Alabama Administrative Code
Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter 480-3-6 - SURFACE MINE RECLAMATION
Section 480-3-6-.01 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Operator. A landowner who has not leased his land, who sells excavated material by the load, or loads, to contractors or other individuals will be deemed as "controlling" an operation, and considered an operator within the meaning of the Surface Mining Act.
(2) Contiguous. A surface mining operation shall be contiguous where a single pit or operation is separated by a stream, road, man-made or natural object so long as the seam which is traversed by any of the foregoing man-made or natural objects is uninterrupted or unbroken.
Author: Tom J. Ventress
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 25-2-2(5) and 25-2-8