Tennessee § 59-8-107 - Permit and acreage fees. [Contingent effective date, see Compiler's Notes.]

§ 59-8-107. Permit and acreage fees. [Contingent effective date, see Compiler's Notes.]

Subject to the exemptions in subsection (b), every application for a surface coal mining and reclamation operation permit or an underground coal mining permit shall be accompanied by a basic application fee and an acreage fee. The basic application fee shall be: For a new permit, three thousand eight hundred fifty dollars ($3,850); For a permit revision that proposes significant alterations, two thousand dollars ($2,000); For a permit revision that does not propose significant alterations, seven hundred fifty dollars ($750); For a permit renewal, five hundred dollars ($500); For a successor's permit, three hundred fifty dollars ($350); and For an exploration permit, one thousand dollars ($1,000). The acreage fee shall be paid annually as prescribed in rules promulgated by the board under § 59-8-103(b)(1). The amount of the acreage fee shall be: For a site that has not been reclaimed, forty dollars ($40.00) per permitted acre; and For a site that has been reclaimed, twenty dollars ($20.00) per permitted acre. The fee for an amendment of a coal mining permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The fee for an amendment of a coal exploration permit shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150). If the amendment increases the acreage permitted, the acreage fee for the increase in acreage shall be paid at the time of application. If the amendment decreases the acreage permitted, the refund for the acreage deleted shall be paid by this state to the applicant when the amendment is granted. Local governments and state agencies are exempt from permit and acreage fees. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the coal mining protection fund, created in § 59-8-132. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 44 provided that the governor shall take all action necessary to prepare and submit for approval all necessary requests for federal grant funding and applications for authorization to the appropriate federal authority to obtain exclusive jurisdiction over surface coal mining and reclamation operations and the maximum federal money available for those purposes in an expeditious manner. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 45 provided that the commissioner of environment and conservation shall notify the secretary of state and the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission of the date this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47 provided that the act, which enacted this part, §§ 59-8-101 —59-8-134, shall take effect eight (8) months immediately following the receipt of notification from the secretary of the interior that this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47 provided that for purposes of rulemaking, the act, which enacted this part, §§ 59-8-101 —59-8-134, shall take effect upon the deposit of federal funds in the Coal Mining Protection Fund. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47. [See Compiler's Notes.]