Illinois Administrative Code
Title 62 - MINING
Part 1761 - AREAS DESIGNATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS
Section 1761.14 - Procedures for Relocation or Closing of a Public Road or Waiving the Prohibition on Surface Coal Mining Operations within the Buffer Zone of a Public Road
Universal Citation: 62 IL Admin Code ยง 1761.14
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) This Section does not apply to:
1) Lands for which a person
has valid existing rights, as determined under Section
1761.16.
2) Lands within the scope of the exception
for existing operations in Section
1761.12.
3) Access or haul roads that join a public
road, as described in Section
1761.11(d)(1).
b) Subject to subsection (a), where the proposed mining operation is proposed to be conducted within 100 feet measured horizontally of the outside right-of-way line of any public road (except as provided in Section 1761.11(d)(2) ) and the applicant does not have VER, or where the applicant proposes to relocate or close any public road, the Department shall:
1) Require the applicant to submit the
request with an application for a new permit, a significant revision of a
permit, an insignificant revision of a permit, or an incidental boundary
revision, as applicable;
2) Require
the applicant to obtain necessary approvals of the authority with jurisdiction
over the public road for relocation or closure of a public road;
3) Provide public notice in a newspaper of
general circulation of the affected locale of an opportunity for a public
hearing in the locality of the proposed mining operation for the purpose of
determining whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be
protected. Any person with an interest that is or may be adversely affected by
the proposed mining operation may request in writing that the Department hold a
public hearing. The request shall be submitted to the Department within 14 days
after the newspaper notice required by this subsection (b)(3);
4) If a public hearing is requested, provide
appropriate advance notice of the public hearing, to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the affected locale at least two weeks
prior to the hearing; and
5) Make a
written finding based upon information received at the public hearing, or
submitted in writing, as to whether the interests of the affected public and
landowners will be protected from the proposed mining operations. No mining
shall be allowed within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way line of a road,
nor may a road be relocated or closed, unless the Department determines that
the interests of the affected public and landowners will be protected.
i) If the proposal to conduct mining
operations within 100 feet measured horizontally of the outside right-of-way
line of any public road or to relocate or close any public road is contained in
an application for a new permit pursuant to 62 Ill. Adm. Code
1773.13,
or a significant revision pursuant to 62 Ill. Adm. Code
1774.13(b)(3),
the written findings shall be issued concurrently with the permit decision
pursuant to 62 Ill. Adm. Code
1773.15(a);
or
ii) If the proposal to conduct
mining operations within 100 feet measured horizontally of the outside
right-of-way line of any public road or to relocate or close any public road is
contained in an application for an insignificant revision pursuant to 62 Ill.
Adm. Code
1774.13(b),
or an incidental boundary revision pursuant to 62 Ill. Adm. Code
1774.13(d),
the written findings shall be issued concurrently with the decision to issue or
deny the revision.
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