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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 59 - MINES AND MINING (§§ 59-1-101 — 59-13-144)
Chapter 8 - STRIP AND OPEN PIT MINES (§§ 59-8-101 — 59-8-421)
Part 2 - TENNESSEE MINERAL SURFACE MINING LAW OF 1972 (§§ 59-8-201 — 59-8-228)
- Section 59-8-201 - Short title
- Section 59-8-202 - Definitions
- Section 59-8-203 - Purpose of act
- Section 59-8-204 - Powers of the commissioner
- Section 59-8-205 - Permits, requirements and criteria - Amendment - Appeal upon failure to grant - Renewal
- Section 59-8-206 - Fees
- Section 59-8-207 - Performance bonds
- Section 59-8-208 - Mining and reclamation plans
- Section 59-8-209 - Revegetation plan
- Section 59-8-210 - Annual report to be filed with commissioner
- Section 59-8-211 - Notice of noncompliance - Forfeiture of bond
- Section 59-8-212 - Tennessee surface mine reclamation fund - Other available funds
- Section 59-8-213 - Utilizing services of other agencies or persons - Compensation - Funding
- Section 59-8-214 - Right of access
- Section 59-8-215 - State's power to acquire land affected by surface mining
- Section 59-8-216 - Commissioner's power to effect reclamation subject to availability of funds
- Section 59-8-217 - Acquisitions and disposals of land after reclamation
- Section 59-8-218 - 59-8-221 - Reserved
- Section 59-8-222 - Civil and criminal penalties - Enforcement - Rights preserved
- Section 59-8-223 - Injunctive relief
- Section 59-8-224 - Supplemental nature of part
- Section 59-8-225 - Immediate conformity to statutes or regulations required
- Section 59-8-226 - Sanctions applicable only to mines in violation
- Section 59-8-227 - Reserved
- Section 59-8-228 - Certain exploratory drilling regulated under Mineral Test Hole Regulatory Act exclusively
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