Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-783
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Limitations on surface coal mining operations
Official statutory text
After August 3, 1977, and subject to valid existing rights, no
surface coal mining operations except those which existed on August
3, 1977, shall be permitted:
1. Within one hundred (100) feet of the outside right-of-way
line of any public road, except where mine access roads or haulage
roads join such right-of-way line and except that the Department may
permit such roads to be relocated or the area affected to lie within
one hundred (100) feet of such road, if after public notice and
opportunity for public hearing in the locality a written finding is
made that the interests of the public and the landowners affected
thereby will be protected;
2. Within three hundred (300) feet from any occupied dwelling,
unless waived by the owner thereof, nor within three hundred (300)
feet of any public building, school, church, community or
institutional building, public park, or within one hundred (100)
feet of a cemetery;
3. Within twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1 1/2)
times the depth of the surface cut from the property line of an
adjacent property owner, if the surface cut removes and does not
replace lateral support, unless there is written agreement between
the operator and the adjacent property owner; or
4. On any land prohibited by federal law.
surface coal mining operations except those which existed on August
3, 1977, shall be permitted:
1. Within one hundred (100) feet of the outside right-of-way
line of any public road, except where mine access roads or haulage
roads join such right-of-way line and except that the Department may
permit such roads to be relocated or the area affected to lie within
one hundred (100) feet of such road, if after public notice and
opportunity for public hearing in the locality a written finding is
made that the interests of the public and the landowners affected
thereby will be protected;
2. Within three hundred (300) feet from any occupied dwelling,
unless waived by the owner thereof, nor within three hundred (300)
feet of any public building, school, church, community or
institutional building, public park, or within one hundred (100)
feet of a cemetery;
3. Within twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1 1/2)
times the depth of the surface cut from the property line of an
adjacent property owner, if the surface cut removes and does not
replace lateral support, unless there is written agreement between
the operator and the adjacent property owner; or
4. On any land prohibited by federal law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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