COALEX REPORT 62

	Coalex Report 62

This is the Office of Surface Mining's library of COALEX Research Reports. COALEX is a database of mining and reclamation information, including the Surface Mining Law and regulations, maintained in LEXIS-NEXIS -- a commercial, on-line research service. These reports have been compiled under a cooperative agreement between the Office of Surface Mining and the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, which represents most U.S. coal producing states. The following report includes an analysis of a specific issue requested by a state regulatory authority with responsibility for carrying out the Surface Mining Law. Copies of the research reports and attachments are available to the public, upon request. For additional information, or to obtain copies of the listed attachments, contact Ron Tarquinio by phone at (202) 208-2882 or by e-mail at rtarquin@osmre.gov.

                   

COALEX STATE INQUIRY REPORT - 62
November 13, 1985

Gary Merritt, Director
Office of Environmental Energy Management
Department of Environmental Resources
P.O. Box 2063
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

TOPIC:  SMALL OPERATOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SOAP)

INQUIRY:  What contracting procedures does each state utilize in its Small Operator Assistance
Program (SOAP)?  How many applications for assistance were approved in fiscal year 1983-84
and what was the average cost for each permit?  Please include a copy of each state's SOAP
regulations.

SEARCH RESULT:  A survey was conducted of the fifteen IMCC member states which have coal
mining regulatory programs.  Each state's contracting procedures, number of approved
applications, and average cost of SOAP permits was requested.  In addition, a COALEX search
was conducted to identify the pertinent state regulations (see attachments).

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   Mr. Wayne Cripp, Geologist II of the Louisiana Injection and Mining Division, reported that
Louisiana had no SOAP regulations and has not received any requests for SOAP assistance. 
Arkansas and Texas have SOAP regulations, but both reported that no applications for assistance
have been received to date.


ATTACHMENTS
A        Alabama Surface Mining Comm'n. Regs., Sec. 880-X-8 (1981).
B        11 Alaska Admin. Code Sec. 90.171 (1982).
C        Arkansas Surface Coal Mining & Reclamation Code, Sec. 795 (1980).
D        Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Bd. Regs., Sec. 2.09 (1982).
E        Illinois Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation & Reclamation Regs., Sec. 1795 (1981).
F        310 Indiana Admin. Code Sec. 12-3-129 (1982).
G        780 Iowa Admin. Code Sec. 4.38(3) (1981).
H        Kansas Mined Land Conservation & Reclamation Rules, Sec. 347-11-8 (1980) .
I        405 Kentucky Admin. Regs., Sec. 7:080 (1985).
J        Louisiana Surface Mining Regs., Sec. 195 (1983).
K        Code of Maryland Regs., Sec. 08.12.09.17 (1980).
L        Mississippi Surface Coal Mining & Reclamation Regs., Sec. 195 (1980).
M        10 Missouri Admin. Code Sec. 40-8.050 (1980).
N        N. Dakota Admin. Code Sec. 69-05.2-29-01 (1980).
O        New Mexico Surface Coal Mining Regs., Sec. 32 (1983).
P        Ohio Admin. Code Sec. 1501:13-6-03 (1982).
Q        Oklahoma Coal Reclamation Act Permanent Reps., Sec. 795 (1982).
R        25 Pennsylvania Code Sec. 86.81 (1982).
S        Texas Surface Coal Mining Regs., Sec. 051.07.04.234 (1980).
T        Virginia Coal Surface Mining Regs., Sec. V795 (1981).
U        West Virginia Surface Mining Reclamation Regs., Sec. 11A.01 (1983).


Search conducted by: Mary Kay Roark and S. Michele Manning


TABLE 1
( Reformatted from original)

STATE
NUMBER OF APPROVED SOAP APPLICATIONS (1983-84)
AVERAGE COST PER PERMIT

ALABAMA
0 SOAP permits
$30,000/cost per permit

ARKANSAS
N/A
N/A

ILLINOIS
4 SOAP permits
$30,000/cost per permit

KENTUCKY
158 (1983); 37 (1984) SOAP permits
$8,200/cost per permit

LOUISIANA
N/A
N/A

NEW MEXICO
0 SOAP permits
$7,500/ cost per permit

OHIO
107 SOAP permits
$7,14/cost per permit

PENNSYLVANIA
102 SOAP permits
$7,400/cost per permit

TENNESSEE 
(This is now a federal program.)
TEXAS
N/A
N/A

VIRGINIA
4 (1983); 1 (1984) SOAP permits
$10,000/cost per permit

WEST VIRGINIA
7 SOAP permits
$6,978/cost per permit

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