| Ohio Underground Mining Fact Sheet (1358 words) |
 | Underground mine operators must notify surface owners, owners and occupants of structures, wells, buried oil, gas, or utility lines of their intent to extract coal beneath their property by sending written notice directly to the owner/occupant at least six months prior to the beginning of mining beneath the property. |
| In addition the notice must indicate the timing of mining activities beneath the property, the name of the company staff to contact regarding the mining activities, the information that the surface owner may review, and the location(s) of where the subsidence control plan of the underground operator may be examined. |
| Underground mining may not be conducted beneath, or adjacent to public buildings or facilities, churches, schools or hospitals, or impoundments with a storage capacity of twenty acre feet, unless a specific demonstration can be provided to the chief showing that such facilities will not be materially damaged by subsidence. |
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