• § 12-4-70 - Short Title
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968."
• § 12-4-71 - Legislative Purpose; Duty of Environmental Protection Division to Administer Part
  (a) The purposes of this part are: (1) To assist in achieving and maintaining an efficient and productive mining industry and to assist in...
• § 12-4-72 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Affected land" means the area of land which has been subjected to surface mining, or upon...
• § 12-4-73 - Powers and Duties of Division As to Surface Mining Generally; Division May Decline to Assert Jurisdiction
  (a) The division shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To administer and enforce this part and all reasonable rules and regulations promulgated...
• § 12-4-74 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Board of Natural Resources
  The Board of Natural Resources shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate this part in accordance with Chapter 13...
• § 12-4-75 - Permits for Surface Mining Operations; Submission of Mining Land Use Plan and Amendment to Plan; Bonding of Applicants
  Operators of surface mining firms shall be required: (1) To obtain from the director of the division a permit to conduct surface mining operations...
• § 12-4-76 - Substitution of Mined Areas
  An operator shall have the right to substitute an area mined in the past for an area presently being mined on an acre-for-acre basis...
• § 12-4-77 - Renewal or Replacement of Revoked Permit; Mining on Unauthorized Site
  An operator whose permit has been revoked pursuant to this part shall be denied a new permit or a renewal of the old permit...
• § 12-4-78 - Appeal to Superior Court
  Any person who is a party to a proceeding and who is aggrieved or adversely affected by any final order or action of the...
• § 12-4-79 - Injunctive Relief
  Whenever it shall appear to the division that any person, firm, or corporation or any agent, officer, or director of any person, firm, or...
• § 12-4-80 - Removal of Minerals, Ores, and Other Solid Matter As Prima-Facie Evidence of Surface Mining
  In any contested case under this part, whether administrative, civil, or criminal in nature, a showing of the removal of minerals, ores, and other...
• § 12-4-81 - Judgment Pursuant to Order
  The director of the division may file in the superior court of the county wherein the mining operator under order resides, or if such...
• § 12-4-82 - Applicability of Part
  This part shall not apply to surface mining activities of the Department of Transportation incident to its activities in constructing, repairing, and maintaining the...
• § 12-4-83 - Civil Penalty; Procedure for Imposing Penalties; Hearing; Judicial Review; Disposition of Recovered Penalties
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, any mining operator violating any provision of this part or any of the...
• § 12-4-84 - Criminal Penalty
  Any person who engages in surface mining in violation of this part or who willfully misrepresents any fact in any matter required by this...

Last modified: October 14, 2016