Section 350.064 - Reclamation bond to be filed by applicant(1) After a surface coal mining and reclamation permit application has been approved but before the permit is issued, the applicant shall file with the regulatory authority, on a form prescribed and furnished by the regulatory authority, a reclamation bond for performance payable, as appropriate, to the state, and conditional upon faithful performance of all the requirements of this chapter and the permit. The reclamation bond shall cover that area of land within the permit area upon which the applicant will initiate and conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the initial term of the permit. As succeeding increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are to be initiated and conducted within the permit area, the permittee shall file with the cabinet an additional bond or bonds to cover the increments in accordance with this section.(2) The cabinet may approve an alternative system that will achieve the objectives and purposes of the bonding program pursuant to this section.Amended by 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 85,§ 3, eff. 7/14/2018.Effective:7/14/1992
Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 7, effective7/14/1992. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 2, effective 7/15/1988. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 4.