Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 4 - Permitting Procedures
Section 4-80 - Underground mining permit applications; environmental resources information; prime farmland investigation
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 80.
(a) The applicant shall contact the United States Soil Conservation Service to determine if a soil survey exists for those lands and whether the applicable soil map units have been designated as prime farmlands. If no soil survey has been made for the lands within the proposed permit area, the applicant shall cause such a survey to be made. When a soil survey of lands within the proposed permit area contains soil map units that have been designated as prime farmlands the applicant:
(b) In addition, land shall not be considered prime farmland where the applicant can demonstrate one (1) of the following:
(c) The soil survey shall be submitted with the permit application.