-coal mining permit by the Department, and who the Oklahoma Water Resources Board determines is in violation of its groundwater use permit or its management plan, may be subject to enforcement actions by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the Department.