| State |
Date of Legislation |
Amendments |
| AL |
10/1/70 (AL Surface Mining Act of 1969)1997 - Increased bond to $2,500/acre; certain exemptions. |
1975, "Chert" exempted; 1988, rules passed to clarify definitions & other requirements; 1995, personal use exemption; 1999, Improved environmental controls, backfill highwalls, contemporaneous reclamation, 50 foot setback, fines for violations, authority to deny permits, and other controls. |
|
AR |
1971, 1977; major revision in 1991 |
Amendments passed in 1993, 1995, and 1999. In 1997 the quarry industry passed their own legislation for reclamation and safe closure of a quarry. The legislation did not authorize the issuance of a permit. The industry submits a Notification of Intent to Quarry. |
|
AZ |
7/1/96 (Mined Land Reclamation Title 27) |
N/A |
|
CA |
Circa 1972 (Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act) |
Storm water program under NPDES is most recent addition; SMARA authority: 1975, amended 15 times. |
|
CO |
1973 (Original legislation) |
Amended in 1977, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1995. |
|
GA |
1968 |
1977, permits replaced license; 1985, increased bonding to $2500/acre; 1992, protection of facilities on National Registry of Historic Places. |
|
IL |
1962, 1968 & 1971 |
6/23/95, allow for collection of operating fees annually from active aggregate operations. Also enables Dept. to promulgate rules for regulation of blasting re. aggregate mining. |
|
IN |
1/1/68 |
7/1/72, revised grading standards; 3/21/74 & 8/31/77, revised grading standard & increased bond rate. |
|
IA |
1968 |
1973, 1975, 1981, 1985, et. al. Current 1996 amendments likely to be enacted. |
|
KS |
7/1/94 |
N/A |
|
KY |
1960 (Legislation for clay mining) |
1966, interstate mining which covers other minerals as well; 1995, non-coal mineral regulations. |
|
ME |
8/26/91 (Metallic Mining Rules Chapter 200) |
N/A |
|
MD |
7/75 (Effective 1/1/77) |
1985, amended language & bond rates; July 1991, amended to include zones of dewatering influence. |
|
MS |
4/15/78 |
N/A |
|
MO |
8/89 (Metallic Minerals Waste Management Areas); 9/28/71 (Industrial Minerals) |
8/28/90, added several new performance standards for industrial minerals. |
|
NV |
NRS519A, 6/89 (Reclamation); NRS445A, 1973 (Water pollution control--other discharges) |
N/A |
|
NJ |
1954 |
1982 |
|
NM |
Early 1930's (Safeguarding); 1993 (Mining Act) |
N/A |
|
NY |
1978 |
1991, clarified supersedure clause which established that state law supersedes all other state/local laws regulating mining & reclamation. Established annual regulatory fees. |
|
NC |
1971 |
1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000. Last amendment made to G.S. 74-51: Expanded notification requirements; Listed review agencies. |
|
OH |
9/74;
1883 |
3/79, change definition of surface mining from producing 250 tons/year to removal of material from area over 5' deep or over 1 acre in size; 1/85, provides for permit renewal. Increase application and filing fee from $150 to $250.
Underground Mining: The Ohio Mine Safety Law was created in 1883. There have been several revisions through the decades, but the code is in dire need of modernization. |
|
OK |
1970 "Mining Lands Reclamation Act" |
Last amended 1998. |
|
OR |
1972 |
Nearly every session since 1981. |
|
PA |
1972 (SMCRA, Original); 1986 (Noncoal SMCRA) |
N/A |
|
SC |
1974 (Mining Act); 1980 (Regulations) |
7/1/90, Mining Act amended--statute changes, regulations amended; 7/1/92, statute changes. |
|
SD |
Numerous changes throughout the years. |
-- |
|
TN |
1972 |
1987 |
|
TX |
6/75 |
Annotated within published Act. |
|
VA |
1968 |
1978, established the Minerals Reclamation Fund (pool bonding) & the Orphaned Land Program. |
|
WA |
1971 |
1993, Surface Mine Reclamation Act amended. |
|
WV |
-- |
-- |
|
WI |
1974 |
1978, procedural revisions. Minor specific amendments have been adopted over the past 18 years. |
|
WY |
1973 |
Numerous amendments (most coal related); 1979, in-situ mining. |
