La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XV-901

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-901 - Authority

A. The office is authorized, under §922 of the Act, to establish a database and inventory system and a petition process to designate any nonfederal and non-Indian land areas of the state as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations.

B. The commissioner is authorized to:

1. conduct a review of public lands to determine whether any area on these lands is unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations;

2. establish a process for the public to petition to have an area of public lands designated as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XV-901

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:395 (December 1979), amended LR 14:441 (July 1988), LR 20:447 (April 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.