Texas § NR.134.070 - PERMIT FOR MINING ON PRIME FARMLAND
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§ NR.134.070. PERMIT FOR MINING ON PRIME FARMLAND
PERMIT FOR MINING ON PRIME FARMLAND. (a) After consulting with the secretary of agriculture and under regulations issued under the federal Act by the secretary of the interior with the concurrence of the secretary of agriculture, the commission shall grant a permit to mine on prime farmland if: (1) the area proposed to be mined contains prime farmland; (2) the commission makes the findings required by Section 134.066 for the application under consideration; and (3) the commission in addition finds in writing that: (A) the operator has the technological capability to restore the mined area within a reasonable time to a level of yield equal to or higher than that of nonmined prime farmland in the surrounding area under equivalent levels of management; and (B) the applicant can meet the soil reconstruction standards of the federal Act. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) a permit issued before August 3, 1977; (2) a revision or renewal of a permit issued before August 3, 1977; or (3) an existing surface mining operation for which a permit was issued before August 3, 1977. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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