Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R645 - Oil, Gas and Mining; Coal
Rule R645-103 - Areas Unsuitable for Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations
Section R645-103-100 - General

110. Scope. R645-103 establishes procedures for implementing the requirements of the Act for designating lands unsuitable for all or certain types of coal mining and reclamation operations, for terminating such designations, for identifying lands on which coal mining and reclamation operations are limited or prohibited under Section 40-10-24 of the Act and for implementing those limits and prohibitions.

120. Authority. The Board and Division are authorized, under Section 40-10-24, to establish a data base and inventory system and a petition process to designate any nonfederal and non-Indian land areas of Utah as unsuitable for all or certain types of coal mining and reclamation operations.

130. Responsibility.

131. The Board and Division will integrate as closely as possible decisions to designate lands as unsuitable for coal mining and reclamation operations with present and future land use planning and regulatory processes at the state and local levels;

132. The Division will use a process that allows any person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected by coal mining and reclamation operations on nonfederal and non-Indian lands to petition the Board to have an area designated as unsuitable for all or certain types of coal mining and reclamation operations, or to have a designation terminated;

133. The Division will prohibit or limit coal mining and reclamation operations on certain lands and in certain locations designated by Section 40-10-24 of the Act.