Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-730
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Lateral support
Official statutory text
In the case of strip mining operations which remove and do not
replace lateral support, unless pursuant to written agreement
between the operator and the adjacent property owner, the top of the
consolidated material of the open cut adjacent to the property line
of other property not owned or leased by the operator shall, at the
time mining is completed, not be closer to such other property line
than a distance of twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1
1/2) times the depth of such cut as measured from original ground
surface to the top of consolidated material.
replace lateral support, unless pursuant to written agreement
between the operator and the adjacent property owner, the top of the
consolidated material of the open cut adjacent to the property line
of other property not owned or leased by the operator shall, at the
time mining is completed, not be closer to such other property line
than a distance of twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1
1/2) times the depth of such cut as measured from original ground
surface to the top of consolidated material.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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