Title 40 - Mines and Mining
- Chapter 01 - Mining Claims
- 40-1-1 - Lode claims -- Size and shape -- Discovery necessary.
- 40-1-10 - Certified copies of records evidence.
- 40-1-11 - Interfering with notices, stakes, or monuments -- Penalty.
- 40-1-12 - Damages for wrongful removal of ores.
- 40-1-2 - Discovery monument -- Notice of location -- Contents.
- 40-1-3 - Boundaries to be marked.
- 40-1-4 - Copy of location notice to be recorded.
- 40-1-6 - Affidavit of performance of annual labor or payment of maintenance fee.
- 40-1-7 - District recorders -- Office abolished.
- 40-1-8 - Vacancy and removal -- County recorder to receive records.
- 40-1-9 - County recorder may certify district records.
- Chapter 02 - Coal Mine Safety Act
- 40-2-101 - Title.
- 40-2-102 - Definitions.
- 40-2-103 - Scope and administration of chapter.
- 40-2-104 - Rulemaking authority.
- 40-2-201 - Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety created.
- 40-2-202 - Appointment of director.
- 40-2-203 - Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council created -- Duties.
- 40-2-204 - Coal Miner Certification Panel created -- Duties.
- 40-2-301 - Commission and office responsibilities.
- 40-2-302 - Reporting of an unsafe condition in coal mines -- Adverse action prohibited.
- 40-2-303 - Annual report on coal mine safety.
- 40-2-401 - Necessity of certificate.
- 40-2-402 - Certification requirements.
- Chapter 05 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions
- Chapter 06 - Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining
- 40-6-1 - Declaration of public interest.
- 40-6-10 - Procedures -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Emergency orders -- Hearing examiners.
- 40-6-11 - Power to summon witnesses, administer oaths and require production of records -- Enforcement -- Penalties for violation of chapter or rules -- Illegal oil or gas -- Civil liability.
- 40-6-12 - Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitation of actions.
- 40-6-13 - Restrictions of production not authorized.
- 40-6-14 - Fee on oil and gas -- Payment of fee -- Collection -- Penalty and interest on delinquencies -- Payment when product taken in-kind -- Interests exempt.
- 40-6-14.5 - Oil and Gas Conservation Account created -- Contents -- Use of account monies.
- 40-6-15 - Division created -- Functions -- Director of division -- Qualifications of program administrators.
- 40-6-16 - Duties of division.
- 40-6-17 - Cooperative research and development projects.
- 40-6-18 - Lands subject to chapter.
- 40-6-19 - Bond and Surety Forfeiture Trust Fund created -- Contents -- Use of fund money.
- 40-6-2 - Definitions.
- 40-6-3 - Waste prohibited.
- 40-6-4 - Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created -- Functions -- Appointment of members -- Terms -- Chair -- Quorum -- Expenses.
- 40-6-5 - Jurisdiction of board -- Rules.
- 40-6-6 - Drilling units -- Establishment by board -- Modifications -- Prohibitions.
- 40-6-6.5 - Pooling of interests for the development and operation of a drilling unit -- Board may order pooling of interests -- Payment of costs and royalty interests -- Monthly accounting.
- 40-6-7 - Agreements for repressuring or pressure maintenance or cycling or recycling operations -- Plan for development and operation of pool or field.
- 40-6-8 - Field or pool units -- Procedure for establishment -- Operation.
- 40-6-9 - Proceeds from sale of production -- Payment of proceeds -- Requirements -- Proceeding on petition to determine cause of nonpayment -- Remedies -- Penalties.
- 40-6-9.1 - Payment information to royalty owners.
- 40-6-9.5 - Permits for crude oil production -- Application -- Bond requirement -- Closure of facilities -- Availability of records.
- Chapter 07 - Oil and Gas Compact
- Chapter 08 - Utah Mined Land Reclamation Act
- 40-8-1 - Short title.
- 40-8-10 - Notice.
- 40-8-11 - Budget of administrative expenses -- Procedure -- Division authority to appoint or employ consultants.
- 40-8-12 - Objectives.
- 40-8-12.5 - Reclamation required.
- 40-8-13 - Notice of intention required prior to mining operations -- Assurance of reclamation required in notice of intention -- When contents confidential -- Approval of notice of intention not requi
- 40-8-14 - Surety requirement -- Liability of small mining operations for failure to reclaim -- Forfeiture of surety.
- 40-8-15 - Notice of commencement to division -- Operations and progress report.
- 40-8-16 - Approved notice of intention valid for life of operation -- Withdrawal, withholding, or refusal of approval -- Procedure and basis.
- 40-8-17 - Responsibility of operator to comply with applicable rules, regulations and ordinances -- Inspections.
- 40-8-18 - Notice of intention to revise operations -- Procedure.
- 40-8-19 - Transfer of mining operation under approved notice of intention.
- 40-8-2 - Legislative findings.
- 40-8-20 - Applicability.
- 40-8-21 - Temporary suspension or termination of operations -- Notice to division -- Evaluation and inspection -- Release of surety -- Evidence of compliance.
- 40-8-22 - Division cooperation -- Agreements.
