Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-745.13
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Objections to application for permit - Informal
Official statutory text
conference - Hearings.
A. Any person having an interest which is or may be adversely
affected, or the chief administrative officer of any federal, state
or local governmental agency or authority, shall have the right to
file written objections to the application for a permit with the
Department within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the
notice. Such objections shall immediately be transmitted to the
applicant by the Department and shall be made available to the
public. If written objections are filed and an informal conference
requested, the Department shall then hold an informal conference in
the locality of the proposed mining. The date, time and location of
such informal conference shall be advertised by the Department in a
newspaper of general circulation in the locality at least two (2)
weeks prior to the scheduled conference date. The Department may
arrange with the applicant, upon request by any party to the
application process, access to the proposed mining area for the
purpose of gathering information relevant to the proceeding. An
electronic or stenographic record shall be made of the conference
proceeding, unless waived by all parties. Such record shall be
maintained and shall be accessible to the parties until final
release of the applicant's performance bond. In the event all
parties requesting the informal conference stipulate agreement prior
to the requested informal conference and withdraw their requests,
such informal conference need not be held.
B. Where the lands included in an application for a permit are
the subject of a federal coal lease in connection with which
hearings were held and determinations were made under the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201a, such hearings shall
be deemed as to the matters covered to satisfy the requirements of
this section and Section 17 of this act and such determinations
shall be deemed to be a part of the record and conclusive for
purposes of this section and Section 17 of this act.
A. Any person having an interest which is or may be adversely
affected, or the chief administrative officer of any federal, state
or local governmental agency or authority, shall have the right to
file written objections to the application for a permit with the
Department within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the
notice. Such objections shall immediately be transmitted to the
applicant by the Department and shall be made available to the
public. If written objections are filed and an informal conference
requested, the Department shall then hold an informal conference in
the locality of the proposed mining. The date, time and location of
such informal conference shall be advertised by the Department in a
newspaper of general circulation in the locality at least two (2)
weeks prior to the scheduled conference date. The Department may
arrange with the applicant, upon request by any party to the
application process, access to the proposed mining area for the
purpose of gathering information relevant to the proceeding. An
electronic or stenographic record shall be made of the conference
proceeding, unless waived by all parties. Such record shall be
maintained and shall be accessible to the parties until final
release of the applicant's performance bond. In the event all
parties requesting the informal conference stipulate agreement prior
to the requested informal conference and withdraw their requests,
such informal conference need not be held.
B. Where the lands included in an application for a permit are
the subject of a federal coal lease in connection with which
hearings were held and determinations were made under the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201a, such hearings shall
be deemed as to the matters covered to satisfy the requirements of
this section and Section 17 of this act and such determinations
shall be deemed to be a part of the record and conclusive for
purposes of this section and Section 17 of this act.
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