This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities:
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(A) The mining, surface or otherwise, of any minerals or materials other than coal.
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(B) All minerals and materials other than coal, when applicable, shall be regulated according to the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act, § 15-57-401 et seq.;
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(2) The extraction of coal by a landowner for his or her own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him or her;
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(3) The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under rules established by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; or
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(4) The extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals where coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale or for coal exploration.