Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-780
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Action for damages and expenses - Injunctions, restraining
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orders or other orders - Jurisdiction - Relief.
A. The Attorney General, upon request of the Department, shall
institute proceedings to recover any damages and expense which the
Department may have sustained by reason of the default of the
operator. Such proceedings shall be brought against the operator
and surety either in Oklahoma County or the county in which the
violation occurred.
The Department may request the Attorney General to institute a
civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary
injunction, restraining order or any other appropriate order in the
district court for the district in which the surface coal mining and
reclamation operation is located or in which the permittee thereof
has his principal office, whenever such permittee or his agent:
1. Violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order or
decision issued by the Department under this act;
2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the Department in
carrying out the provisions of this act;
3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the
Department to the mine;
4. Refuses to permit inspection of the mine by authorized
representatives of the Department;
5. Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by
the Department in furtherance of the provisions of this act; or
6. Refuses to permit access to, and copying of, such records as
the Department determines necessary in carrying out the provisions
of this act.
B. The court shall have jurisdiction to provide such relief as
may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an
order under paragraph 1 of this section shall continue in effect
until the completion or final termination of all proceedings for
review of such order under this title, unless the district court
granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
A. The Attorney General, upon request of the Department, shall
institute proceedings to recover any damages and expense which the
Department may have sustained by reason of the default of the
operator. Such proceedings shall be brought against the operator
and surety either in Oklahoma County or the county in which the
violation occurred.
The Department may request the Attorney General to institute a
civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary
injunction, restraining order or any other appropriate order in the
district court for the district in which the surface coal mining and
reclamation operation is located or in which the permittee thereof
has his principal office, whenever such permittee or his agent:
1. Violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order or
decision issued by the Department under this act;
2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the Department in
carrying out the provisions of this act;
3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the
Department to the mine;
4. Refuses to permit inspection of the mine by authorized
representatives of the Department;
5. Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by
the Department in furtherance of the provisions of this act; or
6. Refuses to permit access to, and copying of, such records as
the Department determines necessary in carrying out the provisions
of this act.
B. The court shall have jurisdiction to provide such relief as
may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an
order under paragraph 1 of this section shall continue in effect
until the completion or final termination of all proceedings for
review of such order under this title, unless the district court
granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
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