Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-42 - Water Resources (Surface Mining)
Chapter 0400-42-02 - Requirements for Surface Mining Permits (Transferred from 0400-03-02 which was repealed)
Section 0400-42-02-.06 - NEWSPAPER NOTICE

(1) T.C.A. § 59-8-205 requires publication of the operator's intent to mine within thirty (30) days prior to the filing of an application in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the activity is planned. A copy of the notice, clipped from the newspaper, with the dateline showing, shall accompany the application for a permit.

(2) The notice shall measure at least four (4) column-inches, and the heading shall be in at least 14-point type. Even when the mining is an amendment or a continuation activity under a permit to be renewed, essentially on the same property, and at the same location where the presence of the mine is of general knowledge to the residents of the area, such publication is required by T.C.A. 59-8-205(a)(8).

(3) The notice shall be headed "NOTICE OF INTENT TO SURFACE MINE," and shall include the company name, address, and phone number, the county where the proposed mining will take place, the watershed, and name of the stream draining the area, the U. S. Geological Survey Quadrangle name, the proposed acreage to be affected, and, for a proposed coal mine, the latitude and longitude accurate to the nearest 0.1 minute, the elevation, and the name of the seams to be mined, using the standard Tennessee Division of Geology nomenclature (local seam names may be added in parentheses).

(4) For the preparation of the notice, a standard form shall be supplied by the Division and shall be used by the operator.