Effective: April 6, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 443 – 126th General Assembly Except for section 1563.11 of the Revised Code, nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly As used in this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1565., and 1567. of the Revised Code, a gaseous mine is: (A) A mine in which methane has been ignited; (B) A mine in which methane has been detected in any of the open […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The operator of each underground mine shall, in opening a new mine, cause a map of such mine to be made at such time as the second opening required by section 1563.14 of the Revised Code is completed in such mine. Such […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly The operator of each underground mine shall have a survey made whenever the workings of the mine have extended four hundred feet in any direction from the point shown on the map by the last survey of such mine, but not more […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly Upon the refusal or neglect of the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine to make and file a map or any addition thereto, as required by sections 1563.03, 1563.04, and 1563.42 of the Revised Code, within sixty days after being directed […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly For the purpose of making the examinations provided for in this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1565., and 1567. and applicable provisions of Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and each deputy mine inspector, […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly Each person owning land adjoining a mine worked for the production of coal, and each person interested in such mine, who has reason to believe that the protection of his interests therein or in the coal on his adjoining land requires it, […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly When the affidavit has been made, and notice given, as provided in section 1563.07 of the Revised Code, upon the application of the person giving notice, the person in charge of the mine shall transport, by the ordinary method for entrance and […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The person owning or operating a mine shall not hinder or obstruct an examination or survey under section 1563.07 of the Revised Code, if made at a reasonable time, in a reasonable manner, and as provided by law. If the owner or […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly If the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine refuses to comply with sections 1563.08 and 1563.09 of the Revised Code, the person who makes the application for the survey may recover judgment as upon default, in a court of competent jurisdiction, […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Unless a permit has been issued by the director of transportation, or the board of county commissioners, or the board of township trustees, or such other public authority that is charged by law with the maintenance of a public road, and […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly No owner, lessee, or agent shall conduct mining operations within twenty-five feet of any known well, or locate a mine opening within three hundred feet of any well that produces oil or gas unless the owner, lessee, or agent obtains permission in […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly Any person, firm, or corporation, beginning the opening of a mine, whether or not such person, firm, or corporation is the owner, lessee, or agent of the property upon which such mine is located, shall notify the chief of the division of […]
Effective: September 5, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 94 – 124th General Assembly When a deputy mine inspector considers that the ways and means of egress in any underground mine from the interior working places to the surface are inadequate as a safe and ready means of escape in case of emergency, from danger of […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly Except as provided in this section, the operator of an underground coal mine shall not employ, or permit any person to work therein, unless there are at least two openings to every seam worked in such mine, separated by natural strata of […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly At any mine where there is a stream or body of water on the surface, or in the workings of the mine, at a higher level, which is likely to break through into such mine, and inundate either the traveling or escapement […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly In the development of mines, doors shall be eliminated wherever practicable. All main or principal air currents shall be controlled by double doors to form an air lock, said doors to be self-closing and to be a sufficient distance apart to accommodate […]
Effective: June 14, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 – 123rd General Assembly From a point where the seam is reached in the opening of an underground mine, to a point not exceeding a distance of four hundred feet therefrom, break-throughs shall be made between mine entries, where there are no rooms worked, not more […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The operator of a mine shall provide and maintain, in safe condition for the purpose provided, two separate and distinct traveling ways from the interior workings of the mine, each of which shall be available to at least one opening to the […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The operator of a mine worked by shaft shall provide, and keep free from obstruction, a traveling way or passageway from one side of the shaft bottom to the other. Slopes and mechanical haulageways used as traveling ways by persons employed in […]
