Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 25 - COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS
Rule 7 - Inspection and Enforcement Procedures
Section 7-13 - Civil penalties; when assessed
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 13.
(a) The director shall assess a penalty for a violation that leads to the issuance of a cessation order.
(b) The director shall assess a penalty for each notice of violation, if the violation is assigned thirty-one (31) points or more under the point system described in section 15 of this rule.
(c) The director may assess a penalty for each notice of violation assigned thirty (30) points or less under the point system described in section 15 of this rule. In determining whether to assess a penalty, the director shall consider the factors listed in section 14 of this rule.
(d) The director shall assess a penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day a person conducts a surface coal mining operation for which no permit has been approved by the director. Provided, however, where a permit has been approved by the director but surface coal mining operations are conducted beyond the permit boundary, or in portions of the permit area as to which permit conditions remain to be satisfied, the penalty shall be determined as provided in subsections (a) through (c).
