Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 40 · 169 active provisions
A lode mining claim, whether located by one or more persons, may equal, but shall not exceed, 1,500 feet in length along the vein or lode and may extend 300 feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights render a lesser width necessary. The end lines of each claim must be parall…
The locator at the time of making the discovery of such vein or lode must erect a monument at the place of discovery, and post thereon the locator's notice of location which shall contain: (1) The name of the claim. (2) The name of the locator or locators. (3) The date of the location. (4) If a lode claim, the number o…
Mining claims and mill sites must be distinctly marked on the ground so that the boundaries thereof can be readily traced.
Within 30 days after the date of posting the location notice upon the claim, the locator, or the locator's assigns, shall record a substantial copy of the notice of location in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is situated.
(1) As used in this section, "assessment work" means the performance of labor or making of improvements on or for the benefit of a mining claim. (2) Within 30 days after the end of the annual period specified in 30 U.S.C. Sec. 28 the owner of an unpatented lode or placer mining claim, or a mill or tunnel site claim or…
From and after the termination of the office of any mining district recorder now holding office in this state such district shall be abolished and such office shall become vacant.
(1) If there is a vacancy in the office of recorder of any mining district, or if there is no person in the mining district authorized to retain the custody and give certified copies of the records, the person having custody of the records shall deposit them in the office of the county recorder of the county in which t…
(1) When the books, records, and documents pertaining to the office of mining district recorder have been deposited in the office of a county recorder, the recorder may make and certify copies from those records. (2) Those certified copies shall be receivable in all tribunals and before all officers of this state in th…
Copies of notices of location of mining claims, mill sites and tunnel sites heretofore recorded in the records of the several mining districts, and copies of the mining rules and regulations in force therein and recorded, when duly certified by the district or county recorder, shall be receivable in all tribunals and b…
Any person who intentionally or knowingly tears down or defaces a notice posted on a mining claim, or takes up or destroys any stake or monument marking the claim, or interferes with any person lawfully in possession of the claim, or who alters, erases, defaces, or destroys any record kept by a mining district or count…
When damages are claimed for the extraction or selling of ore from any mine or mining claim and the defendant, or those under whom the defendant claims, holds, under color of title adverse to the claims of the plaintiff, in good faith, then the reasonable value of all labor bestowed or expenses incurred in necessary de…
As used in this chapter: (1) "Adverse action" means to take any of the following actions against a person in a manner that affects the person's employment or contractual relationships: (a) discharge the person; (b) threaten the person; (c) coerce the person; (d) intimidate the person; or (e) discriminate against the pe…
(1) This chapter applies to any coal mine located in the state. (2) The commission: (a) shall administer this chapter with the assistance of the office; and (b) has jurisdiction over a coal mine in this state as set forth in this chapter.
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules necessary to implement this chapter.
(1) There is created within the commission the "Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety." (2) The office, under the direction of the commissioner, shall assist the commission in administering this chapter.
(1) The director is the chief officer of the office and serves as the executive and administrative head of the office. (2) (a) The commissioner shall appoint the director. (b) The director may be removed from that position at the will of the commissioner. (3) The director shall receive compensation as provided by Title…
(1) Within the office there is created the "Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council" consisting of 13 voting members and five nonvoting members as provided in this section. (2) (a) The commissioner shall appoint the voting members of the council as follows: (i) one individual who represents a coal miner union; (ii) two…
(1) There is created within the office the "Coal Miner Certification Panel." (2) The panel consists of: (a) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee; and (b) at least eight other members appointed by the commissioner with equal representation and participation from: (i) management of coal mine operations; and (i…
(1) As used in this section, "institute" means the University of Utah Center for Mining Safety and Health Excellence, designated as the Utah Research Institute for Mine Safety and Productivity in Subsection (2). (2) The University of Utah Center for Mining Safety and Health Excellence is designated as the Utah Research…
(1) The commissioner shall: (a) direct the state's efforts to promote coal mine safety; and (b) participate with the Mine Safety and Health Administration in an investigation of a major coal mine accident in Utah. (2) The commission shall establish by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrat…
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, upon the office's receipt of information from a person of a possible unsafe condition in a coal mine located in Utah, the office may: (a) notify the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration; (b) notify another appropriate federal, state, or local government agen…
(1) By October 1 of each year, the commission, office, and council shall compile and submit to the governor and the Legislature a comprehensive report of the status of coal mine safety within the state for the immediately preceding calendar year. (2) The report required by this section shall include: (a) a compilation…
(1) A person may not work in an occupation referred to in Section 40-2-402 unless granted a certificate by the commission. (2) (a) (i) The commission may grant a temporary coal mine foreman certificate or a temporary coal mine surface foreman certificate to an applicant who is: (A) recommended by a coal mine; and (B) i…
(1) The commission shall collect a fee for: (a) the taking of a certification test; or (b) the retaking of one or more sections of a certification test. (2) (a) The commission shall establish fees by following Section 63J-1-504. (b) Notwithstanding Section 63J-1-504, the commission: (i) shall retain the fees as dedicat…
(1) As used in this section, "license" means an authorization that permits the holder to engage in the practice of an occupation described in Section 40-2-402. (2) Subject to Subsections (4) through (6), the commission shall issue a certificate described in Section 40-2-401 to an applicant who has been licensed in anot…