The provisions of this act relating to permits, bonds, inspections and enforcement, public review, and administrative and judicial review shall be applicable to surface operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine with such modifications to the permit application requirements, permit approval or denial procedures, and bond requirements as are necessary to accommodate the distinct difference between surface and underground coal mining. The Department shall adopt such modifications.
Laws 1979, c. 249, § 31, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979.