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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 12COAL MINING REGULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER GSURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, PERMITS, AND COAL EXPLORATION PROCEDURES SYSTEMS
DIVISION 4SURFACE MINING PERMIT APPLICATIONS--MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL, FINANCIAL, COMPLIANCE, AND RELATED INFORMATION
RULE §12.117Right of Entry and Operation Information

(a) Each application shall contain a description of the documents upon which the applicant bases his or her legal right to enter and begin surface mining activities in the permit area and whether that right is the subject of pending litigation. The description shall identify those documents by type and date of execution, identify the specific lands to which the document pertains, and explain the legal rights claimed by the applicant.

(b) Where the private mineral estate to be mined has been severed from the private surface estate, the application shall also provide, for lands within the permit area:

  (1) a copy of the written consent of the surface owner to the extraction of coal by surface mining methods; or

  (2) a copy of the document of conveyance that expressly grants or reserves the right to extract the coal by surface mining methods; or

  (3) if the conveyance does not expressly grant the right to extract the coal by surface mining methods, documentation that under the applicable state law, the applicant has the legal authority to extract the coal by those methods.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to afford the Commission the authority to adjudicate property title disputes.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.117 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093.

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