- 40-8-23 - Effective dates -- Exceptions.
- 40-8-3 - Purpose.
- 40-8-4 - Definitions.
- 40-8-5 - Authority to enforce chapter -- Coordination of procedures -- Department of Environmental Quality.
- 40-8-6 - Board -- Powers, functions, and duties.
- 40-8-7 - Board and division -- Authority.
- 40-8-8 - Board authority to act -- Entry of order -- Confidential data.
- 40-8-9 - Evasion of chapter or orders -- Penalties -- Limitations of actions -- Violation of chapter or permit conditions -- Inspection -- Cessation order, abatement notice, or show cause order -- Sus
- 40-8-9.1 - Civil penalty for violation of chapter -- Informal conference -- Public hearing -- Contest of violation or amount of penalty -- Collection -- Criminal penalties -- Civil penalty for failure
- Chapter 10 - Coal Mining and Reclamation
- 40-10-1 - Legislative finding.
- 40-10-10 - Permit application fee -- Submission of application and reclamation plan -- Determinations, tests, and samplings -- Filing of application -- Insurance required -- Blasting plan.
- 40-10-11 - Division action on permit application -- Requirements for approval -- List of applicant's mining law violation -- Restoration of prime farmland.
- 40-10-12 - Revised permit and reclamation plan -- Application -- Transfer, assignment, or sale of rights -- Revision or modification of permit provisions.
- 40-10-13 - Advertisement of ownership, location, and boundaries -- Notice to interested agencies or bodies -- Objections -- Conference.
- 40-10-14 - Division's findings issued to applicant and parties to conference -- Notice to applicant of approval or disapproval of application -- Hearing -- Temporary relief -- Appeal to district c
- 40-10-15 - Performance bond -- Duration of liability under bond -- Cash deposit or securities in lieu of bond -- Surety -- Adjustment of amount.
- 40-10-16 - Release of performance bond, surety, or deposit -- Inspection and evaluation of reclamation work -- Action on application for release of bond -- Objections -- Formal hearing or informal con
- 40-10-17 - Performance standards for all coal mining and reclamation operations -- Additional standards for steep-slope surface coal mining -- Variances.
- 40-10-18 - Underground coal mining -- Rules regarding surface effects -- Operator requirements -- Repair or compensation for damage -- Replacement of water.
- 40-10-18.1 - Suspension of underground mining upon finding of immediate danger to inhabitants at surface.
- 40-10-18.2 - Applicability of other chapter provisions.
- 40-10-19 - Information provided by permittees to division -- Inspections by division -- Signs required at operations entrances -- Violations reported by reclamation officers -- Copies of records and r
- 40-10-2 - Purpose.
- 40-10-20 - Civil penalty for violation of chapter -- Informal conference -- Public hearing -- Contest of violation or amount of penalty -- Collection -- Criminal penalties -- Civil penalty for failure
- 40-10-21 - Civil action to compel compliance with chapter -- Jurisdiction -- Venue -- Division and board as parties -- Court costs -- Security when temporary restraining order or injunction sought --
- 40-10-22 - Violation of chapter or permit conditions -- Inspection -- Cessation order, abatement notice, or show cause order -- Suspension or revocation of permit -- Review -- Costs assessed against e
- 40-10-23 - Time for bringing criminal proceeding.
- 40-10-24 - Determination of unsuitability of lands for surface coal mining -- Petition -- Public hearing -- Detailed statement by division.
- 40-10-25 - Abandoned mine reclamation program -- Expenditure priorities -- Eligible lands and water -- Requirements for use of funds for reclamation or drainage abatement -- Priority sites -- Effect o
- 40-10-25.1 - Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund created -- Contents -- Use of monies.
- 40-10-25.2 - Liability limitation for abandoned mine reclamation.
- 40-10-26 - State reclamation plan and annual projects submitted to Secretary of Interior -- Contents of plan -- Annual support and implementation requests -- Costs for proposed projects.
- 40-10-27 - Entry upon land adversely affected by past coal mining practices -- Conducting of studies or exploratory work -- State acquisition of land -- Lien -- Waste disposal fund -- Water pollution
- 40-10-28 - Recovery of reclamation costs -- Lien against reclaimed land.
- 40-10-28.1 - Certification of completion of coal reclamation.
- 40-10-29 - Other enforcement and protection rights unaffected -- Operator to replace adversely affected water supply of legitimate users.
- 40-10-3 - Definitions.
- 40-10-30 - Judicial review of rules or orders.
- 40-10-5 - Activities exempted from chapter.
- 40-10-6 - Powers, functions, and duties of board and division.
- 40-10-6.5 - Rulemaking authority and procedure.
- 40-10-6.7 - Administrative procedures.
- 40-10-7 - Financial interest in mining operation prohibited -- Penalty -- Enforcement -- Quorum for board hearings.
- 40-10-8 - Exploration rules issued by division -- Contents -- Confidential information not to be publicly available -- Penalty for violation -- Division approval required for removal of excess coal.
- 40-10-9 - Permit required for surface coal mining operations -- Exemptions -- Expiration of permit -- Maximum time for commencement of mining operations -- Renewal of permit.