Surface Mining

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Conservation and Natural Resources
  4. Mineral Resources and Caves
  5. Mining and Drilling
  6. Surface Mining

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Section
12-4-70

Short Title

Section
12-4-71

Legislative Purpose; Duty of Environmental Protection Division to Administer Part

Section
12-4-72

Definitions

Section
12-4-73

Powers and Duties of Division as to Surface Mining Generally; Division May Decline to Assert Jurisdiction

Section
12-4-74

Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Board of Natural Resources

Section
12-4-75

Permits for Surface Mining Operations; Submission of Mining Land Use Plan and Amendment to Plan; Bonding of Applicants

Section
12-4-76

Substitution of Mined Areas

Section
12-4-77

Renewal or Replacement of Revoked Permit; Mining on Unauthorized Site

Section
12-4-78

Appeal to Superior Court

Section
12-4-79

Injunctive Relief

Section
12-4-80

Removal of Minerals, Ores, and Other Solid Matter as Prima-Facie Evidence of Surface Mining

Section
12-4-81

Judgment Pursuant to Order

Section
12-4-82

Applicability of Part

Section
12-4-83

Civil Penalty; Procedure for Imposing Penalties; Hearing; Judicial Review; Disposition of Recovered Penalties

Section
12-4-84

Criminal Penalty