Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of federal, state, or local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned corporation of federal, state, or local government, which proposes to engage in surface coal mining operations, as defined by KRS § 350.010(1), shall comply with the requirements of this chapter.
History: Created Ky. Acts ch. 1980, Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 38.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 350.175

  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Surface coal mining operations: means activities conducted on the surface of lands in connection with a surface coal mine and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010

Legislative Research Commission Note. The provisions of this section became operative on May 18, 1982, when the conditional approval granted by the United States Secretary of the Interior appeared in the Federal Register.